BILL NUMBER: SB 1230	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Part 12.5 (commencing with Section 2696) to Division
2 of the Labor Code, relating to human trafficking.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1230, as amended, DeSaulnier. Employment: posting requirements.

   Existing law requires employers to post various employment-related
information for employees, including information relating to the
payment of wages, workers' compensation, and discrimination in
employment.
   This bill would require employers to post information related to
slavery and human trafficking, including information related to
 a   2  nonprofit  organization
  organizations  that  provides 
 provide  services in support of the elimination of slavery
and human trafficking.
   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.  Part 12.5 (commencing with Section 2696) is added to
Division 2 of the Labor Code, to read:

      PART 12.5.  HUMAN TRAFFICKING


   2696.  (a) An employer shall, as soon as practicable,  prepare
and  post in a conspicuous location frequented by employees a
notice in substantially the following form:
""Victims of slavery and human trafficking are
protected under United States and California law.
If you or someone you know is being forced to
engage in any activity and cannot leave - whether
it is commercial sex, housework, farm work, or
any other activity - call the number  s  below to
 
access help and services:
Call the National Human Trafficking Resource
Center at 1-888-373-7888                  or
  the 
 California 
 Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking 
 (CAST) at 1-888-KEY-2-FRE(EDOM) or 1-888-539-2373. 
        The toll-free hotline  i  s  :
  are: 
                  b7 Available 24 hours a day, 7
                  days a week.
                  b7 Operated by  a  nonprofit,
                  nongovernmental organization  s  .
 
                  b7 Anonymous and confidential.
                   b7 Accessible in more than 160 
                   b7 Accessible in 170  languages.
                  b7 Able to provide help, referral
                  to services, training, and
                  general information.


   (b) The Labor Commissioner shall determine in what languages the
notice required by subdivision (a) shall be  printed
  provided and shall make the notice available on the
Internet Web site of the Department of Industrial Relations or any
other means the Labor Commissioner deems appropriate. The Labor
Commissioner is not otherwise required to produce or distribute the
notice. 
   2697.  The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this part.