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Schwarzenegger ?Terminates? Employee Rights (Part 3)-Family Values?

By James Peters

This is our final installment in a series dealing with employee rights laws that California’s legislature passed in 2007, but which Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed last month before they could take effect.

SB 836

Senate Bill 836 was heralded nationwide as the first law prohibiting employer discrimination against employees based on their “family status”.

For example, discrimination against employees who are single parents who have to take their child to the doctor would be prohibited. Also, if the child is sick at home and has nobody else to care for them, the employee could actually take protected, unpaid leave to do so.

I think this bill was a step in the right direction, but I do have to agree that its reach was far to broad to avoid the Governor’s veto stamp. If certain limits can be added to the measure to keep its use reasonable, I believe the legislature can pass a satisfactory bill in the near future.

Discrimination | Family Medical Leave | Family Status | Legislation | Sick Leave | Single Parents

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Full post as published by California Employee Rights Blog on November 05, 2007 (boomark / email).