BILL NUMBER: AB 1385	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Labor and Employment (Roger Hernández
(Chair), Alejo, Chau, and Holden)

                        MARCH 4, 2013

   An act to add Section 59.5 to the Labor Code, relating to private
employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1385, as introduced, Committee on Labor and Employment. Private
employment: Department of Industrial Relations.
   Existing law authorizes the Legislature to provide for minimum
wage and for the general welfare of employees, and for those
purposes, to confer on a commission legislative, executive, and
judicial powers. Under existing law, the Department of Industrial
Relations is responsible for investigation and enforcement of the
labor laws, including, but not limited to, the laws governing safe
and healthful working conditions on the job, wages, hours of work,
and conditions of employment.
   This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to
procure a case management system that has the capability to provide
the public with free, web-based access to a searchable database
containing information regarding the final disposition of all
complaints, citations, and administrative proceedings of the
department, as specified.
   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 59.5 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   59.5.  (a) The department shall procure a case management system
that has the capability to provide the public with free, web-based
access to a searchable database containing the final disposition of
all complaints, citations, and administrative proceedings.
   (b) The department shall take appropriate steps to ensure
compliance with all applicable legal requirements regarding the
privacy rights of employees and witnesses.