Updates on workplace violence prevention, AI rules, right to disconnect
Here’s a mid-year update of topics addressed in earlier columns.
Workplace violence prevention plan July 1 deadline
My Jan. 1 column addressed new Labor Code section 6401.9 that requires California employers to establish a workplace violence prevention plan by July 1.
Adoption of AI regulations imminent
Last August, this column alerted employers to draft artificial intelligence regulations concerning workplace decision-making being considered by the California Civil Rights Council, the rule-making arm of the Civil Rights Department.
“Right to disconnect” bill shelved
In April, I wrote about AB 2751, which would have given virtually all California employees a “right to disconnect” from their employers outside their scheduled working hours. The bill failed to advance in the Assembly; it is dead at least for this year.
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.