California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 11

Introduced by Assembly Member Logue

December 3, 2012

An act to amend Section 230.4 of the Labor Code, relating to employees.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 11, as introduced, Logue. Employees: reserve peace officers and emergency rescue personnel.

Existing law requires an employer employing 50 or more employees to permit an employee who is a volunteer firefighter to take temporary leaves of absence, not to exceed an aggregate of 14 days per calendar year, for the purpose of engaging in fire or law enforcement training.

This bill would revise these provisions to require those employers to permit an employee who performs emergency duty as a volunteer firefighter, reserve peace officer, or as emergency rescue personnel, as defined, to take the leave of absence described above for the purpose of engaging in fire or law enforcement training.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 230.4 of the Labor Code is amended to
read:

230.4.  

(a) An employee who begin delete is end delete begin insert perform end insert begin insert s end insert begin insert duty as end insert a volunteer
firefighter begin insert , a reserve peace officer, or as emergency rescue end insert
begin insert personnel, as defined in Section 230.3 end insert , and begin insert who end insert works for an
employer employing 50 or more employees, shall be permitted to
take temporary leaves of absence, not to exceed an aggregate of
14 days per calendar year, for the purpose of engaging in fire or
law enforcement training.

(b) An employee who works for an employer employing 50 or
more employees who is discharged, threatened with discharge,
demoted, suspended, or in any other manner discriminated against
in the terms and conditions of employment by his or her employer
because the employee has taken time off to engage in fire or law
enforcement training as provided in subdivision (a), is entitled to
reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits
caused by the acts of the employer.

(c) An employee seeking reinstatement and reimbursement
pursuant to this section may file a complaint with the Division of
Labor Standards Enforcement in accordance with Section 98.7,
and upon receipt of begin delete such a end delete begin insert this type of end insert complaint, the Labor
Commissioner shall proceed as provided in that section.