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Industrial Safety

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SB 256 (Lieu-D) Trampoline courts: safety inspection

Establishes requirements and procedures for the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to regulate and inspect trampoline courts.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 438 (Hancock-D) Refineries: turnarounds

Requires refinery employers to annually report their schedule for "turnarounds" to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health by every September 15, and requires refinery employers to provide the Division with documentation on refinery safety and infrastructure.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 718 (Yee-D) Hospitals: workplace violence prevention plan

Prohibits a hospital from retaliating against an employee who seeks assistance from local emergency services or law enforcement when a violent incident occurs. Requires hospitals to document and maintain for five years reports on any violent incidents and to report any violent incidents to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 326 (Morrell-R) Occupational safety and health: reporting requirements

Modifies specified reporting requirements related to occupational safety and health.
(Failed passage in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 332 (Hall-D) Occupational safety and health: adult films

Requires employers engaged in the production of adult films to adopt safety-related practices and procedures regarding sexually transmitted diseases.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 517 (Achadjian-R) Occupational safety and health

Authorizes any county, city, special district, public authority, public agency, or joint powers authority to apply for a refund of civil penalties assessed, with interest, for violations of occupational safety and health laws if the conditions have been corrected.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1165 (Skinner-D) Occupational safety and health: violations

Provides that the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board may only stay the abatement of a serious, willful or repeat violation if the employer has a high likelihood of successfully contesting the violation and that staying the abatement does not adversely impact the health or safety of employees.
Vetoed

AB 1202 (Skinner-D) Occupational safety and health standards: hazardous drugs

Requires the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt a standard related to the handling of antineoplastic drugs, as specified.
Chapter 678, Statutes of 2013

AB 1277 (Skinner-D) Occupational safety and health: procedures

Revises statute governing the issuance and adjudication of citations for alleged violations of occupational safety and health laws.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Labor

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SB 7 (Steinberg-D) Public works: charter cities

Prohibits a charter city from receiving or using state funding for a construction project if the city has a charter provision or ordinance that authorizes a contractor not to comply with prevailing wage requirements on any public works contract, as specified.
Chapter 794, Statutes of 2013

SB 25 (Steinberg-D) Agricultural labor relations: contract dispute resolution

Makes various changes to the mandatory mediation procedures of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, as specified.
(On Senate Inactive File)

SB 168 (Monning-D) Farm labor contractors: successors: wages and penalties

Holds the successor of a farm labor contractor liable for the predecessor's owed wages or penalties to former employees whether the predecessor was licensed or not, if the successor farm labor contractor meets one or more specified criteria.
Chapter 715, Statutes of 2013

SB 270 (Padilla-D) Underground economy: enforcement actions

Directs agencies participating in the Joint Enforcement Strike Force and the Labor Enforcement Task Force, to the degree feasible, coordinate their law enforcement activities and exchange information to better facilitate their law enforcement activities.
(In Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

SB 377 (Lieu-D) Public works: project determinations

Requires the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations to establish a new process to determine whether a project is a public work, upon the request of any party, as specified.
Chapter 780, Statutes of 2013

SB 390 (Wright-D) Employee wage withholdings: failure to remit

Provides that it is illegal for an employer to willfully, or with the intent to defraud, fail to remit withholding's from an employee's wages pursuant to local, state or federal law to the proper agency. Provides that if an employer fails to remit $500 or more in wage withholdings, the employer's violation is a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, by a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
Chapter 718, Statutes of 2013

SB 400 (Jackson-D) Employment protections: victims of domestic violence

Expands the protections given to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who take time off to obtain any relief (such as a temporary restraining order) to victims of stalking. Prohibits an employer from discharging, retaliating, or discriminating against an employee because of his/her known status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, as specified. Requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation for an employee who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, as specified.
Chapter 759, Statutes 2013

SB 423* (Huff-R) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

Prohibits public sector transit employees of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District from striking if a clause prohibiting striking is an element of a labor contract that an employee or employee organization has agreed to in an expired or previously written labor contract between the employees and the District.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

SB 435 (Padilla-D) Compensation: meal and rest or recovery periods

Enacts provisions of law related to recovery periods, as specified.
Chapter 719, Statutes of 2013

