Overview
- Employers must distribute a stand‑alone “Know Your Rights” notice to all current employees by Feb. 1, 2026 and to new hires at onboarding, with annual reissuance thereafter and delivery to any authorized representative.
- The notice must explain workers’ compensation benefits, immigration‑related protections including inspection notice, the right to organize or engage in concerted activity, and constitutional rights during workplace interactions with law enforcement.
- Notices may be hand‑delivered, emailed or texted if receipt within one business day is reasonably expected, and must be provided in the employer’s usual communication language or a language the employee understands when a state template exists, with English and Spanish templates already posted.
- By March 30, 2026, employers must offer employees the chance to designate an emergency contact and, if authorized, must notify that person if the employee is arrested or detained at work or off‑site during job duties when the employer has actual knowledge.
- The Labor Commissioner and public prosecutors may enforce the law, retaliation is prohibited, penalties can reach $500 per employee per violation or $500 per employee per day for emergency‑contact lapses up to $10,000, and employers must retain compliance records for three years.