BILL NUMBER: AB 1543	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        JANUARY 23, 2014

   An act to amend Section 1401 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1543, as amended, Holden. Employment: mass layoffs,
relocations, and terminations.
   Existing law creates the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development and requires that the office serve the Governor
as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of
California on issues relating to business development, private sector
investment, and economic growth. Existing law prohibits 
employers   an employer  from ordering a mass
layoff, relocation, or termination, as defined, of an industrial or
commercial facility employing a prescribed number of people 
,  without first giving 60 days' written notice  ,
as specified,  to  , among others,  affected
employees and  certain government agencies and officials
  the Employment Development Department, as specified
 . 
   This bill would require that an employer ordering a mass layoff,
relocation, or termination also provide the written notice to the
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. This

    This  bill would require the Employment Development
Department, upon receipt of the written notice,  to forward a
copy of the notice to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development. The bill would also require the Employment Development
Department and   the Governor   's Office of
Business and Economic Development each  to post the notice on
 its   their  Internet Web  site
  sites  .
   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 1401 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   1401.  (a) An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or
termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the
order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to
the following:
   (1) The employees of the covered establishment affected by the
order.
   (2) (A) The Employment Development Department,  the
Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development,  the
local workforce investment board, and the chief elected official of
each city and county government within which the termination,
relocation, or mass layoff occurs.
   (B) The Employment Development Department shall, upon receipt of
the notice,  post the notice on its Internet Web site.
  forward a copy of the notice to the Governor's Office
of Business and Economic Development. The Employment Development
Department and the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development shall each post the notice on its Internet Web site.

   (b) An employer required to give notice of any mass layoff,
relocation, or termination under this chapter shall include in its
notice the elements required by the federal Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2101 et seq.).
   (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (a), an
employer is not required to provide notice if a mass layoff,
relocation, or termination is necessitated by a physical calamity or
act of war.