Would protect individuals seeking abortion or gender affirming care in California by prohibiting state governments with anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ laws from accessing their digital data to identify them to police. Passed by the Assembly, held in Senate Judiciary Committee.
An act to amend Section 12930 of, and to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 12999) to Part 2.8 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, relating to employment.
Lead Author: Wiener Summary: Current law requires employers to provide reasonable break time for lactation needs, but often does not mandate adequate space to produce lactation with privacy. Employment law truly devoted to gender equity would ensure this space existed. SB142 mandates that, in a new construction of commercial space, including those undergoing significant renovation, … Continued
Author: Jackson Co-author: Gonzalez Despite the progress made in recent years to combat cultures of harassment and abuse, workplace harassment remains a pervasive issue. SB 1300 amends existing state law to strengthen training requirements and other employer obligations to prevent workplace harassment, requires employers provide employees with information on how to file harassment complaints, … Continued
Author: Leyva Harassment continues to permeate the workplace, and many workers are at risk of retaliation — from verbal abuse to demotion to being fired — from employers and fellow employees. SB 1038 clarifies that individuals can be held personally liable for retaliating against an employee for exercising their legal rights against workplace harassment … Continued
Authors: Gonzalez, Bonta Currently, California’s labor code prevents discrimination or retaliation against victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. AB 3081 would also prohibit an employer from firing or otherwise discriminating or retaliating against an employee because of his or her status as a victim of sexual harassment, further expanding protections for victims … Continued
Author: Gonzalez Co-authors: Jackson, Bonta, Carrillo, Friedman, Gloria, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Levine, McCarty, Muratsuchi, Reyes, Mark Stone, Weber, Leyva, Mitchell, Skinner Vulnerable workers are often subjected to workplace abuse and even coerced into signing agreements that force them to settle disputes out of courts of law, effectively stripping away a worker’s ability to fight against … Continued
author: Jackson co-authors: Atkins, Friedman, C. Garcia, Gonzalez Fletcher, Leyva, Limon, Reyes, Skinner, Chiu, Thurmond, Wiener Under previous California law, businesses with 50 or less employees were not required to provide parental leave. SB 63 supports working mothers and fathers by requiring employers with 20 or more employees to provide most employees up to … Continued
authors: Gonzalez, C. Garcia AB 479 would exempt tampons and diapers from sales tax, easing the financial burdens on millions of California’s working women and parents, while replacing the small budget shortfall with an increase on the hard liquor tax, which has not gone up in over 25 years. (This bill is currently in the … Continued
(Hueso) Floor: 22-12-6 co-authors: Gonzalez, Campos, E. Garcia, Hall, Leno, Leyva A recent study conducted by the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs looked at 800 different products and found that many of those marketed for women or girls cost, on average, 7% more than those marketed for men or boys. Although current laws … Continued
(Jackson) Appropriations: 12-5-3 (Jackson) Floor: 24-12-3 co-authors: Atkins, Bonilla, Burke, Campos, C. Garcia, Gonzalez, Hancock, Leyva, Lopez, Wolk Although California is one of the few states to provide partial paid parental leave, we are still far behind developed nations throughout the world in terms of allowing new parents paid, relaxing time to spend … Continued
(Jackson) Labor & Employment: 4-2-1 co-authors: Atkins, Bonilla, Burke, Campos, C. Garcia, Gonzalez, Hancock, Leyva, Lopez, Wolk Although California is one of the few states to provide partial paid parental leave, we are still far behind developed nations throughout the world in terms of allowing new parents paid, relaxing time to spend with … Continued