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

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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-Enrolled.html

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Enrolled  June 30, 2021

Passed  IN  Senate  April 27, 2021

Passed  IN  Assembly  June 28, 2021

Amended  IN  Senate  April 22, 2021

Amended  IN  Senate  April 12, 2021

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 657

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Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bigelow and Seyarto)

February 19, 2021

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

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.