SB 462 (Monning-D) Employment: compensation

Makes the award of attorney's fees and costs where the prevailing party is not an employee contingent on a finding by the court that the employee brought the court action in bad faith.
Chapter 142, Statutes of 2013

SB 554 (Anderson-R) Employment: overtime compensation

Provides that employees of 24-hour nonmedical out-of-home licensed residential facilities of 15 beds or fewer for the developmentally disabled, elderly, or mentally ill adults may, without violating any provision, as specified, or any applicable order of the commission, be compensated, as specified.
(In Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)

SB 607 (Berryhill-R) Employment: working hours

Enacts the California Workplace Flexibility Act of 2013 to permit an individual nonexempt employee to request an employee-selected flexible work schedule, as specified, and allows an employer to implement this schedule without any obligation to pay overtime compensation.
(Failed passage in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee; reconsideration granted)

SB 615 (Galgiani-D) Public works: prevailing wages

Expands the definition of "public works," for purposes of prevailing wage payment requirements, to also include any construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under private contract on a hospital or health care facility project when the project is paid for in whole or in part with the proceeds of conduit revenue bonds, as defined, that were issued on or after 1/1/15.
Vetoed

SB 776 (Corbett-D) Public works: prevailing wage rates: employer payment credit

Establishes additional restrictions on credit granted against the obligation to pay prevailing wages for employer payments made to monitor and enforce public works laws.
Chapter 169, Statutes of 2013

AB 10 (Alejo-D) Minimum wage: annual adjustment

Increases the minimum wage, on and after 7/1/14, to not less than $9 per hour, and increases the minimum wage, on and after 1/1/16, to not less than $10 per hour.
Chapter 351, Statutes of 2013

AB 11 (Logue-R) Reserve peace officers and emergency rescue personnel

Requires an employer employing 50 or more employees to allow an employee who performs duty as a reserve peace officer or emergency rescue personnel to take temporary leaves of absence, for up to 14 days in a calendar year, to engage in fire, law enforcement, or emergency rescue training.
Chapter 120, Statutes of 2013

AB 25 (Campos-D) Employment: social media

Specifies that the prohibition barring employers from requiring or requesting an employee (or prospective employee) to disclose their private username or password for the purpose of accessing their social media accounts applies to both public and private employers. Defines "employer" as the state, a city, a county, a city and county, or a district.
(Held at Senate Desk)

AB 114 (Salas-D) Proposition 39: workforce development

Requires the Clean Energy Jobs and Workforce Development Program grant recipients to report to the California Workforce Investment Board the number of individuals trained, their demographic and geographic profile, number of training completions, and number of job placements. Requires the Board, after one year, to review and assess whether the competitive grant program is achieving the job training and workforce development goals, identify problems and barriers to achieving goals, and provide solutions to improve the program performance.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 155 (Alejo-D) Employment: payroll records: right to inspect

Provides that a current or former employee has a right to receive a copy of their payroll records.
(In Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)

AB 228 (Logue-R) Labor Commissioner: employee claims

Authorizes both the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations and the Labor Commissioner, or their deputies, to waive any penalties against an employer if the employer resolves the claim within 30 days of receiving a notice, as specified, from the Commissioner. States that it does not apply to violations of minimum wage requirements.
(In Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

AB 241 (Ammiano-D) Domestic work employees: labor standards

Enacts the "Domestic Worker Bill of Rights" to provide protections and regulate the wages, hours, and working conditions of domestic work employees, as specified.
Chapter 374, Statutes of 2013

AB 263 (Roger Hernández-D) Employment: retaliation: immigration-related practices

Prohibits an employer or any other person or entity from engaging in unfair immigration-related practices, as defined, for the purpose of retaliation against any person who exercises any rights under the Labor Code; authorizes a civil action by an employee or other person who is the subject of an unfair immigration-related practice; and authorizes a court to order the appropriate government agencies to suspend certain business licenses held by the violating party for prescribed periods based on the number of violations. Requires a court to consider prescribed circumstances in determining whether a suspension of all licenses is appropriate; expands the protected conduct to include a written or oral complaint by an employee that he/she is owed unpaid wages; authorizes a private right of action for equitable relief, damages, and penalties by an employee against an employer who engages in unfair immigration-related practices; and establishes a three-tier license suspension and revocation scheme for first and subsequent violations. Clarifies that an employer is prohibited from discriminating, retaliating, or taking adverse action against an employee or job applicant who has engaged in prescribed protected conduct relating to the enforcement of the employee's or applicant's rights and provides up to a $10,000 penalty for violations thereof. Specifies that an employee is not required to exhaust administrative remedies or procedures to enforce this prohibition, and clarifies the procedures under which the Labor Commissioner investigates potential violations.
Chapter 732, Statutes of 2013

