BILL NUMBER: AB 465	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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.   Actions   An action   
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  any   a
 collective bargaining agreement containing such an arbitration
agreement.