Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
Industrial Safety
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.
(Died 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.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1299 (Padilla-D) Workplace violence prevention plans: hospitals
Requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standards Board, no later than 7/1/16, to adopt standards that require specified hospitals to adopt a workplace violence prevention plan as part of their injury and illness prevention plan to protect health care workers and other facility personnel from aggressive and violent behavior.
Chapter 842, Statutes of 2014
SB 1300 (Hancock-D) Refineries: turnarounds
Requires petroleum refineries to annually report their schedule for "turnarounds" to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health on September 15, and requires them to provide the Division with documentation on refinery safety and infrastructure.
Chapter 519, Statutes of 2014
AB 326 (Morrell-R) Occupational safety and health: reporting requirements
Requires that the immediate reporting of an employer to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of a serious injury, illness, or death, be made by telephone or e-mail, deleting the reference to telegraph.
Chapter 91, Statutes of 2014
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.
(Died 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.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
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.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1576 (Hall-D) Occupational safety and health: adult films
Requires additional documentation of compliance from adult film employers with respect to the blood-borne pathogen standard.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1634 (Skinner-D) Occupational safety and health: violations
Prohibits the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) from granting, for serious violations, a proposed modification to civil penalties for abatement or credit for abatement unless the employer has abated the violation, as specified, or has submitted a statement to Cal/OSHA, as specified, and additionally requires supporting evidence with statement where necessary. Authorizes Cal/OSHA to grant such a modification only if the violation has been abated, as specified, or the signed statement and supporting evidence is received within 10 working days after the end of the period fixed for abatement, as specified.
Chapter 497, Statutes of 2014
AB 1803 (Skinner-D) Occupational safety and health: lead-related construction
Establishes a lead-related construction registration program under the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and requires any employer or contractor who will be engaging in lead-related construction work to apply for and obtain registration in the program prior to the commencement of any such work.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2146 (Skinner-D) Occupational safety: firefighters: protective equipment
Requires the Department of Industrial Relations by 1/1/16, to convene an advisory committee to evaluate whether changes are needed to align industry safety order with the applicable and most recently promulgated standards of the National Fire Protection Association.
Chapter 811, Statutes of 2014
AB 2674 (Skinner-D) Occupational safety: hazardous disinfectants
Requires the Occupational Health and Safety Board to adopt standards to protect health care personnel and patients from the effects of toxic disinfectants. Requires the Board, in adopting these standards, to consider current scientific evidence and recommendations adopted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
Labor
SB 25 (Steinberg-D) Agricultural labor relations: contract dispute resolution
Provides that an agricultural employer or labor organization may file an order to enforce a mandatory mediation order from the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) even if a party seeks appellate review of the decision. Requires the parties to implement the terms of the ALRB's order while a petition for a writ of review is pending. Provides that a court may only issue a stay of an ALRB order if it makes certain findings. Provides that a court granting a stay of an ALRB order shall provide written findings and analysis supporting the decision.
Vetoed
SB 266 (Lieu-D) Prevailing wages
Clarifies the procedure for providing notice of completion or acceptance of a public work to the Labor Commissioner.
Chapter 916, Statutes of 2014
SB 423 (Huff-R) Public transportation employees: strikes: prohibition
Repeals various statutes governing public transportation labor disputes, including requirements governing labor relations when a strike is threatened; adds new laws to prohibit public transportation workers from striking; and proscribes penalties and sanctions for employees and recognized labor organizations that participate in, cause, encourage, or condone strikes.
(Died in Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee)
SB 554 (Anderson-R) Employment: overtime compensation
Exempts 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 from the above-described provisions, and prohibit those employees from working more than 24 consecutive hours, until the employee receives at least eight hours of off-duty period, as specified. Specifies that, for these employees, time spent sleeping during the employee's 24-hour on-duty period shall not be included as hours worked for the purpose of calculating overtime and requires that time to be compensated at the minimum wage.
(Died 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.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
SB 935 (Leno-D) Minimum wage: annual adjustment
Approves a series of annual minimum wage increases between 2015 and 2017, and approves an annual adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index to the minimum wage starting in 2018.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
SB 1087 (Monning-D) Farm labor contractors
Strengthens the farm labor contractor (FLC) standards by, among other things, increasing bonding requirements and raising licensure fees for FLC licensure enforcement, as specified; and prohibits the FLC who engage in sexual harassment from being issued a FLC's license or renewing the license, as specified.
