BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  AB 2743
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          Date of Hearing:   April 9, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

             AB 2743 (Committee on Labor) - As Introduced:  February 27,  
                                        2014 

          Policy Committee:                              LaborVote:6-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill adds a cross-reference to clarify existing "waiting  
          time" penalties apply to employers that host live theatrical and  
          concert events.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor, absorbable costs to the Department of Industrial  
          Relations.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  Under existing law, certain industries have special  
          time periods to provide final pay to an employee that is  
          discharged or quits.  For example, payment of wages for  
          employees laid off or discharged from production of motion  
          pictures may be made by the next regular payday.

          If an employer willfully fails to pay any wages of an employee  
          who is discharged or who quits, the wages of the employee  
          continue as a penalty for up to 30 days.  These wages are often  
          referred to as "waiting time" penalties.

          The code that governs "waiting time" penalties includes  
          cross-references to the special industry laws so that "waiting  
          time" penalties are still applicable once the special time for  
          payment of wages has lapsed.  

          The statute that governs "waiting time" penalties does not  
          include a cross-reference to the statue governing special time  
          periods for live theatrical and concert industry employers.   








                                                                  AB 2743
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          According to the policy analysis, this is an apparent oversight  
          and this bill makes this technical correction.

          There is no registered support or opposition to the bill. 





           Analysis Prepared by  :    Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081