LABOR

• AB 235 (O’Donnell) Authorizes a two-pronged process for the approval of apprenticeship programs, maintaining the current process for the trades and firefighting, and establishes a separate path for programs in newly emerging areas of apprenticeship.

An act to amend Sections 8151, 45263, 51766, 79140, 79144, 79146, 79148, 79149, 79149.2, 81703, 88083, and 88600 of, and to amend the heading of Article 3 (commencing with Section 79140) of Chapter 9 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, to amend Section 12813 of, and to repeal Section 6531 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 25536.7 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 1777.5, 2699.5, 3070, 3071, 3073, 3073.1, 3073.3, 3073.5, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3076.3, 3077, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3089, and 3093 of, to amend the heading of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division 3 of, to add Sections 3071.5, 3073.6, 3073.7, 3078.5, 3080.5, and 3100 to, to add the heading of Article 1 (commencing with Section 3070), the heading of Article 2 (commencing with Section 3075), the heading of Article 3 (commencing with Section 3093), and the heading of Article 4 (commencing with Section 3100) to Chapter 4 of Division 3 of, and to repeal Sections 3095, 3097, and 3098 of, the Labor Code, relating to apprenticeship, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 403 (Melendez) Protects legislative employees who make disclosures about specified misconduct by Members and fellow employees of the Legislature by prohibiting interference with an employee making a “protected disclosure” and prohibiting retaliation in response to such a disclosure.

An act to add Article 11 (commencing with Section 9149.30) to Chapter 1.5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to the Legislature, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1565 (Thurmond) Makes technical and clarifying changes to the recently created joint liability provisions for construction contractors and subcontractors.

An act to amend Section 218.7 of the Labor Code, relating to employment, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1654 (Rubio) Exempts construction workers from the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, if that agreement expressly provides for, among other things, a grievance and binding arbitration procedure to redress violations that would have been remedied under PAGA.

An act to add and repeal Section 2699.6 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 1749 (Daly) Clarifies that certain peace officers injured out of state while performing defined law enforcement duties are eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, in the discretion of the employing agency.

An act to amend Section 3600.2 of the Labor Code, relating to workers’ compensation.

• AB 1976 (Limón) Requires employers to make reasonable efforts to provide an employee wishing to express breast milk in private with an area in close proximity to their workspace that is not a bathroom.

An act to amend Section 1031 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 2282 (Eggman) This bill makes clarifying changes to the existing provisions regarding the use of a job applicant’s prior salary to prohibit use of prior salary to justify any disparity in compensation. This bill also clarifies that an employer may make a compensation decision based on a current employee’s existing salary, so long as the wage differential resulting from that compensation decision is justified by other specified factors in current law. This bill also specifies that the prohibition on asking a job applicant about prior salary does not forbid an employer from asking the applicant about his or her salary expectations for the position being applied for.

An act to amend Sections 432.3 and 1197.5 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 2334 (Thurmond) Authorizes the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to publish certain cost and performance information regarding public self-insured employers’ workers’ compensation programs, provides that workplace recordkeeping violations continue until corrected or discovered, and requires the formation of an advisory committee if a federal rule for employer electronic reporting of injuries and illnesses is eliminated.

An act to amend Sections 138.7, 3702.2, and 6317 of, and to add Sections 6410.1 and 6410.2 to, the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 2338 (Levine) Requires talent agencies to provide educational materials on sexual harassment prevention, retaliation, nutrition and eating disorders to its adult artists. Requires a parent or legal guardian of a minor between 14 to 17 years of age, as well as the age-eligible minor, receive training in sexual harassment prevention, retaliation, and reporting prior to the issuance of an entertainment work permit by the Labor Commissioner (LC). Provides that failure to comply with these requirements would expose talent agencies to civil penalties imposed by the LC.

An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 1700.50) to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, relating to talent agencies.

• AB 2358 (Carrillo) Prohibits discrimination in any building and construction trades apprenticeship program on the basis of certain enumerated categories with regards to acceptance into or participation in the program as specified.

An act to add Section 3073.9 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 2388 (Chu) Would clarify that the labor code sections establishing additional regulations for minors in the entertainment industry do not prohibit minors from appearing in specified digital exhibitions.

