Workforce development: workplace rights training.
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- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill requires the California Workforce Development Board to develop and ensure the provision of a workplace rights curriculum to individuals receiving services through the state’s workforce system. Local workforce development boards must incorporate this training into their plans and ensure compliance. The legislation also aims to improve access to workplace rights information for jobseekers and reinforces the state’s commitment to providing high-quality workforce development services.
Key provisions
- Requires the California Workforce Development Board to develop a workplace rights curriculum.
- Mandates local workforce development boards to provide workplace rights training to individuals receiving services.
- Requires local plans to include a description of how compliance with the training requirement will be achieved.
- Specifies that the curriculum should cover topics such as wage theft, sexual harassment, discrimination, and the right to organize.
- Requires the California Workforce Development Board to partner with other agencies to ensure local compliance.
- Updates Section 14013 of the Unemployment Insurance Code to include promoting a high road economy.
- Updates Section 14221 of the Unemployment Insurance Code to require workplace rights training.
- Provides for reimbursement of state-mandated costs to local agencies and school districts.
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