Bill Text: CA AB168 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Employers: salary information.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2017. [AB168 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB168-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 168

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Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman

January 17, 2017

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An act to add Section 432.3 to the Labor Code, relating to employers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 168, as introduced, Eggman. Employers: salary information.

Existing law imposes various restrictions on employers with respect to applicants for employment. A violation of those restrictions is a misdemeanor.

This bill would prohibit an employer, including state and local government employers, from seeking salary history information about an applicant for employment, except as otherwise provided. The bill would require an employer, except state and local government employers, upon reasonable request, to provide the pay scale for a position to an applicant for employment. The bill would specify that a violation of its provisions would not be subject to the misdemeanor provision.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 432.3 is added to the Labor Code, to read:

432.3.

 (a) An employer shall not, orally or in writing, personally or through an agent, seek salary history information, including, but not limited to, compensation and benefits, about an applicant for employment.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), an employer, upon reasonable request, shall provide the pay scale for a position to an applicant applying for employment.

(c) Section 433 does not apply to this section.

(d) This section shall not apply to salary history information disclosable to the public pursuant to federal or state law, including but not limited to, the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) or the federal Freedom of Information Act (Section 552 of Title 5 of the United States Code).

(e) This section, except for subdivision (b), applies to all state and local government employers, including, but not limited to, the Legislature.