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New Employee Hiring Packet
Employee Forms (fill out):
- W-4 form – Employee Withholding
- W-4 form – Employee Withholding (Spanish)
- EDD Withholding Allowance Certificate
- EDD Withholding Allowance Certificate (Spanish)
- DWC FORM 9783 – Personal Physician/Chiropractor Pre-Designation Form
- DWC FORM 9783 – Personal Physician/Chiropractor Pre-Designation Form (Spanish)
- DWC Form 9783.1 – Notice of Personal Chiropractor or Personal Acupuncturist
- DWC Form 9783.1 – Notice of Personal Chiropractor or Personal Acupuncturist (Spanish)
For Employer Use (fill out):
- EDD Form DE-34 – Report of New Employees
- I-9 – Current form recommended for use by USCIS
- I-9 – Current form recommended for use by USCIS (Spanish)
- I-9 Instructions
- I-9 Instructions (Spanish)
- Workers’ Compensation Information, including Time of Hire Pamphlet
- Workers’ Compensation Information, including Time of Hire Pamphlet (Spanish)
- DE 542 – Report of Independent Contractor (must also include written Contractor Agreement)
- Notice to Employees (Labor Commissioner) under Labor Code section 2810.5
- Notice to Employees (Labor Commissioner) under Labor Code section 2810.5 (Spanish)
Employee Resources (hand out to all employees upon hire):
- EDD: For Your Benefits Package
- Form DE 2515- Disability Insurance Pamphlet
- Form DE 2515- Disability Insurance Pamphlet (Spanish)
- Form DE 2565 – Disability Insurance Elective Coverage
- Form DE 2565 – Disability Insurance Elective Coverage (Spanish)
- Form DE 2320 – California’s Programs for the Unemployed
- Form DE 2320 – California’s Programs for the Unemployed (Spanish)
- Paid Family Leave Pamphlet DE 2511
- Paid Family Leave Pamphlet DE 2511 (Spanish)
- CRD-185-ENG – Sexual Harassment: Fact Sheet
- CRD-185-SP – Sexual Harassment: Fact Sheet (Spanish)
- DE 1857A – Labor Law Posting
- DE 1857A – Labor Law Posting (Spanish)
- DE 1857D- Labor Law Posting
- DE 1857D- Labor Law Posting (Spanish)
- DE 1858- Labor Law Posting
- DE 1858- Labor Law Posting (Spanish)
- Notice to Employees DE 71 (Informs employees that their employer must send W-4 or DE 4 to FTB)
- Notice to Employees DE 71 (Spanish)
- Rights of Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking (for employers with 25 or more employees)
- Rights of Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking (Spanish) (for employers with 25 or more employees)
Required poster from the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR):
- New Paid Sick Leave Poster: HEALTHY WORKPLACES/HEALTHY FAMILIES ACT OF 2014 PAID SICK LEAVE (ca.gov)
Miscellaneous resources regarding new 2024 labor law updates:
- Bereavement Leave FAQ;
- Discrimination in Employment: Use of Cannabis FAQ; and
- Leave from work after a Reproductive Loss – Fact sheet.
Required Posters from the California Civil Rights Department (CRD)*:
- CRD-E07P-ENG – California Employment Discrimination
- CRD-E07P-SP- California Employment Discrimination (Spanish)
- CRD-100-21ENG – Family Care and Medical Leave (CFRA Leave) and Pregnancy Disability Leave
- CRD-100-21SP – Family Care and Medical Leave (CFRA Leave) and Pregnancy Disability Leave (Spanish)
- CRD-185P-ENG – Sexual Harassment Poster from CRD
- CRD-185P-SP – Sexual Harassment Poster from CRD (Spanish)
- CRD-E04P-ENG – Transgender Rights in the Workplace (mandatory January 1, 2018)
- CRD-E04P-SP – Transgender Rights in the Workplace (mandatory January 1, 2018) (Spanish)
- CRD-E09P-ENG – Your Rights and Obligations as a Pregnant Employee
- CRD-E09P-SP – Your Rights and Obligations as a Pregnant Employee (Spanish)
* These required posters are offered in additional languages on the CRD website.
* These required posters were available on the DFEH website. In July 2022, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing’s name changed to the Civil Rights Department (CRD).
Human Trafficking Posters required for Employers specified in the instructions below:
Miscellaneous Employment Forms:
- Notice re federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (Must be provided within one week after providing an employee or independent contractor their W-2 or 1099)
- Notice to Employee as to change in Relationship (Required immediately upon change in employment status– discharge, layoff, LOA)
- The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) (If plant closing or mass layoff, provide this notice in writing 60 days before the action)
- Piece-Rate Legislation Fact Sheet
- Employers must post this Notice within 72 hours of being notified by an immigration agency that it is inspecting a company’s I-9 forms or other employment records.
- Employers must post this Notice within 72 hours of being notified by an immigration agency that it is inspecting a company’s I-9 forms or other employment records. (Spanish)
- Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
- California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Bar Associations
Court Links
- California Appellate Courts
- California Trial Courts
- Riverside County Superior Courts
- United States Federal Judiciary
Governmental Agencies
- State of California
- California Cities
- Cathedral City
- Desert Hot Springs
- City of Coachella
- City of Indian Wells
- City of Indio
- City of La Quinta
- City of Palm Desert
- City of Palm Springs
- City of Rancho Mirage
