Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez pushes COVID-19 worker protection bill

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, joined other legislators today to call for the passage of legislation that would

require employees to report COVID-19 infections in workplaces.

Gonzalez, along with Assemblymembers Eloise Gomez Reyes, D-San Bernardino, and Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, asked their fellow legislators to

pass Assembly Bill 685, under which employers would be required to provide a 24-hour notice to all employees at a worksite should any worker be exposed to COVID-19. They would also be required to report a workplace COVID-19 positive test, diagnosis, orde...