BILL NUMBER: AB 1765INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Arambula) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bradford, Charles Calderon, Coto, Feuer, Hayashi, Nava, and Torres) FEBRUARY 9, 2010 An act to add Section 19851.5 to the Government Code, relating to public employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1765, as introduced, Solorio. Public employment: furloughs. Existing law states that it is the policy of the state that the workweek of the state employee shall be 40 hours, and the workday of state employees 8 hours, except that workweeks and workdays of a different number of hours may be established in order to meet the varying needs of the different state agencies. Executive Orders S-16-08 and S-13-09 imposed 3 unpaid furlough days on state employees. This bill would prohibit a state employee from being furloughed when the unemployment rate in California during the previous month reached or exceeded 8.5%, and the employee works for a program that is 100% funded by the federal government, performs services that combat the state's recession, and works for the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board or the Employment Development Department. 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. Section 19851.5 is added to the Government Code, to read: 19851.5. A state employee shall not be furloughed when all of the following criteria apply: (a) The unemployment rate in California during the previous month reached or exceeded 8.5 percent. (b) The employee works for a program that is 100-percent funded by the federal government. (c) The employee performs services that combat the state's recession. (d) The employee works for the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board or the Employment Development Department.