Ash Kalra
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 25
Author
Existing law requires an employer to provide an employee, at the time of hiring, a written notice including specified information in the language the employer normally uses to communicate employment-related information to the employee. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to prepare a template that includes the specified information mentioned above and to make the template available to employers in the manner as determined by the commissioner. This bill would require an employer to include in their written notice to all employees, specified information required in the event of a federal or state declared disaster or applicable to the county or counties in which the employee will be employed. The bill would prohibit an employer from retaliating against an H-2A employee for raising questions about the declarations' requirements or recommendations that relate to employment, housing, or working conditions. This bill would additionally require an employer, beginning on March 15, 2023, to provide an H-2A employee, as described, on the day the employee begins work in the state, or begins work for a new employer after being transferred, a written notice in Spanish, prepared by the Labor Commissioner, and, if requested by the employee, in English, containing information deemed material and necessary by the Labor Commissioner, respecting specified topics relative to an H-2A employee's rights pursuant to federal and state law. The bill would also require the commissioner to create a template, as specified, and would require the commissioner to combine these requirements with an existing notification template for purposes of carrying out this requirement, including a separate section of the template listing key legal rights of H-2A workers under California Law, and to make the template available to employers in the manner as determined by the commissioner by March 1, 2023. The bill would also make conforming changes.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 14.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 5203.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Durazo.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 21. Page 1328.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (April 21).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB857 | HTML |
| 02/17/21 - Introduced | |
| 08/25/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/24/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/22 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/06/21- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 04/19/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 04/23/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/04/21- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 07/09/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/18/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/28/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 10/03/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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