California Senate Bill SB558 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 558AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 1, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Senator Lieu FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act to amend Section 1094 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to unemployment insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 558, as amended, Lieu. Unemployment insurance: Employment Development  Department:   Department.  Under existing law, information obtained by the Employment Development Department in the administration of unemployment insurance laws is confidential, subject to specified exceptions, including  that   authorizing  an employee or the employee's representative  may   to  receive  his or her   the employee's  wage information upon  his or her   the employee's  written request. This bill would  delete the requirement that the employee' s request to receive his or her wage information be in writing   authorize an employee to make that request in a form other than writing if permitted by the Director of Employment Development  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1094 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read: 1094. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this code, the information obtained in the administration of this code is confidential, not open to the public, and shall be for the exclusive use and information of the director in  the  discharge of his or her duties. (b) The information released to authorized entities pursuant to other provisions of the code shall not be admissible in evidence in any action or special proceeding, other than one arising out of the provisions of this code or one described in Section 1095. (c) The information may be tabulated and published in statistical form for use by federal, state, and local governmental departments and agencies, and the public, except that the name of the employing unit or of any worker shall never be divulged in the course of the tabulation or publication. (d) Wages  ,  as defined by Section 13009  ,  and amounts required to be deducted and withheld under Section 13020 shall not be disclosed except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 19542) of Chapter 7 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (e)  Any   An    employee or his or her representative may receive the employee's wage information upon  written  request by the employee.  An employee may make that request in a form other than writing if permitted by the director.  The information shall be provided without charge. (f)  Any   A  person who knowingly accesses, uses, or discloses any confidential information without authorization is in violation of this section and is guilty of a misdemeanor.