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Bill Text - AB-83 Employment.
AB-83 Employment.(2019-2020)
AB83:v98#DOCUMENT
An act relating to the Budget Act of 2019. An act to amend Sections 13302, 18930.5, 19792, 19803, 19809, 19815.6, 19878, 19879.1, 19880, 19881, 19882, 19883, 19884, 19995.1.5, 22551, 22555, 22556, 22560, 22600, 22602, 22871.3, and 100014 of, to add Sections 3539.6 and 19878.5 to, and to repeal Section 12472.5 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 1420, 1421, 1428, 1429, 1429.5, 1430, and 1434 of, to add Section 6717.5 to, and to add and repeal Section 1455 of, the Labor Code, and to amend Sections 984, 1088.9, and 1095 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 3301 of, the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.
AB 83, as amended, Committee on Budget. Budget Act of 2019. Employment.
(1) Existing law requires the Controller to operate a uniform state payroll system for all state agencies, except the California Exposition and State Fair and the University of California, in conformance with the accounting system for all state agencies supervised by the Department of Finance.
Existing law, on and after January 1, 2010, requires that payments to employees made through the Uniform State Payroll System for master payroll paid on June 30 of each year be issue dated on July 1, provided that employees, in any event, be paid promptly. Existing law requires that these payments be considered payables incurred in the fiscal year in which the payment is issue dated for purposes of the accounting system for the state by the Department of Finance, except as specified.
This bill would repeal these provisions described above that require that payments to employees paid on June 30 of each year be issue dated July 1st, and would make conforming changes.
(2) Existing law creates the Department of Human Resources, which succeeds to, and is vested with, all of the powers and duties exercised and performed by the Department of Personnel Administration. Existing law specifically grants the department the powers, duties, and authority necessary to operate the state civil service system in accordance with Article VII of the California Constitution, the Government Code, the merit principle, and applicable rules duly adopted by the State Personnel Board.
Existing law vests the department with the jurisdiction and responsibility of establishing and maintaining personnel standards on a merit basis and administering merit systems for local government agencies where merit systems of employment are required by statute or regulation as a condition of a state-funded program or a federal grant-in-aid program. Existing law authorizes the department to bill state departments having responsibility for the overall administration of grant-in-aid programs for the costs incurred in conducting hearings involving employees of the local agencies. Existing law requires those state departments having responsibility for the overall administration of grant-in-aid programs to reimburse the department for related administrative costs incurred by the department.
Existing law authorizes the department to charge state agencies for actual and necessary costs of specific legal services, of arbitration relating to specific grievance arbitration cases, and of negotiating and administering memoranda of understanding governing state employer and employee relations.
Existing law authorizes the department to provide training programs to any public employee or officer, as defined, so that the quality of service rendered by those persons may be continually improved, and to collect registration fees from the employee’s or officer’s employing entity for attendance in a training program without entering into a written agreement with that employing entity or seeking the approval of the Department of General Services.
Existing law authorizes the Controller to establish procedures whereby payments between funds and appropriations within a state agency and between funds and appropriations of different state agencies may be made by transfers upon the Controllers’ accounts in lieu of making those payments by claims and warrants.
This bill would require the Controller, pursuant to those transfer procedures, to transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department by the various state entities under the above-described provisions.
(3) Existing law authorizes the department to designate an appointing power to design, announce, or administer examinations for the establishment of employment lists. Existing law authorizes a designated appointing power to contract with the department or another designated appointing power for the purpose of designing, publicizing, or administering an examination.
This bill would require the department to charge designated appointing powers for those services and would require the Controller to transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department under these provisions.
(4) Existing law requires the department to take prescribed actions relating to state agency equal employment opportunity programs, including maintaining a statistical information system designed to yield the data and the analysis necessary for the evaluation of equal employment opportunity within the state civil service.
This bill would require the department to establish and maintain a tracking system to enable the collection of discrimination and harassment complaint data across state agencies. The bill would require the department to charge state agencies for maintenance and support of the system and would require the Controller to transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department under these provisions.
(5) Existing law establishes, within the state disability insurance program, a family temporary disability insurance program, also known as the Paid Family Leave program, for the provision of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, for up to 6 weeks within any 12-month period.
Under existing law, when a state employee is disabled, whether temporarily or permanently, the employee is entitled, subject to certain conditions, to receive specified Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits, unless a memorandum of understanding conflicts with this requirement. Existing law authorizes an eligible employee, as defined, who has enrolled in the state annual leave program to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits equal to 1/2 pay in lieu of using sick leave or annual leave.
This bill would authorize an eligible employee, as defined, to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave benefits equal to 1/2 pay in lieu of using sick leave or annual leave, for up to 6 weeks of benefits during any 12-month period, for Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave, as defined. The bill would make conforming changes to existing Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits provisions.
(6) The existing Bill of Rights for State Excluded Employees prescribes various rights and terms and conditions of employment for excluded employees, defined as certain supervisory, managerial, and confidential state employees, among other specified employees.
This bill would amend the bill of rights to make certain employees or nonelected officers, who elect to participate in the state annual leave program and who are eligible to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits that provide 1/2 pay, eligible for Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave benefits established by the bill.
(7) Existing federal law generally imposes taxes on employees and employers for the purpose of funding old-age, survivors, and disability insurance, commonly referred to as social security. Existing federal law authorizes states to enter into specified agreements with the federal government to extend social security coverage to employees of the state and its political subdivisions, as provided. California entered into such an agreement on March 9, 1951.
Existing law authorizes the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to administer the agreement between the state and the federal government to extend social security coverage to employees of the state and specified public agencies. Existing law authorizes the board to charge or assess a public agency, as defined, its share of specified costs incurred by the board in the administration of social security on behalf of the public agency. Existing law requires these charges and assessments, among other things, to be deposited into the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. Existing law requires the board to add a penalty of 10% of a charge or assessment if the public agency’s payment is delinquent for 90 days, as provided, and requires the penalty to be credited as revenue to the General Fund.
This bill would increase the penalty for a delinquent charge or assessment to 50% of that charge or assessment and would impose an interest rate of 7% annually on unpaid charges, assessments, and penalties after 120 days. The bill would require the charges, assessments, penalties, and interest to be credited as revenue to the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund for use by the board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for administrative purposes. The bill would require the board to submit to the Department of Finance for approval revised charges or assessments if the cumulative revenue of the charges, assessments, penalties, and interest in the fund exceeds the approved program expenditures in any given year. The bill would also authorize the Controller to transfer funds from state agencies to the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund when charges or assessments are levied on those agencies.
Existing law authorizes the board to advance employer and employee old-age, survivors, and disability insurance contributions required to be made to the federal government by public agencies, as provided, and requires the board to charge an interest rate of 6% annually on any such advances.
This bill would increase the interest rate charged on advances to 7%.
(8) The Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA), which is administered by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, prescribes methods for calculating the state employer contribution for postemployment health care benefits for eligible retired public employees and their families and for the vesting of these benefits. PEMHCA establishes the Annuitants’ Health Care Coverage Fund, which is continuously appropriated, for the purpose of prefunding health care coverage for annuitants, including administrative costs.
