BILL NUMBER: AB 11	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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  is   perform
  s   duty as  a volunteer firefighter  ,
a reserve peace officer, or as emergency rescue personnel, as defi
  ned in Section 230.3  , and  who  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  such a   this type of 
complaint, the Labor Commissioner shall proceed as provided in that
section.