AB 302 (Chau-D) Public works: public subsidies

Provides a statutory definition for a "de minimis" public subsidy that does not trigger the requirements of prevailing wage law. Defines "de minimis" to mean a public subsidy that is both less than $25,000 and less than 1% of the total project cost. Does not apply to a project that was advertised for bid, or a contract that was awarded, before 1/1/14.
Vetoed

AB 344 (Ian Calderon-D) Employment of minors: permit

Allows the Labor Commissioner to collect a fee for the issuance of a minors entertainment work permit to offset costs.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 442 (Nazarian-D) Employees: wages

Authorizes the Labor Commissioner to collect liquidated damages from an employer who pays an employee less than minimum wage.
Chapter 735, Statutes of 2013

AB 533 (Ian Calderon-D) Artistic employment contracts: minors

Exempts an employer of a minor under a contract for services as an extra, background performer, or in a similar capacity from the requirement that the employer set aside 15% of the minor's gross earnings in trust for the benefit of the minor.
Chapter 102, Statutes of 2013

AB 556 (Salas-D) Fair Employment and Housing Act: military veterans

Adds "military and veteran status," as defined, to the list of categories protected from employment discrimination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act. Provides an exemption for an inquiry by an employer regarding military or veteran status for the purpose of awarding a veteran's preference as permitted by law.
Chapter 691, Statutes of 2013

AB 778 (Bocanegra-D) Employment: workforce and demographic changes: study

Requires the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations to study workforce and demographic changes in the workforce in California in the previous 20 years and projected workforce needs in the coming 30 years. Requires the Director to create a report summarizing the findings of the study and submit that report to the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee and the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee.
(In Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

AB 907 (Conway-R) Employment: flexible work schedules

Permits an individual nonexempt employee to request an employee-selected flexible work schedule providing for workdays up to 10 hours per day within a 40-hour workweek, and allows an employer to implement this schedule without the obligation to pay overtime compensation for those additional hours in a workday. Requires the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce this provision and adopt regulations.
(In Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

AB 972 (Ian Calderon-D) Employment: electricians: certification

Requires that, for projects using electricians, each contractor and subcontractor must also provide the electrician's state certification number on the payroll records below his/her name.
(In Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)

AB 1140 (Daly-D) Public works: prevailing wages

Provides that changes made to prevailing wage rates apply on their effective date to any contract that is awarded or for which notice to bidders is published on or after 1/1/14, as specified.
Vetoed

AB 1243 (Hueso-D) Employment: taxi drivers

Establishes, for matters where the classification of a driver of a taxicab is to be determined, a presumption, rebuttable by clear and convincing evidence, that the driver of a taxicab is an independent contractor rather than an employee of the taxi company. Specifies, in order of decreasing significance, the factors used in rebutting the presumption, and specifies the factors that may not be considered as evidence of employer-like control by a taxi company.
(In Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

AB 1294 (Grove-R) Public works: civil wage and penalty assessments

Amends existing law related to civil wage and penalty assessments related to alleged violations of public works law, and provides that the Labor Commissioner shall have the burden of proving that the basis for an assessment is correct.
(In Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

AB 1336 (Frazier-D) Prevailing wages: payroll records

Extends the deadline from 180 days to 18 months, as specified, for the Labor Commissioner to serve a civil wage and penalty assessment against a public work contractor or subcontractor, or both. Extends the deadline from 180 days to 18 months, as specified, for a joint labor-management committee to bring an action against an employer that fails to pay the prevailing wage to its employees. Revises and recasts remedies that may be awarded by a court in these joint labor-management committee actions. Authorizes the court to award interest, liquidated damages, and injunctive relief in these actions.
Chapter 792, Statutes of 2013

AB 1385 (Assembly Labor And Employment Committee) Private employment: Department of Industrial Relations

