Existing law makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by any employee to take up to 5 days of bereavement leave upon the death of a family member, as defined, to refuse to hire, or to discharge, demote, fine, suspend, expel, or discriminate against, an individual because of the individual’s exercise of the right to bereavement leave or because of the individual’s giving information or testimony as to their own or another person’s bereavement leave, or to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any of these rights, as specified.

This bill would include a designated person in the definition of “family member” for purposes of these provisions relating to bereavement leave.