Chapter 750, Statutes of 2014
SB 1106 (Berryhill-R) Agricultural labor relations: certified labor organizations
Requires a certified agricultural labor organization to submit an annual report to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board listing the names of employers with whom negotiations under this part are in progress but not yet completed, including a description of the progress of negotiations between the labor organization and the employer. The report must include the requests made by the union to bargain and the dates of meetings between the labor organization and the employer.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
SB 1360 (Padilla-D) Compensation: rest or recovery periods
Clarifies that a legally mandated rest or recovery period is counted as hours worked and, therefore, shall not result in any deductions from an employee's wages, as specified.
Chapter 72, Statutes of 2014
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. Specifically, defines "employer" as the state, a city, a county, a city and county, or a district. Allows law enforcement agencies to access social media accounts of a new hire applicant or lateral transfer applicant, as defined, once during the background check for a position as a sworn peace officer, if specified requirements are met.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 26 (Bonilla-D) Construction: prevailing wage
Revises the definition of "construction," for purposes of public works projects, to also include work performed during the postconstruction phases of construction, including, but not limited to, all cleanup work at the jobsite.
Chapter 864, Statutes of 2014
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.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
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.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
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.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 778 (Bocanegra-D) Local public employee organizations: factfinding panel
Requires that when an employee organization requests that a public agency submit the parties' differences to a factfinding panel, that request must be made in writing. Provides that if either party disputes that a genuine impasse has been reached, the issue as to whether an impasse exists may be submitted to the Public Employment Relations Board for resolution, and requires the Board to notify the parties within five working days if it determines that an impasse existed as of the date of written notice of the declaration of the impasse. Specifies that the above provision does not apply to the City and County of San Francisco.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations 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.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
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.
(Died 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.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
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.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
AB 1522 (Gonzalez-D) Employment: paid sick days
Enacts the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, which requires employers to provide paid sick days to employees who work 30 or more days within a year from commencement of employment.
Chapter 317, Statutes of 2014
AB 1543 (Holden-D) Employment: mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations
Revises the definition of "construction," for purposes of public works projects, to also include work performed during the postconstruction phases of construction, including, but not limited to, all cleanup work at the jobsite.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1562 (Gomez-D) Employment: leave
Expands eligibility for unpaid family and medical leave under the California Family Rights Act to public or private school employees.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1680 (Wilk-R) Child Performer Services Permit
Requires any person with a valid Child Performer Services Permit to include the permit number on advertising in print or electronic media, including, but not limited to, Internet Web sites, or in any other medium of advertising.
Chapter 232, Statutes of 2014
AB 1723 (Nazarian-D) Employees: wages
Provides that minimum wage citations issued by the Labor Commissioner will also include any applicable "waiting time" penalties provided for under existing law, as specified.
Chapter 886, Statutes of 2014
AB 1741 (Frazier-D) Public works: prevailing wage rates: wage and penalty assess
Authorizes contractors and/or subcontractors who have received a wage and penalty assessment under public works law, as an alternative to becoming automatically liable for liquidated damages in specified circumstances, to deposit the full amount of the assessment in the form of a bond with the Department of Industrial Relations.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1792 (Gomez-D) Public benefits: reports on employers
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to annually inform the Employment Development Department (EDD) of the names and social security numbers of all recipients of the Medi-Cal program; requires Department of Health Care Services to determine the average per-individual cost of state and federally funded benefits provided by the Medi-Cal program and inform EDD of these costs; defines an employer as an individual or organization that employs 100 or more beneficiaries of the Medi-Cal program; requires the Department of Finance to, after obtaining specified information from EDD, annually transmit to the Legislature and post on the Department of Finance's Internet Web site a report no that, among other things, identifies the 500 employers in the state with the most number of employees enrolled in a public assistance program ranked by the number of those employees, as specified; and establishes a 1/1/20 sunset date.
Chapter 889, Statutes of 2014
AB 1870 (Alejo-D) Public works: prevailing wage: multiemployer apprenticeship
Makes changes to existing law related to the distribution of training contributions by the California Apprenticeship Council to approved apprenticeship programs.
Chapter 890, Statutes of 2014
AB 1897 (Roger Hernández-D) Labor contracting: client liability
Establishes specified liability for client employers that obtain workers from third-party labor contractors, as specified; and prohibits the bill's provisions from being interpreted to impose liability in specified circumstances.
Chapter 728, Statutes of 2014
AB 2030 (Campos-D) Employees: time off
Prohibits an employer, as specified, from discharging or discriminating against an employee taking time off, within those defined limitations, without loss of pay. Prohibits an employee from being required to use existing vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time off for those purposes, unless otherwise provided by a collective bargaining agreement entered into before 1/1/15, and in effect on that date, or from being required to use time off without pay for those purposes. Prohibits the entitlement of any employee under those provisions from being diminished by any collective bargaining agreement term or condition that is agreed to on or after 1/1/15.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
AB 2063 (Chávez-R) Employment: car washes: online registration
Authorizes employers in the car washing and polishing industry to submit their required application for registration, fees and supporting documentation online.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2074 (Roger Hernández-D) Recovery of wages: liquidated damages
Clarifies that the statute of limitations for a suit filed to pursue liquidated damages for the failure to pay the minimum wage will run until the expiration of the statute of limitations for the wages in which the penalties are being sought.
