Labor/Employment
Oct. 29, 2013
Bay Area takes lead on family friendly work
A new ordinance aims to "reduc[e] family flight" from San Francisco.
Kari Erickson Levine
Partner
Jones Day
Kari focuses her practice on the representation of employers in all aspects of labor and employment law and litigation, including state and federal employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, FMLA, CFRA, ADA and Title III ADA access.
Once again, San Francisco is at the forefront of enacting new rights intended to protect workers. On Oct. 1, San Francisco's board of supervisors adopted the "San Francisco Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance," which Mayor Edwin Lee signed into law Oct. 9. The new ordinance, which is effective Jan. 1, 2014, aims to "reduc[e] family flight" from San Francisco. Along with the state of Vermont, which enacted similar legislation this past summer, the San Francisco ordinance is the first "rig...
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