Bill Text: CA SB1115 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Department of Industrial Relations: annual survey: Women in Construction Priority Unit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-11 - August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1115 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1115
| Introduced by Senator Skinner (Principal coauthor: Senator Atkins) |
February 16, 2022 |
An act to amend Section 151 of, and to add Chapter 4.4 (commencing with Section 107.7) to Division 1 of, the Labor Code, relating to state government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1115, as amended, Skinner.
Department of Industrial Relations: annual survey: Women in Construction Priority Unit.
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law provides that one of the functions of the department is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law, the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939, authorizes a joint apprenticeship committee, unilateral management or labor apprenticeship committee, or an individual employer to administer an apprenticeship program, as prescribed. Existing law requires the department to conduct an annual survey of the ethnic derivation of the individuals who are parties to apprentice agreements pursuant to that provision.
This bill would require the annual survey to additionally
include the gender of the individuals who are parties to those apprentice agreements.
This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the department to establish a Women in Construction Priority Unit, to be overseen by the Director of Industrial Relations, to coordinate and help ensure collaboration across the department’s divisions. divisions, and maximize state and federal funding to support women and nonbinary individuals in the construction workforce. The bill would set forth the duties of the unit and would require the director, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist with the establishment of the unit by convening, by July 1, 2023, an advisory committee with specified representatives to make recommendations to advance the unit’s
objectives.
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.
Chapter 4.4 (commencing with Section 107.7) is added to Division 1 of the Labor Code, to read:CHAPTER 4.4. Women in Construction Priority Unit
107.7.
For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Department” means the Department of Industrial Relations.
(b) “Director” means the Director of Industrial Relations.
(c) “Unit” means the Women in Construction Priority Unit.
107.7.1.
(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall establish a Women in Construction Priority Unit, overseen by the director, to coordinate and help ensure collaboration across the department’s(b) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist with the establishment of the unit, the director shall, by July 1, 2023, convene an advisory
committee to make recommendations to advance the unit’s objectives.
(2) The advisory committee shall be composed of representatives from recognized or certified collective bargaining agents who represent construction workers, construction industry employers or employer associations, labor-management groups in the construction industry, nonprofit organizations that represent women in the construction industry, and other related subject matter experts. The advisory committee shall also include representatives of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
107.7.2.
The unit shall do(a) Assist and provide resources to women and nonbinary individuals, including, but not limited to, apprentices and journeypersons in the construction industry, including developing materials for employers and unions to promote the recruitment and retention of women and nonbinary individuals in
construction, maintaining an internet website listing workers’ rights, developing training materials specific to women and nonbinary individuals
to navigate health and safety and wage and hour laws, and leadership training for forewomen. to increase the upward mobility of women and nonbinary individuals in construction careers.
(b) Provide resources for employers and project owners, including public agencies, to improve construction worksite culture, address barriers to employment, develop training and materials for workforce pipeline professionals specific to women and nonbinary individuals in construction, and interagency training.
(c) Upon request by a state agency and approval by the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, establish interagency agreements that shall include the requirements in subdivisions (a) and (b) to promote the recruitment and retention of women and nonbinary individuals in construction.
SEC. 2.
Section 151 of the Labor Code is amended to read:151.
(a) The department shall conduct an annual survey of the ethnic derivation and gender of the individuals who are parties to apprentice agreements described in Section 3077. In conducting this survey, the division shall use any pertinent data which the federal government may provide to avoid duplication of effort.(b) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall cooperate in the accomplishment of the survey required by this section. The occasion of this survey may be used to gather additional current data as may be of benefit to apprenticeship programs.
(c) Data gathered pursuant to this section shall not be evidence per se of
an unlawful employment practice.
(d) This section shall not be construed to authorize a state agency to require an employer to employ a specified percentage of individuals of any particular ethnic derivation or gender irrespective of those individuals’ qualifications for employment.