Chapter 211, Statutes of 2014
AB 2079 (Grove-R) Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004
Amends the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 to allow an employer to cure an alleged violation of law related to itemized wage statements before a civil action may be brought by an aggrieved employee.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
AB 2271 (Ian Calderon-D) Employment: discrimination: status as unemployed
Prohibits, on or after 1/1/15, an employer from discriminating against prospective job applicants on the basis of the applicant's employment status. Provides that an employer, employment agency, or person operating an Internet job posting Web site who discriminates against unemployed job applicants is subject to civil penalties enforceable by the Labor Commissioner.
Vetoed
AB 2272 (Gray-D) Public works: prevailing wage
Establishes that infrastructure projects funded by the California Advanced Services Fund are "public works" projects.
Chapter 900, Statutes of 2014
AB 2288 (Roger Hernández-D) Child Labor Protection Act of 2014
Tolls the statute of limitations for unlawful labor practices until a child worker attains the age of majority. Authorizes an award of treble damages to an individual, who is discharged, threatened with discharge, demoted, suspended, retaliated against, subjected to adverse action, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms of conditions of his/her employment because he/she filed a claim or civil action alleging a violation of the Labor Code that arose while he/she was a minor, and increases civil penalties.
Chapter 96, Statutes of 2014
AB 2416 (Stone-D) Liens: laborers and employees
Enacts the California Wage Theft Recovery Act to authorize specified employees to request that the Labor Commissioner record, on his/her behalf, a wage lien upon real and personal property of an employer, or a property owner, as specified, for unpaid wages and other compensation owed the employee, and certain other penalties, interest, and costs. Prescribes requirements relating to the recording and enforcement of the wage lien and for its extinguishment and removal. Requires a notice of lien on real property to be executed under penalty of perjury. Authorizes the employer or property owner to use a procedure to release the notice of lien or reduce the amount of the lien if the employer makes specified contentions, and requires a specific certification under the procedure to be made under penalty of perjury. Requires the Department of Industrial Relations to issue a report to the Legislature by 1/1/19, on the effect of these provisions, as specified.
(Died on the Senate Third Reading File)
AB 2448 (Jones-R) Employment: flexible work schedules
Authorizes individual employees to request flexible work schedules, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
AB 2575 (Campos-D) Agricultural Labor Relations Board: annual report
Requires that the Agricultural Labor Relations Board's annual report to the Legislature and the Governor be submitted no later than 45 days after the close of the fiscal year.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
AB 2615 (Muratsuchi-D) Unemployment: workforce development
Transfers $25 million from the General Fund to the Work-Based Learning Fund, which the bill creates in the State Treasury, for the purpose of funding work-based learning programs for out-of-school youth and young adults. Appropriates the monies in the Work-Based Learning Fund to the California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB), which develops a competitive grant program to allocate those monies to local workforce investment boards and community-based organizations that administer Workforce Investment Act youth programs. Requires the local workforce investment boards and the community-based organizations to report specified information to the CWIB, and requires the CWIB to report specified information to the Legislature and the Governor, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)
AB 2688 (Brown-D) Employment: violations: good faith defense
Provides a defense against prosecution for alleged violations of certain labor laws, as specified.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
AB 2743 (Assembly Labor And Employment Committee) Employment: wages
Allows unionized, regular short-term theatrical employees or concert venue to pursue liquidated damages due to non-payment of wages after discharge.
Chapter 210, Statutes of 2014
AB 2744 (Assembly Labor And Employment Committee) Public works: apprenticeship program
Makes conforming changes to reflect a recent merger of duties within the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and more fully integrate enforcement of apprenticeship standards within the enforcement mechanisms already available to address other violations of the requirements for contractors and subcontractors on public works projects under existing law.
Chapter 297, Statutes of 2014
AB 2751 (Roger Hernández-D) Labor: retaliation
Clarifies that a civil penalty of up to $10,000 against an employer who discriminates, retaliates, or takes any adverse action against an employee or applicant for employment, who exercises a right protected under local and state labor and employment laws, is to be awarded to the employee or employees who suffered the violation.
Chapter 79, Statutes of 2014
ACR 156 (Weber-D) Itliong-Vera Cruz Memorial Bridge
Designates the overpass on South Woodman Street that crosses State Route 54, also known as the Filipino American Highway, in the City of San Diego as the Itliong-Vera Cruz Memorial Bridge. Seeks to memorialize contributions from the American labor movement, and from the Filipino-American farm worker, in particular.