PEMHCA requires the employer contribution for each annuitant enrolled in a basic plan for health benefits to equal 80% of the weighted average of the health benefit plan premiums for an active employee enrolled for self-alone, during the benefit year to which the formula is applied, for the 4 health benefit plans with the largest state civil service enrollment. Existing law similarly provides that the employer contribution for an enrolled family member of an annuitant is an amount equal to 80% of the weighted average of the additional premiums required for enrollment of those family members during the benefit year to which the formula is applied and provides the same limit on employer contributions for annuitants enrolled in Medicare health benefit plans. Under existing law, these provisions apply to state employees represented by various bargaining units and judicial branch employees, as specified. Under existing law, if these provisions conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding, the memorandum of understanding is controlling without further legislative action, except that if those provisions require the expenditure of funds, the provisions do not become effective unless approved by the Legislature.
This bill would extend these provisions to state employees that are not related to a state bargaining unit and who are excepted from the definition of state employee, as specified, and to officers or employees of the executive branch of state government who are not members of the civil service and who first become employed by the state and become a member of the system on or after July 1, 2019. By authorizing expenditure of revenue in a continuously appropriated fund for a new purpose, the bill would make an appropriation.
(9) The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust Act establishes the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board and the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust, which is continuously appropriated. Pursuant to the act, employees may participate in the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program, which is designed to promote retirement savings in a convenient, voluntary, and low-cost manner.
Existing law requires the Employment Development Department (EDD) to assess a penalty on any eligible employer that fails to make the program available to employees. Existing law makes these provisions operative 6 months after the board notifies the Director of Employment Development that the act will be implemented, based on specified factors. Existing law requires the EDD, upon receipt of notification from the board, to immediately post on its internet website a notice regarding the operative date.
This bill would instead make these provisions operative only when the board notifies the Director of Employment Development that enforcement should proceed and the board and the Director of Employment Development agree to a reasonable implementation timeline.
Existing law requires the board, before opening the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program for enrollment, to design and disseminate to employers through the EDD an employee information packet that includes background information on the program and disclosures. Existing law requires the employee information packet with the disclosure and opt-out forms to be available to employers through EDD and supplied to employees at the time of hiring.
This bill would instead require the board to design and disseminate to employers an employee information packet. The bill would also require the employee information packet with the disclosure and opt-out forms to be made available to eligible employees by the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program. By providing for the expenditure of funds in the Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust by the board for a purpose that was previously the responsibility of EDD, the bill would make an appropriation.
Existing law establishes that information obtained in administering the Unemployment Insurance Law is confidential and for the exclusive use of the Director of Employment Development in discharging the director’s duties. Existing law, however, requires the director to permit the use of information in the director’s possession for specified purposes and allows the director to require reimbursement for direct costs incurred. Existing law provides that a person who knowingly accesses, uses, or discloses confidential information without authorization is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This bill would require the director to provide the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board with employer tax information for use in administering and facilitating compliance with the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust Act. By expanding the crime related to unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
(10) Existing law regulates employers and contractors that provide janitorial services and prescribes requirements in this regard, including that they register with the Labor Commissioner Labor annually and keep certain records for three years, as specified. Existing law commits enforcement of these provisions with the Division of Labor Standards and requires the division to establish standards and requirements for sexual violence and harassment training to be provided to janitorial workers working for these employers and contractors. Existing law prohibits the division from registering or renewing a registration under certain circumstances and requires applications for registration and renewal of registration to complete sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirements. An employer or contractor who fails to register is subject to civil fines and a successor employer may be liable for wages and penalties of its predecessor under certain circumstances.
This bill would require that the sexual violence and harassment training requirement described above be consistent with training requirements established by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill revise the definition of an employer to clarify that it does not include an entity that is the recipient of janitorial services. The bill would require employers and contractors for janitorial services to keep accurate records for 3 years of the names, addresses, periods of work, and compensation paid to their workers. The bill would require that applications for registration and renewal of registration demonstrate completion of sexual violence and harassment prevention training by written attestation. The bill would broaden the circumstances under which the division is prohibited from registering or renewing a registration to include when an employer has failed to satisfy certain judgments and settlements. The bill would provide that a successor employer may be liable for damages of a predecessor employer. The bill would make other technical and conforming changes.
(11) Existing law, the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, prohibits a domestic work employee, as defined, who is a personal attendant from being employed more than 9 hours in any workday or more than 45 hours in any workweek, unless the employee receives 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 9 hours in any workday and for all hours worked more than 45 hours in the workweek. Existing law defines “domestic work,” “domestic work employee,” and “domestic work employer” for these purposes. Existing law creates the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations.
This bill, until July 1, 2024, would require the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, upon appropriation of funding for this purpose, to establish and maintain an outreach and education program for the purpose of promoting of awareness of, and compliance with, labor protections that affect the domestic work industry and fair and dignified labor standards in this industry and other low-wage industries. The bill would require the division to issue a competitive request to community-based organizations (CBOs) to provide education and outreach services in this connection and would prescribe requirements for these organizations. The CBOs would be responsible for developing and consulting with the division regarding the core education and outreach materials, as specified. The bill would require the division and CBOs to meet at least biannually to coordinate efforts around outreach, education and enforcement. The bill would prohibit the division from spending more than 5% of a budget allocation for administration of the program. The bill would appropriate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the division for these purposes, as specified. The bill would make a statement of legislative findings.
(12) Existing law authorizes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt, amend, or repeal occupational safety and health standards and orders. Existing law requires the Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the Department of Industrial Relations, known as Cal-OSHA, to propose to the board for its review and adoption, a standard that protects the health and safety of employees who engage in lead-related construction work and meets all requirements imposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The bill would require Cal-OSHA to submit to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board a rulemaking proposal to revise the lead standards for purposes of general industry safety orders and construction safety orders, consistent with scientific research and findings. The bill would require the board to vote on the proposed changes by September 30, 2020.
(13) Existing unemployment compensation disability law requires workers to pay contribution rates based on, among other things, wages received in employment and benefit disbursement, for payment into the Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund (Disability Fund), a special fund in the State Treasury. That fund is continuously appropriated for the purpose of providing disability benefits and making payment of expenses in administering those provisions. Existing law requires, except as specified, the rate of worker contributions for each calendar year to be 1.45 times the amount disbursed from the Disability Fund during the 12-month period ending September 30 and immediately preceding the calendar year for which the rate is to be effective, less the amount in the Disability Fund on that September 30, with the resulting figure divided by total wages paid, as specified, during the same 12-month period, and then rounded to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent.
This bill, beginning July 1, 2019, would instead require the rate of worker contributions for calendar year 2020 and for each subsequent calendar year to be 1.30 times the amount disbursed from the Disability Fund during the 12-month period ending September 30 and immediately preceding the calendar year for which the rate is to be effective, less the amount in the Disability Fund on that September 30, with the resulting figure divided by total wages paid, as specified, during the same 12-month period, and then rounded to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent.
