LEGISLATIVE BILL UPDATES

AB X1 1 (Nunez) The Health Care Security and Cost Reduction Act
Status: FAILED

Summary: Relates to the Health Care Cost and Quality Transparency Committee, requiring residents to enroll in and maintain minimum health care coverage, the Cooperative Health Insurance Purchasing Program, the Healthy Action Incentives and Rewards Program, Medi-Cal hospital rate stabilization, health insurance market reforms, health care service plans' prescription drug benefits, employer cafeteria plans, a diabetes services program, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, and electronic prescribing.

AB 2127 (Benoit) Small Business Family Scheduling Option Act of 2008
Status: Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, 04/09/2008 1:30 pm

Summary: AB 2127 (Benoit) would allow small businesses to agree to provide scheduling options for an employee that requests it to help accommodate employees' diverse family obligations, personal pursuits, commuting issues and environmental concerns. This proposed new law will apply exclusively to small businesses with 25 or fewer employees by adding this option to Labor code 511.

AB 2127 establishes a voluntary, employee-driven process where the employee of a small business can request, and their employer may mutually agree, to a 4-day compressed workweek schedule or to work a 9/80 schedule.

AB 2716 (Ma) Employment: Paid Sick Leave
Status: Assembly Labor and Employment Committee, 04/09/2008 1:30 pm

Summary: This bill would provide that an employee who works in California for 7 or more days in a calendar year is entitled to paid sick time, which shall be accrued at a rate of no less than one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked.

Allows a worker to use paid sick time for up to 40 hours or 5 days in each calendar year for workers of small businesses, and 72 hours or 9 days per calendar year for all other workers. An employee would be entitled to use accrued sick time beginning on the 90th calendar day of employment.

Requires employers to provide paid sick time, upon the request of the employee, for diagnosis, care, or treatment of health conditions of the employee or an employee's family member, or for leave related to domestic violence or sexual assault. An employer would be prohibited from discriminating or retaliating against an employee who requests paid sick time.

Would require employers to satisfy specified posting and notice, and recordkeeping requirements.