An act to amend Section 1310 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 2605 (Gipson) Provides that petroleum facility employees in safety-sensitive positions who are covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement, as specified, are exempt from the requirement that employees be relieved of all duties during rest periods until January 1, 2021.

An act to add and repeal Section 226.75 of the Labor Code, relating to employment, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 2610 (Aguiar-Curry) This bill permits commercial drivers transporting commercial feed to a consumer in a rural area be permitted to commence a meal period after six hours, as specified.

An act to amend Section 512 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• AB 2751 (Mark Stone) Requires the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) to process to final board order all decisions with monetary remedies owed to employees, including those with compliance proceedings, within one year of a finding of liability. Also requires immediate implementation of a final board order resulting from mandatory mediation and provides a process to request mandatory mediation if specified provisions of a previously mediated agreement have expired.

An act to amend Section 1164.3 of, and to add Sections 1149.3, 1164.10, and 6721 to, the Labor Code, relating to agricultural labor relations.

• AB 3018 (Low) Enhances compliance with skilled and trained workforce rules by strengthening public agency reporting requirements, creating penalties for noncompliance, and providing the Labor Commissioner (LC) with the authority to issue a civil wage and penalty assessment against a contractor or subcontractor found in violation of state law.

An act to amend Sections 2601 and 2602 of, and to add Section 2603 to, the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts.

• AB 3231 (Gray) Makes two separate modifications to California law governing the construction trades

An act to amend Sections 1771.2 and 3073.5 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 866 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) This bill enacts various statutory changes necessary to implement labor and public employment provisions for the Budget Act of 2018. An act to amend Sections 45060, 45168, 87833, and 88167 of the Education Code, to amend Sections 1150, 1152, 1153, 1157.3, 1157.10, 3550, 3551, 3552, 3555.5, 3556, 18502, 18525.3, 18528, 18577, 18939, 18950, 19050.4, 19054.1, 19057.1, 19057.3, 19243, 19816.18, 19827.2, 22944.5, 23725, 31552.5, 71638, and 71824 of, to add Sections 1157.12, 3553, and 19995.1.5 to, to repeal Section 19995.5 of, and to repeal and add Section 19051 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 101853.1 of the Health and Safety Code, to add Section 2716.5 to the Penal Code, to add Section 14038 to, to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 14040) to Chapter 3 of Division 7 of, and to add and repeal Article 5 (commencing with Section 14100) of Chapter 3 of Division 7 of, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and to amend Section 3.60 of the Budget Act of 2017 (Chapter 181 of the Statutes of 2017), relating to employment, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 880 (Pan) This bill permits the employers to conduct a pilot program on transmitting disability indemnity benefits by a prepaid card, rather than a paper check.

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 4651 of the Labor Code, relating to workers’ compensation.

• SB 913 (Hertzberg) This bill creates an exemption to the requirement to pay prevailing wage on public works projects for graffiti abatement in Los Angeles County if the graffiti abatement is done by a non-profit and the work is done by volunteers or individuals enrolled in a preapprenticeship program.

An act to add and repeal Section 1720.5 of the Labor Code, relating to public works.

• SB 1085 (Skinner) This bill requires public employers to provide “lost time” to employee representatives, as specified, to allow employees to serve as stewards or officers of the employee representative or its state or national affiliates.

An act to add Section 3558.8 to the Government Code, relating to public employment.

• SB 1086 (Atkins) Deletes the sunset clause on a law that provides an extended statute of limitations for workers’ compensation death benefits payable to the survivors of public safety officers who die as a result of work-related cancer or other specified diseases.

An act to amend Section 5406.7 of the Labor Code, relating to workers’ compensation.

• SB 1252 (Pan) Clarifies that when an employee asserts his or her right to inspect and copy employment records, the employer is required to make the copies.

An act to amend Section 226 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 1402 (Lara) This bill requires joint and several liability for customers who contract with port drayage services who have unpaid wage, tax and workers’ compensation liability.

An act to add Section 2810.4 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.

• SB 1412 (Bradford) This bill requires employers only consider convictions relevant to the job which they are applying for when screening job applicants using a criminal background check.

An act to amend Section 432.7 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.