Existing law establishes, within the state disability insurance program, a family temporary disability insurance program, also known as the paid family leave program, for the provision of wage replacement benefits for up to 6 weeks to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, as specified.
This bill, beginning July 1, 2020, would instead provide for wage replacement benefits for up to 8 weeks to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, as specified. By authorizing an increase in disbursements from the Disability Fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
Existing public contracts law requires the Department of General Services to approve certain contracts entered into by a state agency, including contracts for acquisition of goods and services and the construction, alteration, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a property. Existing public contracts law requires all contracts for the acquisition of information technology goods and services related to information technology projects, as defined, to be made by or under the supervision of the Department of Technology.
This bill would authorize the Director of Employment Development to enter into contracts that implement the requirements of this bill related to the family temporary disability insurance program. The bill would provide that any service contracts entered into by the Director of Employment Development pursuant to that authorization be exempt from any requirements imposed pursuant to public contracts law, and is not subject to review or approval by the Department of General Services. The bill would also exempt any information technology projects undertaken by the Employment Development Department to implement the requirements of this bill related to the family temporary disability insurance program from the Project Approval Lifecycle requirements administered by the Department of Technology pursuant to existing public contracts law, as specified.
(14) 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.
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NOYES Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NOYES
Section 3539.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:
3539.6.
Notwithstanding any other law, an employee excluded from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 or a nonelected officer of the executive branch exempt from civil service eligible for managerial benefits, who elects to participate in the annual leave program and who is eligible to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits pursuant to Section 19879.1, shall also be eligible for Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave under that section.
Section 12472.5 of the Government Code is repealed.
12472.5.
Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2010, payments to employees made through the Uniform State Payroll System for master payroll paid on June 30 of each year shall be issue dated on July 1, provided that employees shall, in any event, be paid promptly.
Section 13302 of the Government Code is amended to read:
The accounting system devised as provided in Section 13300 shall provide, with respect to the General Fund and other governmental funds, for all of the following:
(a) The accrual of expenditures as of the end of each fiscal year on the basis of payables incurred, excluding accrued interest on general obligation bonded indebtedness.
(b) (1) The accrual of revenues at the end of the fiscal year if the underlying transaction has occurred as of the last day of the fiscal year, the amount is measurable, and the actual collection will occur either during the current period or after the end of the current period but in time to pay current yearend liabilities.
(2) Cash in agency trust accounts within the centralized State Treasury system that is in transit to the State Treasury, accrued interest receivable, and accounts receivable shall be accrued as of the end of each fiscal year.
(c) For the purposes of financial reporting, both of the following shall apply:
(1) A payable exists when goods or services have been delivered and the state is required to pay for those goods or services, and an encumbrance exists when a valid obligation against an appropriation has been created.
(2) All funds appropriated shall be identified as either expended, payable, encumbered (exclusive of payables), or unencumbered, as further defined by the California Fiscal Advisory Board, and the total of these shall equal the total appropriation.
(d)(1)Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), payments to employees made through the Uniform State Payroll System as described in Section 12472.5 with an issue date each year of July 1 shall be considered payables incurred in the fiscal year in which the payment is issue dated.
(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for purposes of calculating maintenance of effort expenditures under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, or for purposes of calculating funds used by a program during the fiscal year, payments made on July 1 may be counted towards the prior fiscal year.
Section 18930.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:
18930.5.
(a) The department may designate an appointing power to design, announce, or administer examinations for the establishment of employment lists in accordance with Section 18654 and board rule. No later than January 1, 1987, the board shall authorize or assess the ability of appointing powers to design, announce, or administer designated examinations for the establishment of employment lists. The board may audit examinations and order corrective action or nullify any examination or parts thereof which have been conducted improperly.
(b) A designated appointing power may contract with the department or another designated appointing power for the purpose of designing, publicizing, or administering an examination. The department shall charge designated appointing powers an amount sufficient to recover the costs to the department of these services and, pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department by any designated appointing power for charges due under this subdivision.
Section 19792 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(k) (1) Establish and maintain a tracking system that shall enable the collection of discrimination and harassment complaint data across state agencies as prescribed by the department.
(2) The department shall charge state agencies an amount sufficient to recover the costs to the department of maintenance and support of the system and, pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department by any state agency for charges due under this section.
Section 19803 of the Government Code is amended to read:
The (a) The Department of Human Resources shall administer the merit system for employees engaged in administering programs under Section 19800 in a local agency not administering its own merit system approved under this chapter shall be administered by the department. The department chapter. The Department of Human Resources may delegate any of its duties under this article to a state department or agency. This may include, but is not limited to, recruitment, examination, certification, appointment and other transactions, position classification, compensation standards, and disciplinary actions. As part of such administration, the department Department of Human Resources shall hear and decide appeals of any applicant for employment or officer or employee from the decision of a local agency affecting the employment rights of such those persons. Any decision rendered in such an appeal shall be binding upon the local agency.
(b) The Department of Human Resources may bill the state departments having responsibility for the overall administration of grant-in-aid programs for the costs incurred in conducting hearings involving employees of local agencies not administering their own merit systems pursuant to this chapter. Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the Department of Human Resources any moneys owed to that department by any state department for charges due under this subdivision.
Section 19809 of the Government Code is amended to read:
State departments having responsibility for the overall administration of grant-in-aid programs under Section 19800 shall reimburse the department Department of Human Resources for all costs incurred by the that department in administering this chapter. The department Department of Human Resources may equitably prorate such those costs among such departments. the state departments. Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the Department of Human Resources any moneys owed to the department by any state department for charges due under this section.
Section 19815.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:
19815.6.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11042 and 11043, the chief counsel shall represent the department in all legal matters in which the department is interested, before any administrative agency or court of law.
(b) The department may charge state agencies and departments for the actual and necessary costs of legal services rendered by the legal division in unfair practice cases, representation cases, and requests for injunctive relief arising pursuant to Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1, in grievance arbitration cases arising under negotiated memoranda of understanding, and in all labor law and personnel matters.
(c) In grievance arbitration cases arising pursuant to memoranda of understanding negotiated pursuant to Sections 3517 and 3517.5, the department may charge state agencies involved for the actual and necessary costs of arbitration, including the state’s share of the arbitrator’s fees, transcription fees, and other related costs.
(d) The department may charge state agencies for their pro rata share of the actual and necessary costs of negotiating and administering memoranda of understanding pursuant to Sections 3517 and 3517.5.
(e) Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department by any state agency for charges due under this section.
Section 19878 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(1) “Appeals board” means the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
(2) “Disability” or “disabled” includes mental or physical illness and mental or physical injury, including any illness or injury resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition. An employee is deemed disabled on any day in which, because of the employee’s physical, mental, or medical condition, the employee is unable to perform their regular or customary work.
