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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           2468 (De Leon)
          
          Hearing Date:  7/15/2010        Amended: 3/24/2010
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia       Policy Vote: L&IR 4-1
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          BILL SUMMARY: AB 2468 would authorize an employer to use the  
          designation "Breast-Feeding Mother-Friendly Workplace" in its  
          promotional materials if the employer submits its workplace  
          breast feeding policy to the Labor Commissioner and the Labor  
          Commissioner determines that the employer's policy provides for  
          specified criteria.  The Labor Commissioner shall maintain a  
          list of employers who are eligible to use the designation and  
          shall publish that list on the Department of Industrial  
          Relation's (department) Internet Web site.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2010-11      2011-12       2012-13     Fund
           Review of workplace policies      $5 to $60 annually; depending  
          on the                 Special*   
          and Web site publication           number of policies to be  
          reviewed and
                                            the work involved determining  
          if policies
                                            meet criteria set forth in  
          bill

          * Labor Enforcement and Compliance Fund      
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          STAFF COMMENTS: 
          
          Under current law, employers shall provide a reasonable amount  
          of unpaid break time to accommodate an employee to express  
          breast milk.  The break time shall, if possible, run  
          concurrently with any break time already provided to the  
          employee.  Employers must make a reasonable effort to provide  
          the employee with the use of a room or location, other than a  
          toilet stall, in close proximity to the employee's work area and  
          which may be the room or location where the employee normally  










          works (Labor Code Section 1031).  Employers are not required to  
          provide break time if to do so would seriously disrupt the  
          operations of the employer.

          The department will incur some costs to modify its Web site in  
          order make available a list of employers who are eligible.   
          Depending on the number of employer submitting information in  
          order to secure the designation "Breast-Feeding Mother-Friendly  
          Workplace" the department will incur costs to review and confirm  
          the information.  This analysis estimates that cost may require  
          up to one half personnel year annually and assumes enforcement  
          would occur within the current workload of the department's  
          Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.