BILL NUMBER: AB 1017	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1017, as introduced, Campos. Wages: gender pay equity.
   Existing law generally prohibits an employer from paying an
employee at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the
opposite sex in the same establishment. Existing law further imposes
penalties on an employer who violates this provision, subjecting the
employer to civil action and specifying liquidated damages that may
be paid to an employee who is paid unfairly.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that would
require pay equity for women in the workplace.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require pay equity for women in the workplace.