(3) “Disability benefit period,” with respect to any individual, means the continuous period of disability beginning with the first day with respect to which the individual files a valid claim for nonindustrial disability benefits or Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave benefits. For the purposes of this article, two consecutive periods of disability due to the same or related cause or condition and separated by a period of not more than 14 days shall be considered as one disability benefit period.
(4) “Employee” means any of the following:
(A) A permanent or probationary full-time state officer or employee, regardless of period of service, who is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System in compensated employment on and after October 1, 1976. Commencing January 1, 1979, it also means a full-time state officer or employee, whether or not a member of such systems, who is an employee of the Legislature and is not a member of the civil service.
(B) A permanent or probationary part-time or intermittent state officer or employee, with at least the equivalent of six monthly compensated pay periods of service in the 18 months of pay periods immediately preceding the pay period in which the disability begins, who is a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System, in compensated employment on or after January 1, 1979, or a part-time or intermittent employee of the Legislature, whether or not a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, in compensated employment on or after January 1, 1984.
(5) “Full pay” means the gross base salary earnable by the employee, and subject to retirement contribution on the date of the commencement of his or her the employee’s disability.
(c)“Disability” or “disabled” includes mental or physical illness and mental or physical injury, including any illness or injury resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition. An employee is deemed disabled on any day in which, because of his or her physical, mental, or medical condition, he or she is unable to perform his or her regular or customary work.
(d)“Disability benefit period”, with respect to any individual, means the continuous period of disability beginning with the first day with respect to which the individual files a valid claim for nonindustrial disability benefits. For the purposes of this article, two consecutive periods of disability due to the same or related cause or condition and separated by a period of not more than 14 days shall be considered as one disability benefit period.
(e)“Appeals board” means the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
(6) “Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave” has the same meaning as “family care leave” as defined in Section 3302 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. The definitions of terms in Section 3302 of the Unemployment Insurance Code that are relevant for purposes of the definition of “family care leave” in that section shall also apply. Commencing January 1, 2021, “Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave” shall also include for these purposes qualifying exigency leave as described in Section 3302.2 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(7) “Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave benefits” or “Family Care Leave benefits” means benefits authorized by Section 19878.5.
(b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such those provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
Section 19878.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:
19878.5.
For purposes of this article relating to Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave, an “eligible employee” is an employee excluded from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513 or a nonelected officer of the executive branch exempt from civil service and eligible for managerial benefits, who has enrolled in the annual leave program under Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 19858.3). An eligible employee shall be entitled to receive up to six weeks of benefits during a 12-month period for Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave in accordance with this article.
Section 19879.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:
19879.1.
(a) For the purpose of this section, section relating to nonindustrial disability leave benefits, an eligible employee is an employee defined by Section 19858.3.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an eligible employee who has enrolled in the annual leave program under Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 19858.3) shall receive nonindustrial disability leave benefits or Family Care Leave benefits under this article in accordance with all of the following:
(1) A disabled employee shall be eligible to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits in an amount equal to one-half full pay, 50 percent of gross salary. An employee covered by Section 19878.5 shall be eligible to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave benefits in an amount equal to one-half full pay, 50 percent of gross salary.
(2) A disabled employee or an employee covered by Section 19878.5 shall be eligible to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits described in paragraph (1) without being required to use any sick leave accrued under Article 3 (commencing with Section 19859) or annual leave accrued under Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 19858.3) unless the employee, in his or her the employee’s sole discretion, elects to use sick leave or annual leave in lieu of receiving benefits.
(3) If the employee elects to use sick leave or annual leave credits prior to receiving Nonindustrial Disability Insurance payments, he or she payments, the employee shall not be required to exhaust the accrued leave balance.
(4) Following the start of Nonindustrial Disability Insurance payments, an employee may at any time change from the receipt of Nonindustrial Disability Insurance payments to the utilization of sick leave or annual leave. Once this election is made, the employee may shall not recommence receiving Nonindustrial Disability Insurance payments until that leave is exhausted.
(5) In accordance with the state’s return to work policy, an a disabled employee who is eligible to receive Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits and who is medically certified as unable to return to his or her the employee’s full-time work during the period of his or her their disability, may, with medical approval, and at the discretion of his or her the employee’s appointing power, work up to the number of hours, in hour increments, which when combined with his or her the employee’s Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits will result in a salary that does not exceed 100 percent of his or her their regular full pay.
(6) If an a disabled employee refuses to return to work in a position offered by the employer under the state’s Injured State Worker Assistance Program, Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits shall be terminated effective as of the date of the offer.
(7) An employee may with his or her employee, with their department head’s approval approval, may elect to supplement Nonindustrial Disability Insurance benefits described in paragraph (1) with sick or annual leave up to 100 percent of his or her their regular full pay.
Section 19880 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) A disabled employee or an employee covered by Section 19878.5 is eligible to receive nonindustrial disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits, as applicable, under this article article, equal to one-seventh of his or her the employee’s weekly benefit amount specified in Section 19879 for each full day during which he or she the employee is unemployed due to a disability their own disability, or due to Nonindustrial Disability Insurance Family Care Leave, only if the Director of Employment Development finds that:
(a)He or she
(1) The employee has made a claim for disability benefits as required by authorized regulations.
(b)He or she
(2) A disabled employee has been disabled for a waiting period of seven consecutive days during each disability benefit period, with respect to which waiting period no benefits under this article are payable, except for confinement in a hospital or nursing home for at least one day.
(c)He or she
(3) The employee has exhausted all the leave to which he or she the employee was entitled under Article 3 (commencing with Section 19859). A person who elects to use vacation credits or sick leave credits prior to receiving nonindustrial disability benefits is not required to exhaust the leave, as described in this subdivision, if he or she the person is a permanent employee who meets any of the following criteria:
(A) Is excluded from the definition of state employee contained in subdivision (c) of Section 3513.
(B) Is a nonelected officer or employee of the executive branch of state government and is not a member of the civil service.
(4) Except for an individual described in Section 2709 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, he or she a disabled individual has submitted to any reasonable examinations as the Director of Employment Development may require for the purpose of determining his or her mental or physical disability. benefit eligibility.
(e)He or she
(5) A disabled person has filed a certificate described in Section 2708 or 2709 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(6) Except as otherwise provided, he or she a disabled person meets, in all other respects, the eligibility requirements imposed on individuals by Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code for receipt of unemployment compensation disability benefits.
(b) In case of any conflict between Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) of the Unemployment Insurance Code and this chapter, this chapter shall prevail.
(c) If the provisions of this section conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if the provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
Section 19881 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) An employee is not eligible for disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits under this article with respect to any period for which the Director of Employment Development finds that he or she the employee has received or is entitled to receive unemployment compensation benefits under Part 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code or under an unemployment compensation act of any other state or of the federal government.
Section 19882 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) Except as provided in this section, an individual is not eligible for disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits under this article for any day of unemployment and disability or family temporary disability insurance for which he or she the individual has received, or is entitled to receive receive, “other benefits” in the form of cash payments.
