BILL NUMBER: AB 1676	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Jackson)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonilla, Chiu, Cristina Garcia,
Eduardo Garcia, and Gonzalez)
   (Coauthor: Senator Liu)

                        JANUARY 19, 2016

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1676, as introduced, Campos. Employers: salary information.
   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, including state and local
government employers, from seeking salary history information about
an applicant for employment, except as otherwise provided. The bill
would require an employer, except state and local government
employers, upon reasonable request, to provide the pay scale for a
position to an applicant for employment. The bill would specify that
a violation of its provisions would not be subject to the misdemeanor
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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.  (a) An employer shall not, orally or in writing,
personally or through an agent, seek salary history information,
including, but not limited to, compensation and benefits, about an
applicant for employment.
   (b) Except as provided in subdivision (e), an employer, upon
reasonable request, shall provide the pay scale for a position to an
applicant applying for employment.
   (c) Section 433 does not apply to this section.
   (d) This section shall not apply to salary history information
disclosable to the public pursuant to federal or state law, including
but not limited to, the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the
Government Code) or the federal Freedom of Information Act (Section
552 of Title 5 of the United States Code).
   (e) This section, except for subdivision (b), applies to all state
and local government employers, including, but not limited to, the
Legislature.