Requires the Department of Industrial Relations to procure a case management system that has the capability to provide the public with free, web-based access to a searchable database containing information regarding the final disposition of all complaints, citations, and administrative proceedings of the Department, as specified.
(In Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

AB 1386 (Assembly Labor And Employment Committee) Complaints: final orders

Provides, as an alternative to a judgment lien, upon an order becoming final, a lien on real property may be created by the Labor Commissioner recording a certificate of lien, for amounts due under the final order, and in favor of the employee(s) named in the order, with the county recorder of any county in which the employer's real property may be located.
Chapter 750, Statutes of 2013

AB 1387 (Roger Hernández-D) Car washes

Eliminates the sunset date on existing law regulating the car washing and polishing industry. Also, increases the surety bond from $15,000 to $150,000 and provides a specified exemption for employers with a valid collective bargaining agreement.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2013

Unemployment Insurance

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SB 118 (Lieu-D) Unemployment insurance: education and workforce

Requires the California Workforce Investment Board to incorporate specific principles into the state's strategic plan that align the education and workforce investment systems of the state to the needs of the 21st century economy and promotes a well-educated and highly skilled workforce to meet the future workforce needs.
Chapter 562, Statutes of 2013

SB 770 (Jackson-D) Disability benefits: paid family leave

Expands, beginning 7/1/14, the scope of the family temporary disability program to include time off to care for a seriously ill grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or parent-in-law, as defined; and makes conforming and clarifying changes in provisions relating to family temporary disability compensation.
Chapter 350, Statutes of 2013

AB 35 (Roger Hernández-D) Unemployment insurance: eligibility: deferred action

Provides that, to the extent authorized by federal law, if a person has received a notice of decision from the federal government granting deferred action under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and if that person performed the services while he/she was in receipt of a valid employment authorization from the federal government, he/she is a person who was lawfully present for purposes of performing the services and is eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, as specified.
Chapter 571, Statutes of 2013

AB 285 (Brown-D) Workforce: self-employment

Adds to, and recasts, provisions requiring the California Workforce Investment Board to develop guidelines for targeting resources to high-wage industry sectors and implementing entrepreneurial and self-employment training programs.
Vetoed

AB 908 (Bonilla-D) Unemployment insurance: use of information

Allows the Employment Development Department to share information, including wage and claim information, with peace officers employed by the Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations Division in order to assist identity theft investigations, counterfeiting, document fraud or consumer fraud.
Chapter 553, Statutes of 2013

AB 1268 (John A. Pérez-D) Unemployment insurance: veterans

Establishes the Veterans Workforce Development and Employment Office within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency for the purpose of coordinating veterans' workforce services. Requires the Office to administer specified state and federal unemployment programs and services for veterans.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 1271 (Bonta-D) Workforce development

Establishes the Economically Impacted Area Loan Repayment Program, to be administered by the California Workforce Investment Board and to provide for the repayment of business school loans of participants who satisfy its requirements. Requires that a person agree in writing prior to completing an accredited business school based in the U.S. to establish a qualifying small business and employ residents of an economically impacted area in order to be eligible to participate in the Program. Establishes that the maximum allowable amount of loan repayment is $105,000. Requires the Board to recover the funds awarded plus interest if a program participant does not complete his/her contractual service obligation.
(In Assembly Higher Education Committee)

AB 1392 (Assembly Insurance Committee) Unemployment insurance: work sharing plans

Conforms state law to new federal requirements for the Work Sharing Program, as specified. Prescribes requirements for employees to be eligible for work sharing compensation, as defined. Requires that work sharing compensation be charged to employers' experience rating accounts in the same manner as unemployment compensation. Prohibits, among other things, employees from being eligible to receive any benefits pursuant to these provisions unless their employer agrees, in writing, and their bargaining agent agrees, in writing, pursuant to any applicable collective bargaining agreement, to voluntarily participate in the work sharing program.
Chapter 141, Statutes of 2013

Workers' Compensation

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SB 146* (Lara-D) Workers' compensation: medical treatment: billing

Repeals the requirement that a copy of a prescription is a necessary element of a claim for reimbursement for a medication provided to an injured worker. Provides that any entity submitting a pharmacy bill for payment, on or after 1/1/13, and denied payment for not including a copy of the prescription from the treating physician, shall have until 3/31/14 to resubmit those bills for payment.
Chapter 129, Statutes of 2013