(b) “Other benefits” as used in this section means:
(1) Temporary disability indemnity under a workers’ compensation law of this state or of any other state or of the federal government or under Article 4 (commencing with Section 19869) of this part.
(c) If such “other benefits” are less than the amount an individual would otherwise receive as disability benefits under this article, he or she they shall be entitled to receive, for such day, if otherwise eligible, disability benefits under this article reduced by the amount of such “other benefits.” If after receipt of, or determination of entitlement to receive, such other benefits, a claim for disability benefits under this article is filed during the same continuous period of disability, because of a disability for which a claim for such other benefits was made, the maximum amount of disability benefits payable under this article during the disability benefit period thereby established shall be reduced by the amount of such “other benefits” which the claimant has received or has been determined to be entitled to receive.
(d) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
Section 19883 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) (1) Discretionary deductions of the employee, including those for coverage under a state health benefits plan in which the employee is enrolled, shall be deducted from the disability benefits or Family Care Leave benefits under this article unless canceled by the employee. If an employee deduction under a state health benefits plan is continued, the state employer contribution shall also continue.
(2) An employee shall not receive service credit under the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System during the period of receipt of disability benefits under this article and contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System shall not be deducted. State employer contributions shall also not be made to either system during such period.
(3) An employee shall not accrue sick leave or vacation credit or service credit for any other purpose during the period of receipt of disability benefits under this article, except, when provided by a rule or regulation adopted by the department, an employee receiving nonindustrial disability insurance those benefits pursuant to Section 19879.1 may accrue these credits to the extent that annual leave or sick leave credits are used to supplement nonindustrial disability insurance those benefits.
Section 19884 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) (1) Filing, determination, and payment of disability benefit claims under this article shall be made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Article 4 (commencing with Section 2701) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(2) Filing, determination, and payment of claims for Family Care Leave benefit claims under this article shall be made in accordance with the same qualifying conditions set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 3301 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. Notwithstanding specified dates, all relevant definitions and provisions in Sections 2708 and 2709, Sections 3302 to 3304, inclusive, and Sections 3306 and 3307 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 2781) of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, shall also apply.
Section 19995.1.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(d) Notwithstanding Section 18707, the department may collect registration fees from the employee’s or officer’s employing entity for attendance in a training program described in subdivision (a) without entering into a written agreement with that employing entity or seeking the approval of the Department of General Services. Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to the department any moneys owed to the department by an employing entity that is a state agency for charges due under this subdivision.
Section 22551 of the Government Code is amended to read:
22551.
(a) The board may charge or assess each public agency and each a public agency, and the public agency shall pay and reimburse the state at such the times and in such the amounts as the board may charge or assess, which amounts may differ from public agency to public agency, determine, the public agency’s proportionate share of any and all costs incurred by the state in the administration of the federal system as it affects the public agency and its employees. Such The charges and assessments may differ from public agency to public agency. The charges or assessments shall be determined by the board in a manner approved by the Department of Finance and may be charged or assessed either in arrears or on the basis of anticipated costs not to exceed one year in advance. There shall be added to the amount of each such assessment, delinquent 90 days after a notice thereof was mailed by the board, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount thereof. Such penalties when collected shall be paid into the Treasury and credited as revenue to the General Fund.
(b) A penalty of 50 percent of the amount charged or assessed shall be added to each charge or assessment that is delinquent 90 days after a notice of the charge or assessment was mailed by the board. The total amount of the charge, assessment, and penalty that remains unpaid after 120 days shall accrue interest at the rate of 7 percent per annum. The charges, assessments, penalties, and interest collected shall be paid into the Treasury and credited as revenue to the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund for use by the board upon appropriation by the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 22600.
(c) For charges and assessments levied on state departments and agencies pursuant to this section, the Controller shall transfer funds from those departments and agencies into the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund based on a schedule provided by the board and approved by the Department of Finance.
Section 22555 of the Government Code is amended to read:
22555.
Every public agency included in the agreement shall upon written request of the board pay to the board any and all sums of money moneys that the State state may be obligated to pay or forfeit to the Federal Government, federal government by reason of any failure on the part of any such public agency for any cause or reason to pay any contributions, interest, penalties, or any other amounts required by the agreement and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto at the time and in such amounts as required by said the agreement or said federal regulations. The board, in lieu of collection from the public agency, may offset any such sum which that does not exceed one dollar ($1) in amount against excesses from excess moneys in the Old Age and Survivors Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund which that are subject to transfer between the fund and the appropriation available for support of the board as provided in Section 22603.
Section 22556 of the Government Code is amended to read:
22556.
Any A public agency on whose behalf the board has made any advances of money as provided in pursuant to Section 22601 shall reimburse the State in state the amount of any such the advances, together with interest at the rate of 6 7 percent per annum from the time of such advance; provided, that there shall be no interest charge in any instance in which the advance, unless the amount of interest, if charged, would be less than one dollar ($1). Such The interest when collected shall be paid into the Treasury and credited as revenue to the General Fund.
Section 22560 of the Government Code is amended to read:
22560.
(a) The board may charge or assess each public agency as defined in Section 22009.03 and each public agency shall pay and reimburse the state at the times and in the amounts as the board may determine, the approximate cost to the state, of any and all work, services, equipment, and other administrative costs relating to a division under Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 22150) of Chapter 1 of this part or the referendum provided by Article 2 (commencing with Section 22300) of Chapter 2 of this part and requested by the agency. The charges may differ from public agency to public agency.
Section 22600 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) The Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund is continued in existence. Notwithstanding Section 13340, all money in the revolving fund is appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the board to carry out the provisions of this part. paragraphs (2) to (5), inclusive, of Section 22601.
(b) The moneys in the fund and the charges, assessments, penalties, and interest collected and deposited in the fund, pursuant to Sections 22551, 22552, and 22560, shall only be expended by the board upon appropriation by the Legislature and for administrative purposes as authorized in paragraph (1) of Section 22601.
(c) In any fiscal year, if the cumulative revenue maintained or held in the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) exceeds 100 percent of program expenditures, as appropriated by the Legislature, the board shall submit revised charges or assessments for approval by the Department of Finance to ensure the charges or assessments do not result in excess fund reserve levels.
Section 22602 of the Government Code is amended to read:
With the exception of penalties and interest as provided by Sections 22551 and 22556, any and all collected pursuant to Section 22556, and except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 22600, moneys received by the board from public agencies under the provisions of this part may be deposited in such revolving fund. the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Revolving Fund.
Section 22871.3 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) Prior to opening the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program for enrollment, the board shall design and disseminate to employers through the Employment Development Department (EDD) an employee information packet that shall be available in an electronic format. The packet shall include background information on the program and appropriate disclosures for employees.
(e) The employee information packet shall also include an opt-out form for an eligible employee to note his or her their decision to opt out of participation in the program. The opt-out notation shall be simple and concise and drafted in a manner that the board deems necessary to appropriately evidence the employee’s understanding that he or she is they are choosing not to automatically deduct earnings to save for retirement.
