Bill Text: CA SB1230 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

California Senate Bill 1230 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Employment: posting requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-29 - In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto) [SB1230 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1230-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1230	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Part 12.5 (commencing with Section 2696) to Division
2 of the Labor Code, relating to human trafficking.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1230, as amended, DeSaulnier. Employment: posting requirements.

   Existing law requires employers to post various employment-related
information for employees, including information relating to the
payment of wages, workers' compensation, and discrimination in
employment.
   This bill would require employers to post information related to
slavery and human trafficking, including information related to
 2   a  nonprofit  organizations
  organization  that  provide 
 provides  services in support of the elimination of slavery
and human trafficking.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Part 12.5 (commencing with Section 2696) is added to
Division 2 of the Labor Code, to read:

      PART 12.5.  HUMAN TRAFFICKING


   2696.  (a) An employer shall  , as soon as practicable, 
post in a conspicuous location frequented by employees a notice in
substantially the following form:
""Victims of slavery and human trafficking are
protected under United States and California law.
If you or someone you know is being forced to
engage in any activity and cannot leave - whether
it is commercial sex, housework, farm work, or
any other activity - call the number  s  below to
    
access help and services:
Call the National Human Trafficking Resource
 Center at 1-888-373-7888 or the California 
 Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking 
 (CAST) at 1-888-KEY-2-FRE(EDOM) or 1-888-539-2373.

 Center at 1-888-373-7888. 
        The toll-free hotline  s   are
  is  :
                  b7 Available 24 hours a day, 7
                  days a week.
                  b7 Operated by  a  nonprofit,
                  nongovernmental organization  s  .
     
                  b7 Anonymous and confidential.
                  b7 Accessible in  more than  1
 6 
 7  0  languages. 
                   languages. 
                  b7 Able to provide help, referral
                  to services, training, and
                  general information.


   (b) The Labor Commissioner shall determine in what languages the
notice required by subdivision (a) shall be printed.
   2697.  The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this part.