Employment-related Bills 2008

by Jon-Erik G. Storm on Friday, April 4th, 2008

SB 674 (Dutton) – Incentives for employers who provide health care and other benefits.
SB 737 (Caleron) – Legislature’s intent to clarify meal and rest period law.
SB 940 (Yee) – Temporoary employees must be paid more frequently.
SB 953 (Wyland) – Ministerial changes to alternative workweeks.
SB 1192 (Margett) – Would reverse Murphy.  Wage premiums are penalties.
SB 1244 (Alquist) – No retaliation if a family member or co-worker files a wage claim.
SB 1283 (Harman) – Some leniency in final paychecks for outside accounting departments.
SB 1489 (Kuehl) – Ministerial changes to leave laws.
SB 1490 (Padilla) – Independent contractors may request a determination from the EDD regarding their status when hired.
SB 1539 (Calderon) – Interpretation of IWC orders re: meal periods mandatory after 5 hours.
SB 1583 (Corbett) – Advising someone to hire independent contractors makes you jointly liable for the remedies against the principal.

AB 1989 (Swanson) – Expands WARN act to include offshoring.
AB 2075 (Fuentes) – Off-the-clock hours would be equivalent to signing flase wage release.
AB 2134 (Swanson) – Would conform state and federal family leave.
AB 2279 (Leno) – Reverses Ragingwire: no discrimination based on medical marijuana usage.
AB 2421 (Huff) – Investigation and prosecution of complaints of employment of unauthorized workers.
AB 2530 (Duvall) – Would exclude certain transportation employees from meal period orders.
AB 2716 (Ma) – Paid sick leave for everyone.
AB 2719 (Jeffries) – Would exclude employees investigating workers compensation fraud from meal period orders.
AB 2874 (Lieber) – Removes penalty limits for violations of CRA2005.
AB 2879 (Leno) – Labor Commissioner audit triggers.
AB 2888 (La Malfa) – Sex offenders cannot work in certain fields with minors, fines related thereto.
AB 2918 (Lieber) – Would restrict usage of credit information as a condition of employment.

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