Employment: complaints: agricultural employees.
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill establishes a process for handling complaints from agricultural employees within California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency. When a complaint is received by any department, division, or board within the agency, those entities must collaborate and make reasonable efforts to forward the complaint to the appropriate agency for processing and investigation. The bill also ensures that the complainant’s identity and personal information are protected and not disclosed without their consent, aligning with existing privacy laws.
Key provisions
- Requires collaboration between agencies upon receipt of an agricultural employee complaint.
- Mandates reasonable efforts to transmit complaints to the appropriate processing entity.
- Prohibits disclosure of complainant’s identity and personal information without consent.
- Defines ‘agricultural employee’ based on Wage Orders 13, 14, and 8.
- Defines ‘appropriate entity’ as including several state agencies.
- Specifies that ‘reasonable efforts’ must align with confidentiality requirements.
- Establishes Section 57.2 within the Labor Code.
Who is affected
- Agricultural Employees
- Agricultural Labor Relations Board
- Department of Industrial Relations
- Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
- Division of Occupational Safety and Health
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