Resolution Chapter 145, Statutes of 2014
Unemployment Insurance
SB 1131 (Walters-R) Income taxes: withholding: limited liability company
Excludes members of a limited liability company, treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, from the definition of employee. The exclusion applies only for personal income tax withholding purposes.
Chapter 122, Statutes of 2014
SB 1141 (Hancock-D) Unemployment insurance: use of information
Allows the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation access to quarterly wage data of former inmates who have been incarcerated within the prison system in order to assess the impact of rehabilitation services. The data will be provided for a period of one year, three years, and five years, following the inmate's release, as specified.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2014
SB 1314 (Monning-D) Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals
Extends the deadline for claimants and employers to appeal for unemployment benefits eligibility, as specified, to an administrative law judge and to the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board from 20 to 30 days.
Chapter 399, Statutes of 2014
SB 1435 (Nielsen-R) Unemployment insurance base wage file: Identity theft
Requires the Employment Development Department to review, at least once each year, the information in its unemployment insurance base wage file, to identify if multiple names are associated with a single social security number. Requires the Department, whenever it discovers three or more names associated with a single social security number, to inform the Department of Justice of this, along with relevant supporting information, as a potential incidence of identity theft.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
AB 37 (Perea-D) Unemployment insurance: reporting requirements
Requires that, if the Unemployment Fund indicates a negative balance, the Employment Development Department must include in the annual report to the Legislature what the estimated cost impact on employers from the changes in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act tax credit and the estimated amount the state is expected to pay in interest charges on any outstanding loan to the federal government; and exempts this annual report from the four-year repeal requirement for legislative reports.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1035 (Muratsuchi-D) Workers' compensation: firefighters and peace officers
Provides an extension for dependents of deceased firefighters and peace officers to file for workers' compensation death benefits if the death resulted from any of the following: cancer, tuberculosis, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections, or bloodborne infectious disease. This extension is for up to 420 weeks from the date of injury, but in no case more than one year from the date of death, as specified. Requires the extension to sunset on 1/1/19.
Chapter 15, Statutes of 2014
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.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1556 (Perea-D) Unemployment insurance
Makes a number of reforms to the policies and practices in the administration of the Unemployment Insurance program, as specified.
Chapter 377, Statutes of 2014
AB 1797 (Rodriguez-D) California Workforce Investment Board
Requires the California Workforce Investment Board, in consultation with the Divisions of Apprenticeship Standards, to conduct specified activities related to expanding job training and employment for allied health professions, as defined.
Chapter 157, Statutes of 2014
AB 2148 (Mullin-D) Workforce development: annual workforce metrics dashboard
Requires the California Workforce Investment Board to assist the Governor in the development of an annual workforce metrics dashboard to measure investment in workforce development, as specified.
Chapter 385, Statutes of 2014
AB 2362 (Grove-R) Unemployment insurance benefits: fraud convictions
Expands code sections under which an unemployment insurance fraud-related conviction disqualifies an individual for unemployment insurance benefits. Specifically, it adds unemployment insurance-related fraud convictions under Penal Code sections related to forgery, grand theft, and false claims, as well as specified United States code sections.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrials Relations Committee)
AB 2705 (Williams-D) Community colleges: faculty
Amends various provisions in the Education Code related to the California Community College faculty and changes the references from "part-time" and "temporary" faculty to "contingent" faculty.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
Workers' Compensation
SB 36 (Hueso-D) Internet Web site: workers' compensation insurers
Requires, beginning 7/1/14, the Department of Insurance (CDI) to include on its Internet Web site a dedicated Internet Web page that includes workers' compensation data, statistics, and reports covering insurers. Requires the CDI to only use data already collected by the CDI or the Department of Industrial Relations, and authorizes the CDI to provide on its Internet Web site direct links to relevant information on other Internet Web sites.
Vetoed
SB 146* (Lara-D) Workers' compensation: medical treatment: billing
Provides that a copy of a prescription for pharmaceutical services is not necessary unless the provider of services has entered into a written agreement, as specified, that requires a copy of the prescription for a pharmacy service, and allows an employer, pharmacy benefits manager, insurer, or third-party claims administrator to request a copy of the prescription during a review of any records of prescription drugs dispensed by a pharmacy.
