Amended in Senate July 8, 2015

Amended in Assembly May 18, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 16, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1017

Introduced by Assembly Member Campos

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cristina Garcia and Gonzalez)

February 26, 2015

An act to add Section 432.3 to the Labor Code, relating to employers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1017, as amended, Campos. Employers.

Existing law imposes various restrictions on employers with respect to applicants for employment. A violation of those restrictions is a misdemeanor.

This bill would prohibit an employer from seeking salary history information from an applicant for employment and from releasing the salary history of any current or former employee without written authorization from the current or former begin delete employee. By imposing new prohibitions on employers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. end delete begin insert employee or without first obtaining certification from the prospective employer that the prospective employer has obtained written authorization from the current or former employee to disclose that information. The bill would specify that a violation of its provisions would not be subject to the misdemeanor provision. end insert

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 432.3 is added to the Labor Code, to
read:

432.3.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert An employer shall not do begin delete any end delete begin insert either end insert of the
following:

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(a)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 1) end insert  Orally or in writing, personally or through an agent, seek
salary history information, including, but not limited to,
compensation and benefits, from an applicant for employment for
an interview or as a condition of employment.

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(b)

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begin insert (2) end insert  Release the salary history of any current or former employee
to any prospective employer in response to a request as part of an
interview or hiring process without written authorization from the
current or former begin delete employee. end delete begin insert employee or without first obtaining
certification from the prospective employer that the prospective
employer has obtained written authorization from the current or
former employee to disclose that information. end insert

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(b) Section 433 does not apply to this section.

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SEC. 2.  

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.

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