Bill Text: CA SB558 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reporters' shield law.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-03 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 519, Statutes of 2013. [SB558 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB558-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 558	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1094 of the Unemployment Insurance Code,
relating to unemployment insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 558, as introduced, Lieu. Unemployment insurance: Employment
Development Department:
   Under existing law, information obtained by the Employment
Development Department in the administration of unemployment
insurance laws is confidential, subject to specified exceptions,
including that an employee or the employee's representative may
receive his or her wage information upon his or her written request.
   This bill would delete the requirement that the employee's request
to receive his or her wage information be in writing.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1094 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is
amended to read:
   1094.  (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this code,
the information obtained in the administration of this code is
confidential, not open to the public, and shall be for the exclusive
use and information of the director in discharge of his or her
duties.
   (b) The information released to authorized entities pursuant to
other provisions of the code shall not be admissible in evidence in
any action or special proceeding, other than one arising out of the
provisions of this code or one described in Section 1095.
   (c) The information may be tabulated and published in statistical
form for use by federal, state, and local governmental departments
and agencies, and the public, except that the name of the employing
unit or of any worker shall never be divulged in the course of the
tabulation or publication.
   (d) Wages as defined by Section 13009 and amounts required to be
deducted and withheld under Section 13020 shall not be disclosed
except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 19542) of
Chapter 7 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code.
   (e) Any employee or his or her representative may receive 
his or her   the employee's  wage information upon
 written  request by the employee. The information
shall be provided without charge.
   (f) Any person who knowingly accesses, uses, or discloses any
confidential information without authorization is in violation of
this section and is guilty of a misdemeanor.