California Know Your Rights Employer Distribution to Employees

All California employers must provide all employees a notice of their workplace rights by February 1, 2026 and every year after that.  

The annual notice to employees must include seven categories, including information about: 

• the right to notice of an I-9 inspection by immigration agencies; 

• protection against unfair immigration-related practices; 

• constitutional rights when interacting with law enforcement in the workplace; 

• labor organizing rights; 

• workers’ compensation; 

• a description of new laws affecting workplace rights as determined by the Labor Commissioner; and 

• and a list of the enforcement agencies that may enforce the underlying rights in the notice.   

An employer must provide the notice to employees in a language the employer normally uses with the employees when discussing business, which should be a language employees understand. 

The Labor Commissioner has developed a notice template that complies with the law and can be used by employers which is at 

https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Know-Your-Rights-Notice/Know-Your-Rights-Notice-English.pdf

https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Know-Your-Rights-Notice/Know-Your-Rights-Notice-Spanish.pdf

The notice may include, but is not limited to, personal service, email, or text message, if it can reasonably be anticipated to be received by the employee within one business day of sending. The written notice shall also be provided to each new employee upon hire. Written notice shall also be annually provided to the employee’s authorized representative, if any, by either electronic or regular mail.