Chapter 129, Statutes of 2014
SB 258 (Lieu-D) Workers' compensation
Clarifies that recently enacted limitations on assignment of 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 2014
SB 487 (Calderon-D) Workers' compensation: Self-Insured Group Security Fund
Creates the Self-Insured Group Security Fund (SIG F), a separate security fund for Self-Insured Groups (SIGs). Requires that the SIG F 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 SIG F must assume the workers' compensation obligations of all insolvent self-insured employers, including SIGs. Provides, after 7/1/14, the SIG F 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 F whereby the SIG F posts a composite deposit that collectively secures the aggregate liability of SIGs.
(Died in Senate Insurance Committee)
SB 527 (Block-D) Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence
Allows lifeguards employed year-round by the City of San Diego on a regular, full-time basis by the City to be eligible for 4850 leave.
Chapter 66, Statutes of 2014
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.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
SB 777* (Hernandez-D) Horse racing: workers' compensation
Reestablishes provisions in Horse Racing Law which sunsetted on 1/1/14. The provisions required a thoroughbred racing association, racing fair, quarter horse racing association or harness racing association that conducts a racing meeting to deduct a specified percentage of the total amount handled in exotic pari-mutuel pools on live races, to be distributed to a specified organization for the purpose of defraying costs of workers' compensation insurance for trainers and owners in connection with live horse racing, as defined.
Chapter 6, Statutes of 2014
SB 1234 (Block-D) Workers' compensation
Broadens eligibility for certain workers' compensation benefits to specified peace officers including, but not limited to park rangers, housing authority patrol officers, and various school and transit police.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1373 (Walters-R) Workers' compensation: self-insure
Repeals the prohibition on certificates of consent to self-insure from being issued to those employers, as specified.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
SJR 18 (Beall-D) Emergency Unemployment Compensation: extension
Proclaims the Legislature's support for the extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program and memorializes the United States Congress to promptly renew the extension of unemployment benefits.
Resolution Chapter 18, Statutes of 2014
AB 1746 (Alejo-D) Workers' compensation: proceedings: expedited hearings
Requires the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation to include injured workers who are or were employed by an illegally uninsured employer on the priority conference calendar when the issues in dispute are employment or injury arising out of employment or in the course of employment.
Chapter 156, Statutes of 2014
AB 2052 (Gonzalez-D) Workers' compensation
Expands the existing workers' compensation presumptions to include all classes of full time California peace officers.
Vetoed
AB 2053 (Gonzalez-D) Employment discrimination or harassment: education
Expands on existing law related to sexual harassment training for supervisory employees to also include training on the prevention of "abusive conduct."
Chapter 306, Statutes of 2014
AB 2378 (Perea-D) Workers' compensation: temporary disability payments
Provides that, with respect to certain fire and peace officer employees, the right to a leave of absence for up to one year with full pay as a result of on-the-job disability does not offset any portion of those employees' right to up to 104 weeks of temporary disability benefits.
Vetoed
AB 2616 (Skinner-D) Workers' compensation: hospital employers: compensation
Extends to certain hospital employees who provide direct patient care the presumption that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are presumed to be job related.
Vetoed
AB 2732 (Assembly Insurance Committee) Workers' compensation
Contains several technical clean-up provisions to the workers' compensation reforms of 2012.
Chapter 217, Statutes of 2014
Miscellaneous
SB 263 (Monning-D) Private employment: public transit employees
Extends a 10% bid preference to all public transit contracts awarded by the State of California for bidders who agree to retain the employees of the prior contractor or subcontractor for a period of at least 90 days.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
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.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 477 (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.
Chapter 711, Statutes of 2014
SB 556 (Padilla-D) Providers of health and safety labor or services
Makes it unlawful, on or after 1/1/15, for a public health and safety labor or services contractor to display on a vehicle a logo of the contracting public agency or wear a uniform bearing a logo of the public agency, unless additional disclosures, as specified, are also displayed; makes it unlawful to require a person or employee of a nongovernmental agency contracted to provide public health and safety labor or services to wear a badge containing the logo of the public agency; and provides remedies under the California Legal Remedies Act for violations of its provisions.
Chapter 832, Statutes of 2014
SB 792 (Padilla-D) Administrative regulations
Directs the Department of Industrial Relations, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control, to adopt regulations for corrosion prevention work on public infrastructure projects. These regulations require the use of certified personnel for application of protective coatings and linings on steel and concrete which would prevent early deterioration due to corrosion and related environmental contamination. Mandates that these regulations be a part of public contracts receiving state funds by 1/1/17.
Vetoed
SB 854 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) State and local government
Establishes that, beginning 7/1/14, a contractor or subcontractor will be required to register with the Department of Industrial Relations, pay an initial nonrefundable registration fee of $300, pay an annual renewal fee each July 1 thereafter, and as part of the registration process, provide specified information to establish the contractor's eligibility to be registered. Fee revenues will be used for the reasonable costs of administering the registration and qualification of contractors, the costs and obligations associated with administration and enforcement requirements related to prevailing wage responsibilities, and public works projects monitoring and enforcement duties of the Labor Commissioner.
