2013年の新しい法律です。
Penalties for Wage Statement Violations
雇用者が原因で従業員が怪我、病気をした場合、怪我、病気から復活するまでが雇用者の責任になります。毎回の給与明細に特定の情報を提供することが求められるようになります。
SB 2155 amends Labor Code section 226 to specifically define an “injury” for purposes of violating the itemized wage statement statute. Employers are required to provide specified information to employees on a wage statement each time wages are paid. An employee who “suffers an injury” as a result of an employer knowingly or intentionally failing to comply with the statute is entitled to recover damages against the employer.
Fixed Salaries and Overtime
Non-Exemptに固定給で支払っている会社は、どのような覚書があったにせよ、その固定給は標準時間（通常40時間/週）の分だけになります。
AB 2103 amends section 515 of the Labor Code to state that payment of a fixed salary to a nonexempt employee will be deemed to be payment only for the employee’s regular nonovertime hours, notwithstanding any private agreement or “explicit mutual wage agreement” to the contrary.
Wage Garnishment
Wage Garnishment（裁判所の命令による給与差し引き）から免除される額が上昇します。
AB 1775 increases the amount of wages that are exempt from garnishment. This amendment is effective July 1, 2013.
Human Trafficking Posting
奴隷、人身売買禁止のポスターを掲示義務。4/1より有効の予定です。Department of Justiceが作成をするので、作成されましたらお知らせします。
SB 1193 requires specified businesses to post an 8.5" x 11" notice on or before
April 1, 2013, that contains information about organizations that provide services to eliminate slavery and human trafficking. The Department of Justice will develop a model notice that complies with the requirements of SB 1193 and make the model notice available. This notice will also be made available on HRCalifornia after the Department of Justice has created it.
Workers’ Compensation Reform
Workers Compensationのルール変更。永久障害への補償増額と雇用者のシステムコスト低減については見送られたが、いくつかの変更点が1/1から導入されます。
SB 863 is workers’ compensation reform legislation supported by the California Chamber of Commerce. The legislation offsets necessary increases in permanent disability benefits and potentially lowers system costs for employers. Some of the legislative reforms take effect January 1, 2013, but many of the laws require administrative/regulatory action before implementation.
Accessibility Reform
障害者のアクセシビリティへの違反に対する訴訟を制限する法律が成立。いくつもの申し立てを起こして損害賠償を増やすことや訴訟前に金銭の要求をする行為等を禁止する内容が含まれる。
SB 1186 limits frivolous litigation regarding technical violations concerning disability access by reducing statutory damages, putting into place new provisions to prevent “stacking” of multiple claims to increase statutory damages and banning letters making demands for money before litigation.
FEHC Eliminated, Duties Transferred to the DFEH
差別やハラスメントのハンドリングからFEHCが外され、DFEHがハンドルすることになる。
SB 1038 eliminates the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC). The biggest change is the manner in which charges of discrimination or harassment are handled. The administrative hearing process before the FEHC is eliminated. Instead, the DFEH will be able to bring civil actions on behalf of a complainant directly in court and require mandatory dispute resolution.
Intellectual Disabilities
知的障害の表現が変更。
AB 2370 and SB 1381 substitute the term “intellectual disability” for the outdated term mental retardation in many statutes and regulations.
Unemployment Insurance: Overpayment and Penalties
雇用者がEDDに対して正確な情報を提供することをしなかった場合、失業保険の払い過ぎに対してEDDは雇用者からの払い戻し請求には応じないことになった。
AB 1845 provides that the Employment Development Department (EDD) can deny reimbursement to employers for any overpayments made to their unemployment insurance reserve accounts if the EDD determines that the overpayment resulted from employers’ failure to respond to or provide adequate information to the EDD. This new law applies to benefit overpayments established on or after
October 22, 2013.
Prevailing Wage
賃金違反に関するさらに詳細が規定される。
AB 2677 further defines what constitutes a prevailing wage violation.
Farm Labor Contractors
農場のコントラクターのライセンス取得がされていなかった場合の罰金が変更。
AB 1675 changes the penalties for failing to license farm labor contractors.
Warehouse Workers
倉庫労働者に関して、その労働者リスト準備と相応の財政的準備が要求される項目が追加される。
AB 1855 adds warehouse workers to the list of specified contractors subject to sufficient funds requirements.