A Closer Look at Victims' Leave in 2025

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025 (if you can believe it). We’re starting the year off by helping you stick to what should be one of your most important resolutions — staying up to date on California’s ever-changing employment laws! This year, for example, there are changes to minimum wage, discrimination and harassment protections, posters, workplace safety and, the subject of this article, leaves of absence.

Employers understand California has a complex constellation of leaves of absence laws that often bring confusion and compliance challenges. Making it even more difficult is the fact that California is continually expanding and revising these laws. For example, over just