Chapter 28, Statutes of 2014
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.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 972 (Ian Calderon-D) Worker safety: underground electrical facilities
Requires the Public Utilities Commission, on or before 1/ 1/16, to adopt a rule regulating work performed in underground electrical facilities by, or on behalf of, an electrical corporation that is consistent with certain worker safety protections.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations 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.
(Died 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.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
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.
(Died 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.
(Died at Senate Desk)
AB 1910 (Gray-D) California Workforce Investment Board
Establishes the San Joaquin Valley Regional Economic Planning and Preparedness Council (SJVREPPC) to develop an oil and natural gas workforce strategic initiative to meet the workforce needs of the San Joaquin Valley's expanding energy economy. The SJVREPPC is comprised of current California Workforce Investment Board members. Other state agencies, higher education institutions, and industry representatives, as well as philanthropic and nongovernmental groups may serve as consultants to the SJVREPPC. The SJVREPPC is required to report annually on the status and outcome of its activities.
Vetoed
AB 1939 (Daly-D) Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs
Authorizes a contractor on a private works project to bring an action to recover from the hiring party that the contractor directly contracts with the difference between the wages actually paid to an employee and the increased wages that were required to be paid to an employee, in addition to any penalties or other sums required to be paid, and costs and attorney's fees, because the project was subsequently deemed to be a public work subject to prevailing wage requirements.
Chapter 161, Statutes of 2014
AB 2095 (Wagner-R) Employee compensation: itemized statements
Authorizes an employer to recover reasonable attorney's fees and costs from an employee for specified claims of failure to provide an accurate itemized wage statement, where the employer is the prevailing party and the court determines that the action was brought in bad faith.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 2155 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Nurses and certified nurse assistants: overtime
Prohibits, beginning 1/1/16, mandatory overtime for registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, or certified nursing assistants who are employed in state hospitals and facilities.
Vetoed
AB 2176 (John A. Pérez-D) Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
Requires the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to develop recommendations for a state economic development plan and to be notified when an employer submits notice to the state of his/her intent to undertake a mass layoff, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2536 (Mullin-D) Employees: emergency rescue personnel
Expands the definition of emergency rescue personnel to include an officer, employee, or member of a disaster medical response team sponsored or requested by the state. Requires an employee who is a health care provider to notify his/her employer at the time the employee becomes designated as emergency rescue personnel and time of deployment.
Chapter 343, Statutes of 2014
ACR 27 (V. Manuel Pérez-D) César Chávez
Recognizes March 31, 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.
(Died 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.
(Died in Assembly Insurance Committee)
ACR 150 (Bocanegra-D) Journeyman Linemen Recognition Day
Designates 7/10/14, as Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day to honor and recognize the contribution of the countless journeyman linemen who often place themselves in harm's way to serve their communities.
Resolution Chapter 97, Statutes of 2014
AJR 36 (Gonzalez-D) Special Minimum Wage Certificate Program
Urges the United States Congress to phase out the use of the Special Minimum Wage Certificate provision, and eventually repeal a section of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AJR 38 (Salas-D) Fair employment and housing: military and veteran status
Requests Congress to pass and the President to sign into law, Senate Bill 1281 and House Resolution 2654, and encourages the members of the California Congressional Delegation to join as co-authors on those measures.
Resolution Chapter 99, Statutes of 2014
HR 47 (Roger Hernández-D) National Tradesworker Day
Recognizes 9/19/14, and the third Friday of September each year thereafter, as National Tradesworker Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 56 (Bonilla-D) Women's Equality Day
Upon the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Assembly recognizes 8/26/14, as Women's Equality Day and its historic importance to women's rights, including employment discrimination against.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
Index (in Measure Order)
Go to TopNote: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.
