SB 1162

  • California Senate Bill
  • 2021-2022 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Feb 17, 2022
  • Passed Senate May 24, 2022
  • Passed Assembly Aug 29, 2022
  • Became Law Sep 27, 2022

Employment: Salaries and Wages.

Abstract

Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to enforce civil rights laws with respect to housing and employment and to protect and safeguard the right of all persons to obtain and hold employment without discrimination based on specified characteristics or status. Existing law requires a private employer that has 100 or more employees and is required to file an annual Employer Information Report (EEO-1) pursuant to federal law to submit a pay data report to the department that contains specified employee information on or before March 31, 2021, and on or before March 31 each year thereafter. Existing law prescribes the information that must be included in the pay data report, including the number of employees by race, ethnicity, and sex in specified job categories. Existing law requires employers with multiple establishments to submit a report for each establishment and a consolidated report that includes all employees. Existing law permits the department to develop, publish on an annual basis, and publicize aggregate reports, provided that the aggregate reports are reasonably calculated to prevent the association of any data with any individual business or person. Existing law provides that an employer is in compliance with the requirement that it submit a pay data report if it submits an EEO-1 to the department containing the same or substantially similar pay data information. Existing law permits the department to seek an order requiring an employer to comply with these provisions and permits it to recover the costs associated with seeking the order for compliance. This bill would, instead, require a private employer that has 100 or more employees to submit a pay data report to the department. This bill would revise the timeframe in which a private employer is required to submit this information to require that it be provided on or before the second Wednesday of May 2023, and for each year thereafter on or before the second Wednesday of May. This bill would also require a private employer that has 100 or more employees hired through labor contractors, as defined, to also submit a separate pay data report to the department for those employees in accordance with the above timeframe, as specified. This bill would require the pay data reports to include the median and mean hourly rate for each combination of race, ethnicity, and sex within each job category. This bill would delete a provision requiring employers with multiple establishments to submit a consolidated report. This bill would delete the provision authorizing an employer to submit an EEO-1 in lieu of a pay data report. This bill would permit a court to impose a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per employee upon any employer who fails to file the required report and not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) per employee upon any employer for a subsequent failure to file the required report. The bill would require those penalties to be deposited in the Civil Rights Enforcement and Litigation Fund. Existing law creates the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce labor laws. Existing law requires an employer, upon reasonable request, to provide the pay scale for a position to an applicant applying for employment. Existing law defines pay scale for these purposes to mean salary or hourly wage range. This bill would also require an employer, upon request, to provide to an employee the pay scale for the position in which the employee is currently employed. The bill would require an employer with 15 or more employees to include the pay scale for a position in any job posting. The bill would require an employer to maintain records of a job title and wage rate history for each employee for a specified timeframe, to be open to inspection by the Labor Commissioner. The bill would create a rebuttable presumption in favor of an employee's claim if an employer fails to keep records in violation of these provisions. The bill would require an employer with 15 or more employees that engages a third party to announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known a job posting to provide the pay scale to the third party and would require the third party to include the pay scale in the job posting. The bill would require the Labor Commissioner to investigate complaints alleging violations of these requirements and would authorize the commissioner to order an employer to pay a civil penalty upon finding an employer has violated these provisions. The bill would also authorize a person aggrieved by a violation of these provisions to bring a civil action for injunctive and any other appropriate relief. This bill would require deposit of the civil penalties collected pursuant to these provisions into the Labor Enforcement and Compliance Fund, and would authorize these funds to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for administration and enforcement of these provisions.

Bill Sponsors (14)

Votes


Actions


Sep 27, 2022

California State Legislature

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 559, Statutes of 2022.

California State Legislature

Approved by the Governor.

Sep 06, 2022

California State Legislature

Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

Aug 30, 2022

Senate

Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5280.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

Aug 29, 2022

Assembly

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

Senate

In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

Aug 24, 2022

Assembly

Read third time and amended.

Assembly

Ordered to third reading.

Aug 16, 2022

Assembly

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Aug 15, 2022

Assembly

Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Aug 11, 2022

Assembly

From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11).

Aug 03, 2022

Assembly

August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

Jun 22, 2022

Assembly

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Jun 14, 2022

Assembly

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on L. & E.

Assembly

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  • Amendment-Passage
  • Committee-Passage
  • Reading-1
  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on L. & E.

Jun 06, 2022

Assembly

Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  • Referral-Committee
Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

May 27, 2022

Assembly

Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.

  • Referral-Committee
Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.

May 25, 2022

Assembly

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

May 24, 2022

Senate

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 3864.) Ordered to the Assembly.

May 23, 2022

Senate

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

May 19, 2022

Senate

Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Senate

From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3786.) (May 19).

May 17, 2022

Senate

Set for hearing May 19.

May 16, 2022

Senate

May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

May 06, 2022

Senate

Set for hearing May 16.

May 02, 2022

Senate

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  • Amendment-Passage
  • Reading-1
  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on APPR.

Apr 28, 2022

Senate

From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3514.) (April 26).

Apr 06, 2022

Senate

Set for hearing April 26.

Apr 05, 2022

Senate

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3309.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
  • Referral-Committee
Com. on JUD.

Mar 29, 2022

Senate

Set for hearing April 4.

Mar 02, 2022

Senate

Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.

  • Referral-Committee
Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.

Feb 18, 2022

Senate

From printer.

Feb 17, 2022

Senate

Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.

Senate

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
SB1162 HTML
02/17/22 - Introduced PDF
05/02/22 - Amended Senate PDF
05/19/22 - Amended Senate PDF
06/14/22 - Amended Assembly PDF
08/15/22 - Amended Assembly PDF
08/24/22 - Amended Assembly PDF
09/01/22 - Enrolled PDF
09/27/22 - Chaptered PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
03/31/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement PDF
04/01/22- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement PDF
04/25/22- Senate Judiciary PDF
05/13/22- Senate Appropriations PDF
05/19/22- Senate Appropriations PDF
05/23/22- Sen. Floor Analyses PDF
06/10/22- Assembly Judiciary PDF
06/20/22- Assembly Labor and Employment PDF
08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations PDF
08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS PDF
08/24/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS PDF
08/29/22- Sen. Floor Analyses PDF

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