Bill Text: CA SB657 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Employment: electronic documents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 109, Statutes of 2021. [SB657 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB657-Chaptered.html

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Senate Bill No. 657

CHAPTER 109

An act to add Section 1207 to the Labor Code, relating to employment.

[ Approved by Governor  July 16, 2021. Filed with Secretary of State  July 16, 2021. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 657, Ochoa Bogh. Employment: electronic documents.

Existing law regulates the wages, hours, and working conditions of any worker employed in any occupation, trade, or industry, whether compensation is measured by time, piece, or otherwise, except as specified.

This bill would provide that, in any instance in which an employer is required to physically post information, an employer may also distribute that information to employees by email with the document or documents attached. The bill would specify that this does not alter the employer’s obligation to physically display the required posting.

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.

 Section 1207 is added to the Labor Code, to read:

1207.

 In any instance in which an employer is required to physically post information, an employer may also distribute that information to employees by email with the document or documents attached. Email distribution pursuant to this section shall not alter the employer’s obligation to physically display the required posting.