As covered previously here, the California Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) once again has identified a handful of “job killer” bills making their way through the legislative process. This year’s crop of proposed legislation would, among other things, inflate employer data reporting requirements and further expand the scope of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). Several of these recently introduced bills already have passed one of the two houses of California’s legislature and, now, move on to a vote in the second house. These bills include:
Data Reporting and Publication
SB 1162 (Limón; D-Goleta) Publication of Pay Data – requires that private employers with 100 or more employees submit a pay data report to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) and imposes civil penalties against employers who fail to do so. SB 1162 also requires that the DFEH publish the pay data report on a public website. In addition, SB 1162 requires that employers with 15 or more employees include the pay scale for each position in any job postings.
Expansion of the FEHA
AB 2188 (Quirk; D-Hayward) Cannabis Use & Employment Discrimination – makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalize a person, based on use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace. AB 2188 includes a narrow carve-out for workers in the building and construction trades, and makes...
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