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Some of the changes to the labors laws in California involving workplace posters also involve workplace pamphlets. These are the little brochures and booklets that employers must have readily available to their new and existing employees, to explain their basic rights under California labor law.

The new pamphlets in California include the Paid Family Leave pamphlet, which has been updated in California for 2007. There is another pamphlet out there to be passed along to employees in 2007 for the State Disability Insurance program. Again, this will explain to employees their rights after they have been hurt at work and are unable to return to work, either at all or at least not in their former capacity.

You should also plan on having the new version of the Unemployment Insurance pamphlet, which was updated in California for the 2007 year. And the 2007 Workers’ Comp pamphlet in the state of California has been changed in several ways relative to the 2006 Workers’ Comp pamphlet. This new pamphlet, for instance, details the new labor law on workers’ comp that we talked about that allows employees to go to their own physician to get a second opinion on the diagnosis and treatment guidelines established by the doctor in the employer’s provider network.

There is another new pamphlet for 2007 called the “For Your Benefit” pamphlet, which goes into California’s disability and unemployment insurance programs. This must be given to all employees when they are discharged, laid off, or sent on a leave of absence.

Another pamphlet for employees in 2007 is the Sexual Harassment Information Sheet. This pamphlet gives employees the low down on the new sexual harassment rules under California labor laws, and must be given to all employees and independent contractors working for you, no matter if they are in a supervisory position or not.

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