Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, a new California law will allow employees to take five days off for reproductive loss.
The law expands the state’s protected leave and defines “reproductive loss” as a failed adoption, failed surrogacy, miscarriage, stillbirth, or unsuccessful assisted reproduction experienced by the employee or their spouse or domestic partner.
The legislation covers all public and private employers with at least five employees and any employee at those organizations who has worked there for 30 days.
Employees don’t need to take the five days consecutively but must use them within three months. Additionally, if an eligible employee experiences more than one reproductive loss in a year, they are entitled to 20 days of leave total, compared to 15 days for bereavement leave, according to a FAQ published by the California Civil Rights Department.
Employees are not required to provide documentation to their employers for reproductive loss leave, it states.
Kaiser Permanente, Unions Reach Deal on New Contracts
Health system Kaiser Permanente has reached a tentative agreement with unions that will raise wages and increase investment in staffing, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The deal, which was announced Oct. 13, would increase wages by 21% over four years, the unions and employer said, pending ratification by the workers.
The agreement would end a dispute that led to the largest healthcare labor action on record, and prevent a second work stoppage at one of the biggest health systems in the U.S.
Kaiser had proposed wage increases of 12.5% to 16% for the duration of the contracts, while the unions had called for 24.5%. More than 75,000 nurses, pharmacists and other workers went on strike the week prior for up to three days amid stalled negotiation talks.
Based in Oakland, California, Kaiser has operations that span health insurance and medical care, including hospitals, medical offices and pharmacies.
The system serves 12.7 million members at 40 hospitals and more than 620 medical offices, mostly on the West Coast. Kaiser counts about 213,000 employees who aren’t physicians.
Citi Cuts 2,000 More Jobs
Citigroup Inc. trimmed headcount by another 2,000 jobs in the third quarter, bringing the firm’s total severance charges for the year to $650 million, Bloomberg News reports.
The company has cut about 7,000 positions so far this year, chief financial officer Mark Mason said on a conference call with analysts discussing earnings.
Citigroup has said that the overhaul will lead to more job cuts, but hasn’t yet put a number on the level of layoffs.
Despite the cuts, firmwide headcount has actually remained flat for the past four quarters at 240,000 employees. The bank has added technology staffers and other employees to help with its efforts to resolve a pair of consent orders the firm received from regulators, Bloomberg noted.
LinkedIn Lays Off Nearly 700 Employees
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn announced Monday that is cut almost 700 employees, with most coming from the engineering organization, CNBC reports.
Cuts also came in the company’s finance and human resources groups, CNBC reported. The reductions come as the business-oriented social network has seen year-over-year revenue growth slow for eight consecutive quarters.
Microsoft announced in January that it was cutting 10,000 employees, and additional ones following in July. The slimming down comes as Microsoft’s overall revenue growth has slipped, pushing CEO Satya Nadella to lower costs across the company.
These new layoffs are in addition to the 10,000 from January, a spokesperson told CNBC. LinkedIn is now ramping up hiring in India, according to the person familiar with the matter.
“While we are adapting our organizational structures and streamlining our decision making, we are continuing to invest in strategic priorities for our future and to ensure we continue to deliver value for our members and customers,” LinkedIn said in a blog post.
“We are committed to providing our full support to all impacted employees during this transition and ensuring that they are treated with care and respect.”
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