Bill Text: CA AB2819 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: University of California: study: high technology companies: employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2018-09-30 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2819 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2819-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2819

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Introduced by Assembly Member Holden

February 16, 2018

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An act relating to employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2819, as introduced, Holden. Employment.

Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is vested with the general duty of enforcing various labor laws, including the enforcement of laws prohibiting wage differentials.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, among other things, increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards, and address ethnic pay gap.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would accomplish all of the following:

(a) Increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards.

(b) Address ethnic pay gap, employment and outreach opportunities, board diversification, pipeline creation, upward mobility of diverse technical talent, and retention of that talent through company culture and development.

(c) Work with the technology sector to understand where the current needs are to ensure access to underserved communities.