· CA legislature · 20252026

Employees: bereavement leave.

Existing law makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by any employee to take up to 5 days of bereavement leave upon the death of a family member, as defined, to refuse to hire, or to discharge, demote, fine, suspend, expel, or discriminate against, an individual because…

Sponsor

María Elena Durazo (D-CA)

Introduced

2026-02-18

Policy area

Labor and Employment

Latest action

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.