| Measure and Reference | Author | Measure Title |
|---|---|---|
| SB 25 - Labor | Steinberg-D | Agricultural labor relations: contract dispute resolution |
| SB 36 - Workers' Compensation | Hueso-D | Internet Web site: workers' compensation insurers |
| SB 146* - Workers' Compensation | Lara-D | Workers' compensation: medical treatment: billing |
| SB 256 - Industrial Safety | Lieu-D | Trampoline courts: safety inspection |
| SB 258 - Workers' Compensation | Lieu-D | Workers' compensation |
| SB 263 - Miscellaneous | Monning-D | Private employment: public transit employees |
| SB 266 - Labor | Lieu-D | Prevailing wages |
| SB 375 - Workers' Compensation | Senate Labor And Industrial Relations Committee | Workers' compensation |
| SB 404 - Miscellaneous | Jackson-D | Fair employment: familial status |
| SB 423 - Labor | Huff-R | Public transportation employees: strikes: prohibition |
| SB 438 - Industrial Safety | Hancock-D | Refineries: turnarounds |
| SB 477 - Miscellaneous | Steinberg-D | Foreign labor contractors: registration |
| SB 487 - Workers' Compensation | Calderon-D | Workers' compensation: Self-Insured Group Security Fund |
| SB 527 - Workers' Compensation | Block-D | Workers' compensation: public employees: leaves of absence |
| SB 554 - Labor | Anderson-R | Employment: overtime compensation |
| SB 556 - Miscellaneous | Padilla-D | Providers of health and safety labor or services |
| SB 607 - Labor | Berryhill-R | Employment: working hours |
| SB 626 - Workers' Compensation | Beall-D | Workers' compensation |
| SB 777* - Workers' Compensation | Hernandez-D | Horse racing: workers' compensation |
| SB 792 - Miscellaneous | Padilla-D | Administrative regulations |
| SB 854 - Miscellaneous | Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee | State and local government |
| SB 935 - Labor | Leno-D | Minimum wage: annual adjustment |
| SB 1087 - Labor | Monning-D | Farm labor contractors |
| SB 1106 - Labor | Berryhill-R | Agricultural labor relations: certified labor organizations |
| SB 1131 - Unemployment Insurance | Walters-R | Income taxes: withholding: limited liability company |
| SB 1141 - Unemployment Insurance | Hancock-D | Unemployment insurance: use of information |
| SB 1234 - Workers' Compensation | Block-D | Workers' compensation |
| SB 1299 - Industrial Safety | Padilla-D | Workplace violence prevention plans: hospitals |
| SB 1300 - Industrial Safety | Hancock-D | Refineries: turnarounds |
| SB 1314 - Unemployment Insurance | Monning-D | Unemployment insurance benefits: determination: appeals |
| SB 1360 - Labor | Padilla-D | Compensation: rest or recovery periods |
| SB 1373 - Workers' Compensation | Walters-R | Workers' compensation: self-insure |
| SB 1435 - Unemployment Insurance | Nielsen-R | Unemployment insurance base wage file: Identity theft |
| SJR 18 - Workers' Compensation | Beall-D | Emergency Unemployment Compensation: extension |
| AB 25 - Labor | Campos-D | Employment: social media |
| AB 26 - Labor | Bonilla-D | Construction: prevailing wage |
| AB 37 - Unemployment Insurance | Perea-D | Unemployment insurance: reporting requirements |
| AB 114 - Labor | Salas-D | Proposition 39: workforce development |
| AB 228 - Labor | Logue-R | Labor Commissioner: employee claims |
| AB 326 - Industrial Safety | Morrell-R | Occupational safety and health: reporting requirements |
| AB 332 - Industrial Safety | Hall-D | Occupational safety and health: adult films |
| AB 344 - Labor | Ian Calderon-D | Employment of minors: permit |
| AB 517 - Industrial Safety | Achadjian-R | Occupational safety and health |
| AB 684 - Miscellaneous | Medina-D | Workforce training |
| AB 778 - Labor | Bocanegra-D | Local public employee organizations: factfinding panel |
| AB 907 - Labor | Conway-R | Employment: flexible work schedules |
| AB 972 - Miscellaneous | Ian Calderon-D | Worker safety: underground electrical facilities |
| AB 1035 - Unemployment Insurance | Muratsuchi-D | Workers' compensation: firefighters and peace officers |
| AB 1082 - Miscellaneous | Williams-D | Employment records: report |
| AB 1164 - Miscellaneous | Lowenthal-D | Liens: employees and workers |
| AB 1243 - Labor | Hueso-D | Employment: taxi drivers |
| AB 1268 - Unemployment Insurance | John A. Pérez-D | Unemployment insurance: veterans |
| AB 1268 - Miscellaneous | John A. Pérez-D | Unemployment insurance: veterans' unemployment |
| AB 1277 - Industrial Safety | Skinner-D | Occupational safety and health: procedures |
| AB 1294 - Labor | Grove-R | Public works: civil wage and penalty assessments |