SB 258 (Lieu-D) Workers' compensation

Clarifies that recently enacted limitations on assignment of medical liens apply only to assignments occurring on or after 1/1/13, makes technical clarifications to the 2012 workers' compensation reform statutes, and requires that Workers' Compensation Appeals Board members be attorneys, as specified.
Vetoed

SB 375 (Senate Labor And Industrial Relations Committee) Workers' compensation

Contains a number of corrections to erroneous cross-references and other technical clean-up provisions to the 2012 workers' compensation reform.
Chapter 287, Statutes of 2013

SB 487 (Calderon-D) Workers' compensation: Self-Insured Group Security Fund

Creates the Self-Insured Group Security Fund (SIG Fund), a separate security fund for Self-Insured Groups (SIGs). Requires that the SIG Fund is governed by a seven-member board, as specified, one being the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. Provides, until 7/1/14, the Self-Insurers' Security Fund must assume the workers' compensation obligations of all insolvent self-insured employers, including SIGs. Provides, after 7/1/14, the SIG Fund has the right and obligation to obtain reimbursement from every member of the insolvent SIG, up to the amount of the workers' compensation obligations, including administrative and legal costs. Creates an alternative process by which SIGs can secure their incurred liabilities in the SIG Fund whereby the SIG Fund posts a composite deposit that collectively secures the aggregate liability of SIGs.
(In Senate Insurance Committee)

SB 527 (Block-D) Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence

Adds lifeguards employed by the City of San Diego on a full-time, year-round basis to the class of public safety employees who receive special, enhanced temporary disability benefits when they are unable to work due to illness or injury that arose out of, or in the course of, employment.
Chapter 66, Statutes of 2013

SB 626 (Beall-D) Workers' compensation

Expands the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation to 10 members, adding another employer representative and an injured worker representative. Lifts the 24 visit cap on chiropractic, occupational therapy, and physical therapy visits and deletes the prohibition of a chiropractor serving as a primary treating physician. Allows a physician to continue to serve as the primary treating physician, even if additional treatment is denied, as long as the physician continues to comply with reporting requirements set by the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation. Requires that all review of appropriate treatment in utilization review, Independent Medical Review, and medical provider network be conducted by medical professionals who hold the same California license as the requesting physician. Removes the confidentiality requirement of independent reviewers in the Independent Medical Review process. Allows for review of the Independent Medical Review decisions by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board or the any higher court. Allows increases to permanent disability impairment ratings due to psychological disorders arising from a compensable injury.
(In Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)

AB 454 (Dickinson-D) Workers' compensation benefits: prevailing wages

Requires that when temporary disability benefits or permanent disability benefits are determined for average weekly earnings on a public works project they will be taken at the wages actually paid or the prevailing wage that was applicable to the work performed by the employee, whichever amount is greater. Provides that a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board determination of whether a project was a public work or, of the applicable prevailing wage, or both, has no effect in any other judicial or administrative proceeding.
Vetoed

AB 607 (Perea-D) Workers' compensation: dependent children

Clarifies that a totally disabled dependent child is entitled to workers' compensation survivor benefits in case of the death of the parent, regardless of the status of the surviving spouse, as specified.
Chapter 786, Statutes of 2013

AB 1309 (Perea-D) Workers' compensation: professional athletes

Limits access to the California workers' compensation system for professional athletes employed by out-of-state teams.
Chapter 653, Statutes of 2013

AB 1373 (John A. Pérez-D) Workers' compensation: firefighters and peace officers

Extends the statute of limitations in certain circumstances for dependents of public safety officers to file a workers' compensation claim for death benefits. Requires that workers' compensation claims for death benefits for the dependents of public safety officers be filed within 480 weeks from the date of injury, but no later than one year from the date of death, if the claim involves specified illnesses.
Vetoed

AB 1376* (Roger Hernández-D) Workers' compensation: medical treatment: interpreters

Delays until 3/1/14, a regulation adopted by the Division of Workers' Compensation that requires medical interpreters in the workers' compensation system to be certified.
Chapter 793, Statutes of 2013

Miscellaneous

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SB 404 (Jackson-D) Fair employment: familial status

Adds "familial status" to the protected categories of the employment provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 516 (Steinberg-D) Foreign labor contractors: registration

