State Labor Law Posters : California  

Labor Law Requirements

• Access to Medical Exposure Records
• Discrimination and Harassment
• Emergency Phone Number
• Family Care, Medical (50 or more employees or are a public agency)
• Minimum Wage
• OSHA
• Paid Sick Leave
• Payday Notice
• Pregnancy Disability Leave (less than 50 employees)
• Sexual Harassment
• Time Off for Voting
• Transgender Rights in the Workplace
• Unemployment Insurance Benefits
• Wage Credits (Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Paid Family Leave)
• Whistleblowers are Protected
• Workers’ Compensation

• Belmont Minimum Wage
• Berkeley Minimum Wage
• California Human Trafficking
• Cupertino Minimum Wage
• El Cerrito Minimum Wage
• Emeryville Fair Workweek
• Emeryville Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave
• Emeryville Service Charge
• Industry Specific Wage Order
• Long Beach Minimum Wage (Hotels only)
• Los Altos Minimum Wage and Know Your Rights
• Los Angeles County Minimum Wage
• Los Angeles Fair Chance
• Los Angeles Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave
• Malibu Minimum Wage
• Milpitas Minimum Wage and Know Your Rights
• Mountain View Minimum Wage
• No Smoking (both CA and SF specific)
• Oakland Minimum Wage
• Oakland Paid Sick Leave
• Oakland Service Charge Law
• Palo Alto Minimum Wage and Know Your Rights
• Pasadena Minimum Wage
• Redwood City Minimum Wage
• Richmond Minimum Wage
• San Diego Minimum Wage and Earned Sick Leave
• San Francisco All-In-One includes Fair Chance Ordinance, Family Friendly Ordinance, Health Care Security Ordinance, Minimum Wage, and Paid Sick Leave
• San Jose Minimum Wage and Know Your Rights
• San Jose Opportunity to Work
• San Leandro Minimum Wage
• San Mateo Minimum Wage and Know Your Rights
• Santa Clara Minimum Wage and Know Your Rights
• Santa Monica Minimum Wage
• Sexual Harassment
• Sunnyvale Minimum Wage and Know Your Rights
• Workers' Compensation - Carrier and Coverage *

• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Family and Medical Leave
• Federal Minimum Wage
• OSHA
• Polygraph Protection Test
• USERRA

Recent Changes

Industry Specific Wage Orders - January 2019

With the new state Minimum Wage, all Wage Order notices have been updated.

Santa Clara Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.00 an hour.

San Jose Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.00 an hour.

Los Altos Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.00 an hour.

Redwood City Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $13.50.

Belmont Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $13.50 per hour.

Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $12.00 an hour for businesses with 26 or more employees and $11.00 an hour for businesses with 25 or fewer employees.

Palo Alto Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.00 an hour.

Oakland Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $13.80 an hour.

Richmond Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.00 an hour.

Sunnyvale Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.65 an hour.

San Mateo Minimum Wage - January 2018

The new rate is $15.00 an hour. 501(c)(3) Non-Profit organizations will be $13.50 an hour.

Mountain View Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.65 an hour.

El Cerrito Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new wage will be $15.60 per hour on July 1st.

Cupertino Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $15.00.

San Diego Minimum Wage - January 2019

The new rate is $12.00 an hour.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance - September 2018

The format of the notice has changed to clarify what issues may or may not be considered during the application process. Also, the minimum requirement of 20+ employees has changed to 5 or more employees.

Pasadena Minimum Wage - July 2018

The notice has been split as shown below:
- $12.00 per hour for 25 or fewer employees
- $13.25 per hour for 26 or more employees

Santa Monica Minimum Wage (and Living Wage for Hotels) - July 2018

The new rate will be $13.25 per hour for large businesses (26 or more employees) and $12.00 per hour for small businesses (25 or less employees). The Living Wage for Hotel workers is not $16.10 per hour.

San Francisco Minimum Wage - July 2018

The new rate is $15.00 an hour.

San Leandro Minimum Wage - July 2018

The rate is $13.00 per hour.

Milpitas Minimum Wage - July 2018

The rate is $12.00 per hour.

Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) - January 2018

Employers must now spend at least the following amounts on healthe care benefits for each covered employee:
20-99 - $1.89 for each hour payable
100+ - $2.83 for each hour payable

San Jose Opportunity to Work - March 13, 2017

This notice applies to Employers with 36 or more employees and who are subject to the San Jose Business License Tax or who maintain a facility in San Jose. Employers must offer additional work hours to existing qualified part-time employees before hiring new employees including subcontractors or the use of temporary staffing services.

Los Angeles Fair Chance - January 2017

Los Angeles has released their own version of Ban the Box, restricting employers from inquiring about an applicant's criminal background.

San Francisco Paid Parental Leave - January 2017

The notice covers the Paid Parental Leave for Bonding with New Child Ordinance and phases in as noted below:
- Employers with 50 or more employees are required to comply beginning on January 1, 2017.
- Employers with 35 or more employees are required to comply beginning on July 1, 2017.
- Employers with 20 or more employees are required to comply beginning on January 1, 2018.

Los Angeles City Minimum Wage - July 2016

The city of Los Angeles has released the Minimum Wage notice. It must be posted in English, Spanish, and any language spoken by 5% or more of the employees.

Los Angeles County Minimum Wage - July 2016

The County of Los Angeles has released the Minimum Wage notice for unincorporated areas of the county. Follow the link for more information regarding the difference between this poster and the City of Los Angeles poster.

Pregnancy Discrimination - April 2016

California has confirmed that they will be releasing the new Pregnancy Disability Leave which includes protection from discrimination and harassment. The new poster will be available by April 11th.

Workers' Compnesation - January 2016

The new notice substantially revises the sections addressing the physicians that can treat an employee injured on the job as well as who can be contacted for assistance with locating a physician or filing a claim.

San Francisco Health Care Security - January 2016

The law has been revised to reflect the new minimum contribution amounts. Employers with 20-99 employees must spend at least $1.68 for each hour worked by each covered employee and those with 100 ore more employees must contribute $2.53 per hour. This notice is part of the San Francisco All-In-One poster.