| AB 1315 - Miscellaneous | John A. Pérez-D | Green Collar Jobs Council |
| AB 1385 - Labor | Assembly Labor And Employment Committee | Private employment: Department of Industrial Relations |
| AB 1522 - Labor | Gonzalez-D | Employment: paid sick days |
| AB 1543 - Labor | Holden-D | Employment: mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations |
| AB 1556 - Unemployment Insurance | Perea-D | Unemployment insurance |
| AB 1562 - Labor | Gomez-D | Employment: leave |
| AB 1576 - Industrial Safety | Hall-D | Occupational safety and health: adult films |
| AB 1634 - Industrial Safety | Skinner-D | Occupational safety and health: violations |
| AB 1680 - Labor | Wilk-R | Child Performer Services Permit |
| AB 1723 - Labor | Nazarian-D | Employees: wages |
| AB 1741 - Labor | Frazier-D | Public works: prevailing wage rates: wage and penalty assess |
| AB 1746 - Workers' Compensation | Alejo-D | Workers' compensation: proceedings: expedited hearings |
| AB 1792 - Labor | Gomez-D | Public benefits: reports on employers |
| AB 1797 - Unemployment Insurance | Rodriguez-D | California Workforce Investment Board |
| AB 1803 - Industrial Safety | Skinner-D | Occupational safety and health: lead-related construction |
| AB 1870 - Labor | Alejo-D | Public works: prevailing wage: multiemployer apprenticeship |
| AB 1897 - Labor | Roger Hernández-D | Labor contracting: client liability |
| AB 1910 - Miscellaneous | Gray-D | California Workforce Investment Board |
| AB 1939 - Miscellaneous | Daly-D | Public works: prevailing wages: contractor's costs |
| AB 2030 - Labor | Campos-D | Employees: time off |
| AB 2052 - Workers' Compensation | Gonzalez-D | Workers' compensation |
| AB 2053 - Workers' Compensation | Gonzalez-D | Employment discrimination or harassment: education |
| AB 2063 - Labor | Chávez-R | Employment: car washes: online registration |
| AB 2074 - Labor | Roger Hernández-D | Recovery of wages: liquidated damages |
| AB 2079 - Labor | Grove-R | Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 |
| AB 2095 - Miscellaneous | Wagner-R | Employee compensation: itemized statements |
| AB 2146 - Industrial Safety | Skinner-D | Occupational safety: firefighters: protective equipment |
| AB 2148 - Unemployment Insurance | Mullin-D | Workforce development: annual workforce metrics dashboard |
| AB 2155 - Miscellaneous | Ridley-Thomas-D | Nurses and certified nurse assistants: overtime |
| AB 2176 - Miscellaneous | John A. Pérez-D | Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development |
| AB 2271 - Labor | Ian Calderon-D | Employment: discrimination: status as unemployed |
| AB 2272 - Labor | Gray-D | Public works: prevailing wage |
| AB 2288 - Labor | Roger Hernández-D | Child Labor Protection Act of 2014 |
| AB 2362 - Unemployment Insurance | Grove-R | Unemployment insurance benefits: fraud convictions |
| AB 2378 - Workers' Compensation | Perea-D | Workers' compensation: temporary disability payments |
| AB 2416 - Labor | Stone-D | Liens: laborers and employees |
| AB 2448 - Labor | Jones-R | Employment: flexible work schedules |
| AB 2536 - Miscellaneous | Mullin-D | Employees: emergency rescue personnel |
| AB 2575 - Labor | Campos-D | Agricultural Labor Relations Board: annual report |
| AB 2615 - Labor | Muratsuchi-D | Unemployment: workforce development |
| AB 2616 - Workers' Compensation | Skinner-D | Workers' compensation: hospital employers: compensation |
| AB 2674 - Industrial Safety | Skinner-D | Occupational safety: hazardous disinfectants |
| AB 2688 - Labor | Brown-D | Employment: violations: good faith defense |
| AB 2705 - Unemployment Insurance | Williams-D | Community colleges: faculty |
| AB 2732 - Workers' Compensation | Assembly Insurance Committee | Workers' compensation |
| AB 2743 - Labor | Assembly Labor And Employment Committee | Employment: wages |
| AB 2744 - Labor | Assembly Labor And Employment Committee | Public works: apprenticeship program |
| AB 2751 - Labor | Roger Hernández-D | Labor: retaliation |
| ACR 27 - Miscellaneous | V. Manuel Pérez-D | César Chávez |
| ACR 79 - Miscellaneous | Bocanegra-D | Classified school employees |
| ACR 150 - Miscellaneous | Bocanegra-D | Journeyman Linemen Recognition Day |
| ACR 156 - Labor | Weber-D | Itliong-Vera Cruz Memorial Bridge |
| AJR 36 - Miscellaneous | Gonzalez-D | Special Minimum Wage Certificate Program |
| AJR 38 - Miscellaneous | Salas-D | Fair employment and housing: military and veteran status |
| HR 47 - Miscellaneous | Roger Hernández-D | National Tradesworker Day |
| HR 56 - Miscellaneous | Bonilla-D | Women's Equality Day |