AB 305, as introduced, Gonzalez. Employers: payroll records.
Existing law requires an employer to furnish to the Industrial Welfare Commission, upon request, reports or information regarding the wages, hours, and other information that the employer is required by law to keep regarding his or her employees. A violation of this provision is a crime.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1174 of the Labor Code is amended to
2read:
begin deleteEvery end deletebegin insertAny end insertperson employing labor in this state shall:
4(a) Furnish to the commission, at its request, reports or
5information that the commission requires to carry out this chapter.
6The reports and information shall be verified if required by the
7commission or any member thereof.
8(b) Allow any member of the commission or the employees of
9the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement free access to the
P2 1place of business or employment of the person to secure any
2information or make any investigation that they are authorized by
3this chapter to
ascertain or make. The commission may inspect or
4make excerpts, relating to the employment of employees, from the
5books, reports, contracts, payrolls, documents, or papers of the
6person.
7(c) Keep a record showing the names and addresses of all
8employees employed and the ages of all minors.
9(d) Keep, at a central location in the state or at the plants or
10establishments at which employees are employed, payroll records
11showing the hours worked daily by and the wages paid to, and the
12number of piece-rate units earned by and any applicable piece rate
13paid to, employees employed at the respective plants or
14establishments. These records shall be kept in accordance with
15rules established for this purpose by the commission, but in any
16case shall be kept on file for not less than three years. An employer
17shall not prohibit an employee from maintaining a personal record
18of hours worked, or,
if paid on a piece-rate basis, piece-rate units
19earned.
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