Bill Text: CA SB1030 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: California Workplace Outreach Project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - May 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1030 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1030-Amended.html
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Amended
IN
Senate
April 01, 2024 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1030
| Introduced by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas |
February 06, 2024 |
An act to add Division 7 (commencing with Section 11000) to the Labor Code, relating to employment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1030, as amended, Smallwood-Cuevas.
California Workplace Outreach Project.
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
This bill would require the department, upon appropriation of funds for this purpose, to establish and administer the California Workplace Outreach Project to promote awareness of and compliance with labor protections that affect California workers. The bill would require the department to issue a competitive request for proposal to qualified organizations, as defined, to provide education and outreach services to workers and assist workers who have experienced labor violations. The bill would require qualified organizations to consult with the
department to create education and outreach materials informing workers of their rights on priority topics and training materials for workers and organizations. The bill would require the materials to be translated into non-English languages, to be determined by each qualified organization in consultation with the department, as appropriate for the geographic region the qualified organization serves. The bill would require the department and qualified organizations to meet at least twice a year to coordinate efforts around outreach, education, and enforcement.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Division 7 (commencing with Section 11000) is added to the Labor Code, to read:DIVISION 7. California Workplace Outreach Project
11000.
(a) The Department of Industrial Relations, upon appropriation of funds to the department for this purpose, shall establish and administer the California Workplace Outreach Project.(b) The purpose of the project shall be to promote awareness of, and compliance with, labor protections that affect California workers, with a focus on low-wage and high-violation industries.
11001.
For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:(a) “Department” means the Department of Industrial Relations.
(b) “Project” means the California Workplace Outreach Project.
(c) “Qualified organization” means a nonprofit organization with demonstrated experience in carrying out in-person outreach and education directed at workers in industries and demographic groups deemed by the department or its divisions to be vulnerable to violations of labor standards.
11002.
The department shall issue a competitive request for proposal to qualified organizations to provide education and outreach services to workers and to assist workers who have experienced violations of labor standards. The department may require qualified organizations to participate in training.11003.
(a) Qualified organizations shall consult with the department regarding priority topics for outreach and education, which may include minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, retaliation, health and safety, excessive heat, the adjudication processes of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and issues that affect certain low-wage or high-violation industries differently.(b) Qualified organizations shall consult with the department to create education and outreach materials informing workers of their rights on priority topics and training materials for workers and organizations. The materials shall be translated into non-English languages as appropriate.
languages, to be determined by each qualified organization in consultation with the department, as appropriate for the geographic region the qualified organization serves. The department shall have final approval over the education and outreach and training materials.
