Bill Text: CA AB594 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor Code: alternative enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2023. [AB594 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB594-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 594

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Introduced by Assembly Member Maienschein

February 09, 2023

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An act relating to employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 594, as introduced, Maienschein. Department of Industrial Relations.

Existing law establishes, within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Department of Industrial Relations, which is under the control of the Director of Industrial Relations, and establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is under the control of the Labor Commissioner. Existing law vests with the commissioner the authority to receive, investigate, and hear employee complaints regarding the payment of wages and other employment-related issues. Existing law authorizes citations to be served, as specified.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to strengthen labor law enforcement efforts and to protect workers from wage theft and other labor violations by expanding the authority of public enforcement agencies.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to strengthen labor law enforcement efforts and to protect workers from wage theft and other labor violations by expanding the authority of public enforcement agencies.