(f) The employee information packet with the disclosure and opt-out forms shall be made available to employers through EDD eligible employees by the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program and supplied to employees at the time of hiring. All new employees shall review the packet and acknowledge having received it.
Section 1420 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
(e) (1) “Employer” means any person or entity that employs at least one employee covered worker or otherwise engages by contract, subcontract, or franchise agreement for the provision of janitorial services by and one or more covered workers and that enters into contracts, subcontracts, or franchise arrangements to provide janitorial services. workers. The term “employer” includes the term “covered successor employer.” employer,” but does not include an entity that is the recipient of the janitorial services.
Section 1421 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
Section 1428 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
An employer shall not conduct any janitorial business without complying with the registration requirements of this part. The commissioner may revoke a registration if he or she the commissioner finds an employer to be out of compliance with any requirement of this part or to have failed to satisfy any of the conditions of Section 1429.
Section 1429 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
(iii) Have any liens or suits pending in court against himself or herself. them.
(10) Effective January 1, 2020, all new applications for registration and renewal of registration shall complete demonstrate completion of the sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirements prescribed by the division and developed pursuant to Section 1429.5. 1429.5 by providing a written attestation to the commissioner that this training has been provided as required.
Section 1429.5 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall establish a biennial in-person sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirement for employees workers and employers covered by this part by January 1, 2019. The training shall be consistent with the training requirements of Section 12950.1 of the Government Code and subsequent amendments to those requirements. To assist in developing these standards, the director shall convene an advisory committee to recommend requirements for a sexual harassment prevention training program. The advisory committee shall be composed of representatives of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and shall also include representatives from a recognized or certified collective bargaining agent that represents janitorial workers, employers, labor-management groups in the janitorial industry, sexual assault victims advocacy groups, and other related subject matter experts. The director shall convene the advisory committee no later than July 1, 2017. The advisory committee shall consider the requirements of Section 12950.1 of the Government Code when developing the recommended standard. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall propose the requirements for the sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirement no later than January 1, 2018.
Section 1430 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
Section 1434 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
A successor employer is liable for any wages wages, damages, and penalties its predecessor employer owes to any of the predecessor employer’s former employee or employees, workforce if the successor employer meets any of the following criteria:
(c) Employs in a managerial capacity any person who directly or indirectly controlled the wages, hours, or working conditions of the affected employees workforce of the predecessor employer.
Section 1455 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
(a) (1) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, upon appropriation of funds to the division for purposes of this section, shall establish and maintain an outreach and education program. The purpose of the program shall be to promote awareness of, and compliance with, labor protections that affect the domestic work industry and to promote fair and dignified labor standards in this industry and other low-wage industries.
(A) “CBO” means community-based organization.
(B) “Division” means the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
(b) The program duration shall continue until June 30, 2024, with an opportunity to expand or renew contingent on allocation of state funds or identification of other revenue sources.
(c) The division shall issue a competitive request to CBOs to provide education and outreach services primarily focused on, but not limited to, domestic work employees and employers. CBOs shall have demonstrated experience in carrying out outreach and education directed at these populations, including knowledge of, and demonstrated familiarity with, issues facing the domestic work industry.
(d) CBOs shall be responsible for developing, and consulting with the division regarding, the core education and outreach materials regarding minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, record-keeping, retaliation, and the division wage adjudication and retaliation process, including specific issues that affect certain industries, such as the domestic work industry, differently. CBOs shall be responsible for all costs related to the development, printing, advertising, or distribution of the education and outreach materials. The materials shall be translated into non-English languages as may be appropriate, as determined by the applicable CBO in consultation with the division. At the discretion of the division, the division shall have final approval over the education and outreach materials.
(e) The division and CBOs shall meet biannually, or more frequently at the discretion of the division, to coordinate efforts around outreach, education, and enforcement, including sharing information, in accordance with applicable privacy and confidentiality laws, that will shape and inform the overall enforcement strategy of the division regarding low-wage industries, including the domestic work industry.
(f) The division shall not expend more than 5 percent of the budget allocation on the administration of the program.
(g) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.
Section 6717.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
The division shall submit to the board a rulemaking proposal to revise the lead standards of the general industry safety orders, found at Section 5198 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, and the construction safety orders, found at Section 1532.1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, consistent with scientific research and findings. The board shall vote on the proposed changes on or before September 30, 2020.
Section 984 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:
(a) (1) Each worker shall pay worker contributions at the rate determined by the director pursuant to this section with respect to wages, as defined by Sections 926, 927, and 985. On or before October 31 of each calendar year, the director shall prepare a statement, which shall be a public record, declaring the rate of worker contributions for the calendar year and shall notify promptly all employers of employees covered for disability insurance of the rate.
(2) (A) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the rate of worker contributions for calendar year 1987 and for each subsequent calendar year shall be 1.45 1.30 times the amount disbursed from the Disability Fund during the 12-month period ending September 30 and immediately preceding the calendar year for which the rate is to be effective, less the amount in the Disability Fund on that September 30, with the resulting figure divided by total wages paid pursuant to Sections 926, 927, and 985 during the same 12-month period, and then rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent.
(B) The director shall increase the rate of worker contributions by .08 percent for the 2004 and 2005 calendar years to cover the initial cost of family temporary disability insurance benefits provided in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3300) of Part 2.
(3) The rate of worker contributions shall not exceed 1.5 percent or be less than 0.1 percent. The rate of worker contributions shall not decrease from the rate in the previous year by more than two-tenths of 1 percent.
(b) Worker contributions required under Sections 708 and 708.5 shall be at a rate determined by the director to reimburse the Disability Fund for unemployment compensation disability benefits paid and estimated to be paid to all employers and self-employed individuals covered by those sections. On or before November 30th of each calendar year, the director shall prepare a statement, which shall be a public record, declaring the rate of contributions for the succeeding calendar year for all employers and self-employed individuals covered under Sections 708 and 708.5 and shall notify promptly the employers and self-employed individuals of the rate. The rate shall be determined by dividing the estimated benefits and administrative costs paid in the prior year by the product of the annual remuneration deemed to have been received under Sections 708 and 708.5 and the estimated number of persons who were covered at any time in the prior year. The resulting rate shall be rounded to the next higher one-hundredth percentage point. The rate may also be reduced or increased by a factor estimated to maintain as nearly as practicable a cumulative zero balance in the funds contributed pursuant to Sections 708 and 708.5. Estimates made pursuant to this subdivision may be made on the basis of statistical sampling, or another method determined by the director.
(c) The director’s action in determining a rate under this section shall not constitute an authorized regulation.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), and except as provided in paragraph (2), the director may, at his or her the director’s discretion, increase or decrease, by not to exceed 0.1 percent, the rate of worker contributions determined pursuant to subdivision (a), up to a maximum worker contribution rate of 1.5 percent, if he or she the director determines the adjustment is necessary to reimburse the Disability Fund for disability benefits paid or estimated to be paid to individuals covered by this section or to prevent the accumulation of funds in excess of those needed to maintain an adequate fund balance.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for the 2004, 2005, and 2006 calendar years, the director may not decrease the rate of worker contributions, regardless of whether the director determines that a decrease is necessary to prevent the accumulation of funds in excess of those needed to maintain the adequacy of the Disability Fund during program implementation.
