California Assembly Bill AB1543 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1543AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2014 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Holden JANUARY 23, 2014 An act to amend Section 1401 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1543, as amended, Holden. Employment: mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations. Existing law creates the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development and requires that the office 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 law prohibits  employers   an employer  from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination, as defined, of an industrial or commercial facility employing a prescribed number of people  ,  without first giving 60 days' written notice  , as specified,  to  , among others,  affected employees and  certain government agencies and officials   the Employment Development Department, as specified  .  This bill would require that an employer ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination also provide the written notice to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. This   This  bill would require the Employment Development Department, upon receipt of the written notice,  to forward a copy of the notice to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. The bill would also require the Employment Development Department and   the Governor   's Office of Business and Economic Development each  to post the notice on  its   their  Internet Web  site   sites  . 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 1401 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 1401. (a) An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the following: (1) The employees of the covered establishment affected by the order. (2) (A) The Employment Development Department,  the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development,  the local workforce investment board, and the chief elected official of each city and county government within which the termination, relocation, or mass layoff occurs. (B) The Employment Development Department shall, upon receipt of the notice,  post the notice on its Internet Web site.   forward a copy of the notice to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. The Employment Development Department and the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development shall each post the notice on its Internet Web site.  (b) An employer required to give notice of any mass layoff, relocation, or termination under this chapter shall include in its notice the elements required by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2101 et seq.). (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (a), an employer is not required to provide notice if a mass layoff, relocation, or termination is necessitated by a physical calamity or act of war.