California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

AB 2095 — Employment information: worker metrics.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law establishes within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Department of Industrial Relations, one of the purposes of which is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. This bill would establish a program in, and administered by, the agency and would require employers with more than 1,000 employees in California, as provided, to submit various statistics regarding those employees to the agency. The bill would require the agency to develop in a prescribed manner criteria and a scoring methodology to rank employers that would qualify as an employer eligible to be certified as a high-road employer. The bill would further require the agency to collect the worker-related statistics annually and, after collection, to assign each employer to an appropriate industry or subindustry. The bill would require the Employment Development Department to provide the agency with specified employer information to promote compliance with the program. The bill would require the agency, commencing June 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, to publish on its internet website specified worker-related statistics submitted by all employers. The bill would require that employer executive officers provide certain information under penalty of perjury. Because this would expand the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes the Director of Employment Development, except as specified, to permit the use of any information in the director's possession to the extent necessary for certain purposes, and to require reimbursement for all direct costs incurred in providing the information. This bill, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, would authorize the director to provide the agency with the names and relevant tax information, deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, of each private company that employs 1,000 or more employees in California for the purpose of complying with the agency-administered program described above. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  5. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

  6. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  7. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

  8. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

  9. From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  10. Read first time. To print.

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2095 do?
Existing law establishes within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Department of Industrial Relations, one of the purposes of which is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. This bill would establish a program in, and administered by, the agency and would require employers with more than 1,000 employees in California, as provided, to submit various statistics regarding those employees to the agency. The bill would require the agency to develop in a prescribed manner criteria and a scoring methodology to rank employers that would qualify as an employer eligible to be certified as a high-road employer. The bill would further require the agency to collect the worker-related statistics annually and, after collection, to assign each employer to an appropriate industry or subindustry. The bill would require the Employment Development Department to provide the agency with specified employer information to promote compliance with the program. The bill would require the agency, commencing June 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, to publish on its internet website specified worker-related statistics submitted by all employers. The bill would require that employer executive officers provide certain information under penalty of perjury. Because this would expand the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes the Director of Employment Development, except as specified, to permit the use of any information in the director's possession to the extent necessary for certain purposes, and to require reimbursement for all direct costs incurred in providing the information. This bill, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, would authorize the director to provide the agency with the names and relevant tax information, deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, of each private company that employs 1,000 or more employees in California for the purpose of complying with the agency-administered program described above. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 2095?
AB 2095 is sponsored by Kalra, Ash (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2095?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2095?
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