(e) The amendment to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2019.
Section 1088.9 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:
(b)An eligible employer shall use the opt-out form in the employee information packet disseminated by the department to create an option for an eligible employee to note his or her decision to opt out of utilizing the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program.
(b) Each eligible employer that, without good cause, fails to allow its eligible employees to participate in the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program pursuant to Sections 100014 and 100032 of the Government Code, on or before 90 days after service of notice by the director pursuant to Section 1206 of its failure to comply, shall pay a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per eligible employee if noncompliance extends 90 days or more after the notice, and if found to be in noncompliance 180 days or more after the notice, an additional penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per eligible employee.
(c) The department shall enforce this penalty as part of its existing investigation and audit function.
(d) The provisions of this article, the provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 1176), with respect to refunds and overpayments, and the provisions of Article 11 (commencing with Section 1221), with respect to administrative appellate review shall apply to the penalty imposed by this section. Penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the contingent fund.
(f)This section shall become operative six months after the board notifies the Director of Employment Development that the full implementation of Title 21 (commencing with Section 100000) of the Government Code will proceed. Upon receipt of the notification from the board, the department shall immediately post on its Internet Web site a notice stating that this section is operative, and the date that it is first operative.
(e) If the department participates in the implementation and administration of the program, it may charge the board a reasonable fee for costs it incurs for implementing and administering the program.
(f) This section shall only become operative when both of the following occur:
(1) The board notifies the Director of Employment Development that enforcement should proceed.
(2) The board and the Director of Employment Development agree to a reasonable implementation timeline.
(g) Upon satisfaction of the conditions in subdivision (f), the department shall post on its internet website a notice of the operative date of the section.
The director shall permit the use of any information in his or her their possession to the extent necessary for any of the following purposes and may require reimbursement for all direct costs incurred in providing any and all information specified in this section, except information specified in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive:
(a) To enable the director or his or her their representative to carry out his or her their responsibilities under this code.
(c) To acquaint a worker or his or her their authorized agent with his or her their existing or prospective right to benefits.
(d) To furnish an employer or his or her their authorized agent with information to enable him or her them to fully discharge his or her their obligations or safeguard his or her their rights under this division or Division 3 (commencing with Section 9000).
(i) To provide any law enforcement agency with the name, address, telephone number, birth date, social security number, physical description, and names and addresses of present and past employers, of any victim, suspect, missing person, potential witness, or person for whom a felony arrest warrant has been issued, when a request for this information is made by any investigator or peace officer as defined by Sections 830.1 and 830.2 of the Penal Code, or by any federal law enforcement officer to whom the Attorney General has delegated authority to enforce federal search warrants, as defined under Sections 60.2 and 60.3 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, and when the requesting officer has been designated by the head of the law enforcement agency and requests this information in the course of and as a part of an investigation into the commission of a crime when there is a reasonable suspicion that the crime is a felony and that the information would lead to relevant evidence. The information provided pursuant to this subdivision shall be provided to the extent permitted by federal law and regulations, and to the extent the information is available and accessible within the constraints and configurations of existing department records. Any person who receives any information under this subdivision shall make a written report of the information to the law enforcement agency that employs him or her, them, for filing under the normal procedures of that agency.
(p) To enable the Director of Consumer Affairs, or his or her their representatives, to access unemployment insurance quarterly wage data on a case-by-case basis to verify information on school administrators, school staff, and students provided by those schools who are being investigated for possible violations of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 94800) of Part 59 of Division 10 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(A) Verifying or determining the eligibility of an applicant for, or a recipient of, state health subsidy programs, limited to the Medi-Cal program, provided pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the Access for Infants and Mothers Program, provided pursuant to Part 6.3 (commencing with Section 12695) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, when the verification or determination is directly connected with, and limited to, the administration of the state health subsidy programs referenced in this subparagraph.
(aj) To enable the California Workforce Development Board, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Department of Rehabilitation, the State Department of Social Services, the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, and the Employment Training Panel to access any relevant quarterly wage data necessary for the evaluation and reporting of their respective program performance outcomes as required and permitted by various state and federal laws pertaining to performance measurement and program evaluation under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128); the workforce performance metrics dashboard pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) of Section 14013; the Adult Education Block Grant Program consortia performance metrics pursuant to Section 84920 of the Education Code; the economic and workforce development program performance measures pursuant to Section 88650 of the Education Code; and the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program performance measures established in Part 52.5 (commencing with Section 88600) of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
Section 3301 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 849 of the Statutes of 2018, is amended to read:
(b) An individual’s “weekly benefit amount” shall be the amount provided in Section 2655. An individual is eligible to receive family temporary disability insurance benefits equal to one-seventh of his or her the individual’s weekly benefit amount for each full day during which he or she the individual is unable to work due to caring for a seriously ill or injured family member or bonding with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption.
(c) The maximum amount payable to an individual during any disability benefit period for family temporary disability insurance shall be six times his or her the individual’s “weekly benefit amount,” but in no case shall the total amount of benefits payable be more than the total wages paid to the individual during his or her the individual’s disability base period. If the benefit is not a multiple of one dollar ($1), it shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1).
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, July 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
(a) (1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish, within the state disability insurance program, a family temporary disability insurance program. Family temporary disability insurance shall provide up to eight weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or domestic partner, or to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption.
(b) An individual’s “weekly benefit amount” shall be the amount provided in Section 2655. An individual is eligible to receive family temporary disability insurance benefits equal to one-seventh of the individual’s weekly benefit amount for each full day during which the individual is unable to work due to caring for a seriously ill or injured family member or bonding with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption.
(c) The maximum amount payable to an individual during any disability benefit period for family temporary disability insurance shall be eight times the individual’s “weekly benefit amount,” but in no case shall the total amount of benefits payable be more than the total wages paid to the individual during the individual’s disability base period. If the benefit is not a multiple of one dollar ($1), it shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1).
(d) No more than eight weeks of family temporary disability insurance benefits shall be paid within any 12-month period.
(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020, and shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed.
Section 3301 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, as added by Section 2 of Chapter 849 of the Statutes of 2018, is amended to read:
(a) (1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish, within the state disability insurance program, a family temporary disability insurance program. Family temporary disability insurance shall provide up to six eight weeks of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, or domestic partner, to bond with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption, or to participate in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of the individual’s spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent in the Armed Forces of the United States.
(b) An individual’s “weekly benefit amount” shall be the amount provided in Section 2655. An individual is eligible to receive family temporary disability insurance benefits equal to one-seventh of his or her the individual’s weekly benefit amount for each full day during which he or she the individual is unable to work due to caring for a seriously ill or injured family member, bonding with a minor child within one year of the birth or placement of the child in connection with foster care or adoption, or participating in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of the individual’s spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent in the Armed Forces of the United States.
