California: New Defamation Protections for Harassment Victims and Employers
APPLIES TO All Employers with CA Employees |
EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019 |
QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call |
Governor Brown recently signed AB 2770 into law allowing (1) current and former employers to inform prospective employers they would not rehire the employee based on the employer’s determination that the former employee engaged in sexual harassment, and (2) employees to report credible complaints of sexual harassment to current employers. By allowing such disclosures, alleged harassers are prohibited from suing sexual harassment victims and employers for defamation.