California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 465

Introduced by Assembly Member Roger Hernández

February 23, 2015

An act to amend Section 229 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 465, as introduced, Roger Hernández. Wages.

Existing law provides that an individual can bring an action for the collection of wages due and unpaid regardless of whether there is a private agreement to arbitrate in place, except in a case regarding the interpretation or application of a collective bargaining agreement containing an arbitration agreement.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 1.  

Section 229 of the Labor Code is amended to
read:

229.  

begin delete Actions end delete begin insert An action end insert begin insert end insert to enforce the provisions of this article
for the collection of due and unpaid wages claimed by an individual
may be maintained without regard to the existence of any private
agreement to arbitrate. This section shall not apply to claims
involving any dispute concerning the interpretation or application
of begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert collective bargaining agreement containing such an
arbitration agreement.