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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1543
Author: Holden (D)
Amended: 4/21/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/11/14
AYES: Hueso, Wyland, Leno, Padilla, Mitchell
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/5/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Employment: mass layoffs, relocations, and
terminations
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Employment Development
Department (EDD), upon receipt of the written notice of a mass
layoff, relocation, or termination, to forward a copy of the
notice to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development (GO-BIZ); and requires EDD and GO-BIZ to each post
the notice on their Internet Web sites.
ANALYSIS : Existing law states that an employer may not order
a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered
establishment unless the employer first gives 60 days' prior
written notice to affected employees, EDD, the local workforce
investment board and specified government officials within which
the termination, relocation, or mass layoff occurs.
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Existing law creates the GO-BIZ and requires that GO-BIZ serve
the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the
marketing of California on issues relating to business
development, private sector investment, and economic growth.
Existing federal law, under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act (WARN Act), requires most employers with 100 or
more employees to provide employees, bargaining representatives
of the employees, and specific government agencies at least 60
days' notice of any plant closing or mass layoff, as defined,
with specific exemptions.
This bill requires EDD, upon receipt of the written notice of a
mass layoff, relocation, or termination, to forward a copy of
the notice to the GO-BIZ; and requires EDD and GO-BIZ to each
post the notice on their Internet Web sites.
Comments
According to the author's office, the purpose of the state and
federal WARN Act is to provide protection to affected workers,
their families and communities by requiring employers to give
advance written notice of plant closings, mass layoffs, or
relocations. This advance notice provides workers and their
families with some transition time to adjust to the prospective
loss of employment, to seek and obtain alternative jobs and, if
necessary, to possibly enter skill training or retraining that
will allow these workers to successfully compete in the job
market.
According to the author's office, AB 1543 will encourage the
Governor's Office to respond and quickly assist an employer who
is relocating or closing. Alerting the GO-Biz will help it
identify ways in which state resources can be utilized to keep
these operations in California.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/5/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
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Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Logue, Mansoor, Melendez, Quirk-Silva,
Vacancy
PQ:e 6/23/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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