Workforce development: Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program: extension.
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Overview
This bill extends California’s Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program indefinitely. It requires the Employment Development Department to contract with the University of California, Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education to assess the program’s success and develop recommendations for making it a permanent program to support workers transitioning from the fossil fuel industry. The assessment findings and program design recommendations must be submitted to the Legislature within 18 months.
Key provisions
- Extends the Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program indefinitely.
- Requires the Department of Employment Development to contract with UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education.
- Mandates an assessment of the program’s success and recommendations for a permanent program.
- Specifies benchmarks for evaluating the program’s performance, including worker support, service delivery speed, and comprehensive support quality.
- Requires the development of a program design for a permanent program, including best practices review, wage replacement strategies, and worker transition pathways.
- Sets a deadline of 18 months for submitting the assessment to the Legislature.
- Focuses on supporting displaced fossil fuel workers during the clean energy transition.
- Requires an estimate of the number of workers needing services and potential program costs.
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