(c) The maximum amount payable to an individual during any disability benefit period for family temporary disability insurance shall be six times his or her eight times the individual’s “weekly benefit amount,” but in no case shall the total amount of benefits payable be more than the total wages paid to the individual during his or her the individual’s disability base period. If the benefit is not a multiple of one dollar ($1), it shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1).
(d) No more than six eight weeks of family temporary disability insurance benefits shall be paid within any 12-month period.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Director of Employment Development may enter into contracts that implement the requirements of Section 3301 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, as amended, repealed, and added by Sections 38, 39, and 40 of this act, related to the family temporary disability insurance program.
(b) Any service contracts entered into by the Director of Employment Development pursuant to the authorization in subdivision (a) shall be exempt from any requirements imposed pursuant to Parts 1 and 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, and shall not be subject to review or approval by the Department of General Services.
(c) Projects undertaken by the Employment Development Department to implement the requirements of Section 3301 of the Unemployment Insurance Code shall be exempt from the Project Approval Lifecycle requirements administered by the Department of Technology pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, as specified in Section 19 of the Statewide Information Management Manual, and Sections 4819.34 to 4819.39, inclusive, and Sections 4920 to 4928, inclusive, of the State Administrative Manual.
With regard to Section 33 of this act, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) As recognized by the State of California in Resolution Chapter 119 of the Statutes of 2010, it is the policy of the state to encourage and protect the rights of low-wage workers who experience wage theft and retaliation, including domestic work employees.
(b) Domestic work has become a core part of Californians’ lives. Two million households in California rely on domestic workers to provide care for children, housecleaning, and support for seniors and people with disabilities. The vast majority of domestic workers are women of color and immigrants and are particularly vulnerable to unlawful employment practices. These vulnerabilities extend beyond domestic work into other industries with high women of color and immigrant worker populations and often face similar barriers to enforcement of their rights.
(c) Because domestic workers care for the most important elements of their employers’ lives, their families and homes, it is in the interest of employees, employers, and the people of the State of California to ensure that the rights of domestic workers are respected, protected, and enforced.
(d) Domestic work remains a low-wage and largely under-regulated industry. Domestic workers usually work alone, behind closed doors, and out of the public eye, leaving them isolated, vulnerable to abuse and exploitation by some employers, and unable to advocate collectively for better working conditions. Because of the unique nature of the industry, most domestic workers do not know their rights and struggle to access information about their rights. Four in ten employers pay low wages, which are defined as two-thirds of the median full-time wage in California. One in six domestic work employers fail to pay minimum wage. A substantial number of domestic workers do not complain about these violations because they are afraid they would lose their jobs. This fear has been augmented by the current national political climate and its focus on increased immigration enforcement, further exacerbating the challenges of enforcement of wage and hour laws.
(e) The demand for domestic work will continue to grow due to the aging of the population and the increased reliance on home care. The number of personal care aides alone is expected to grow by 35.8 percent between 2014 and 2024, which is significantly faster than the growth rate for other occupations in California.
(f) Given the unique structure of the industry and the barriers to rights enforcement and access to information experienced by both domestic work employees and employers, community-based organizations serve as “trusted messengers” and have demonstrated experience in carrying out activities of outreach and education directed at these populations. Community-based organizations (CBOs) maintain long-standing and existing programs of regular, innovative outreach to domestic worker and domestic employer communities, as well as to other workers in low-wage industries. Through engagement of domestic workers as leaders and staff of their organizations, CBOs conduct peer-to-peer outreach and reach workers on nights and weekends and through local community institutions such as churches, bus stops, public parks, food banks, and even workers’ private homes. Rooted in the fabric of local communities and neighborhoods, CBOs possess a deep understanding of the needs of domestic workers and are able to provide services that meet the needs of this population, creating a culture of trust, longevity and regular contact. This model of outreach has also proven effective in other low-wage industries, including residential care, janitorial, carwash, construction, restaurant and agriculture.
With regard to Sections 38, 39, and 40 of this act, the Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The expansion of the Family Temporary Disability Insurance program, also known as the Paid Family Leave program, has the goal of ensuring that newborns and newly adopted babies can be cared for by a parent or close family member for the first six months of their lives.
(b) Public health shows that providing up to six months of paid parental leave leads to positive health and educational outcomes for children. We now know, for example, that a baby’s interactions with parents in the very first months of the infant’s life is critical to help the baby’s brain develop. In fact, during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, over 700 neural connections are formed every second, but these connections are dependent on the baby interacting with loving parents, close family members and caretakers. Bonding with a newly adopted baby has also demonstrated lasting long-term mental health benefits.
(c) Economic research demonstrates that paid parental leave provides greater economic security for parents by increasing labor force attachment overall, and reducing the economic strain on finding and affording infant child care. In California, infant child care averages over $16,400 per infant per year for care at a child care center or over $10,600 per infant per year for a family-based child care provider.
(d) Allowing parents to stay at home by providing paid family leave achieves the dual goal of allowing parents to help their children with essential early brain development and improve their family economic security.
(e) Take up rates for the Paid Family Leave program vary by income. Special attention must be paid to allow low wage workers opportunities to access the benefits they finance, including the amount of their wages replaced and the job protection they have to return to their employment.
(f) The Paid Family Leave program is an integral program that already supports California’s workers, their families, and early childhood development. The program currently provides parents with up to six weeks of paid leave to bond with a new minor child. Collectively, these paid leave benefits provide families with approximately three months of paid leave when used consecutively. The expansion of the program would double this availability to a total of six months so that infant children can stay with their parent or a close family member for the first six months of the child’s life.
(g) A birth mother may take an additional six weeks of leave to recover from childbirth under California’s Disability Insurance program, further extending bonding time with her newborn baby.
(h) This legislation represents an initial step forward by increasing paid family leave for parents to bond with their new child from six weeks to eight weeks, thereby providing families up to one additional month to care for and bond with their newborn or newly adopted child.
(i) By November 2019, the Office of the Governor, through consultation with a task force, will develop a proposal to increase paid family leave duration to a full six months by 2021–22, for parents to care for and bond with their newborn or newly adopted child. This proposal must assess and address job protections for employees, wage replacement rates up to 90 percent for low wage workers and provide a plan to implement and fund expanded paid family leave benefits, as well as other findings and recommendations of interest. The Office of the Governor will present task force findings and observations to the Legislature by November 2019.
(j) It is the intent of the Legislature that the task force consult with representatives from employer groups, labor, early education representatives, other employment experts, and the Legislature when developing the proposal.
(k) It is the intent of the Legislature that the task force review and build upon prior reports and research, including those produced by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the Employment Development Department, and the Legislature.
The sum of five million ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in the Department of Industrial Relations to administer a three-year program for outreach and education, pursuant to Section 1455 of the Labor Code, beginning in the 2019–20 fiscal year. This appropriation shall be available for encumbrance and expenditure until June 30, 2023, and for liquidation until June 30, 2024.