Employment Development Department: disclosure of wage information: qualified third-party vendors.
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Majority
Fiscal committee
No
Appropriation
No
Current location
Insurance
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill requires the Employment Development Department (EDD) to release an employee’s wage information to a qualified third-party vendor with the employee’s written permission. The EDD must also allow electronic transmission of this information and enter into an agreement with a vendor for permissible uses, such as credit granting. The bill establishes rules for these vendors, including how they can use the information and restricts how they can share it with subscribers. It also creates a misdemeanor for unauthorized access or disclosure of confidential wage data and establishes fees for the vendor’s services.
Key provisions
- Requires EDD to release employee wage information to qualified third-party vendors with written consent.
- Allows electronic transmission of wage information to these vendors for permissible uses.
- Establishes requirements for qualified third-party vendors, including data sharing restrictions.
- Creates a misdemeanor for unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of confidential wage information.
- Requires the EDD to charge fees to qualified third-party vendors.
- Defines ‘permissible use’ for wage information.
- Defines ‘qualified third-party vendor’ and ‘subscriber’.
- Extends disqualification provisions for appellate court justices.
Who is affected
- Employees
- Employment Development Department (EDD)
- Qualified third-party vendors (consumer reporting agencies)
- Subscribers to these vendors
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1 on record
Primary sponsor
Ávila Farías
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