Requires foreign labor contractors to register with the Labor Commissioner, as well as follow additional contractual and bonding requirements, as specified.
Vetoed

SB 666 (Steinberg-D) Employment: retaliation

Provides for a suspension or revocation of an employer's business license for retaliation against employees and others on the basis of citizenship and immigration status, and establishes a civil penalty up to $10,000 per violation.
Chapter 577, Statutes of 2013

SB 723 (Correa-D) Veterans

Requires the Employment Development Department, and the Department of Consumer Affairs, on or before 1/1/15, to jointly present a report to the Legislature containing best practices by state governments around the nation in facilitating the credentialing of veterans by using their documented military education and experience.
Vetoed

SB 761 (DeSaulnier-D) Family temporary disability insurance

Provides that an employer who regularly employs 10 or more individuals, or an agent of that employer, that discharges or in any other manner discriminates against an employee who has been employed by him/her for 90 working days or more because the employee has applied for, used, or indicated an intent to apply for or use, family temporary disability insurance benefits is liable to the affected employee for actual damages and appropriate equitable relief, including reinstatement.
(On Senate Inactive File)

SJR 10 (Lieu-D) Workforce Investment Act of 1998

Urges the Congress of the United States to reauthorize the federal Workforce Investment Act and to include specified policies and strategies in support of the Act.
Resolution Chapter 121, Statutes of 2013

AB 218 (Dickinson-D) Employment applications: criminal history

Requires that state and local agencies determine a job applicant's minimum qualifications before obtaining and considering information regarding the applicant's conviction history on an employment application.
Chapter 699, Statutes of 2013

AB 633 (Salas-D) Emergency medical services: civil liability

Prohibits an employer from adopting or enforcing a policy prohibiting an employee from voluntarily providing emergency medical services, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, except when a person has a do-not-resuscitate order, as specified.
Chapter 591, Statutes of 2013

AB 684 (Medina-D) Workforce training

Adds an uncodified section of law to authorize the California Workforce Investment Board to provide grants, from state and federal funds available for this purpose, to accredited institutions that provide instruction to persons who are preparing for the general educational development test.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1082 (Williams-D) Employment records: report

Requires an employer who employs 50 or more full-time equivalent employees to report specified information to the Employment Development Department on or before, July 1 of each year.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1164 (Lowenthal-D) Liens: employees and workers

Authorizes an employee to record and enforce a wage lien upon an employer's property, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1268 (John A. Pérez-D) Unemployment insurance: veterans' unemployment

Establishes the Veterans Workforce Development and Employment Office within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency for the purpose of coordinating veterans' workforce services.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 1315 (John A. Pérez-D) Green Collar Jobs Council

Adds the Speaker of the Assembly and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate as members of the California Workforce Investment Board and the Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC). Authorizes the GCJC membership to include representatives from other state agencies, higher education, local workforce investment boards, industry representatives, philanthropic, nongovernmental, and environmental groups, as appropriate. Eliminates the GCJC's requirement to develop a strategic initiative and instead requires the GCJC to develop, and annually update, a common framework consisting of specified elements to address workforce needs arising from changes in the energy, building and construction, transportation, and other industries impacted by state policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(On Assembly Inactive File)

AB 1384 (Assembly Labor And Employment Committee) Garment manufacturing: civil penalties

Establishes civil penalties for a garment manufacturer who fails to display specified information at the front entrance of the business, as required under existing law.
Chapter 308, Statutes of 2013

ACR 19 (Pan-D) Japanese American: discrimination: apology

Issues an official public apology to Americans of Japanese ancestry who were dismissed from their state civil service positions in 1942 as a result of Senate Concurrent Resolution 15 of 1942.
Resolution Chapter 104, Statutes of 2013

ACR 27 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) César Chávez

Recognizes 3/31/13, as the anniversary of the birth of César Chávez, and calls upon all Californians to participate in appropriate observances to remember César Chávez as a symbol of hope and justice to all persons, and recognize the hard labor of farmworkers in the state.
(On Senate Inactive File)

ACR 79 (Bocanegra-D) Classified school employees

Recognizes the important role that classified school employees play in California's public schools and community colleges, and that they deserve fair and consistent working conditions, including access to unemployment benefits.
(In Assembly Insurance Committee)

Index (in Measure Order)

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