Amended IN Senate August 24, 2018 Amended IN Senate August 06, 2018 Amended IN Senate June 26, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1976Introduced by Assembly Member Limn(Principal coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel and Gonzalez Fletcher)January 31, 2018 An act to amend Section 1031 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1976, as amended, Limn. Employment: lactation accommodation.Existing law requires every employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child and requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area for the employee to express milk in private. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty and makes the Labor Commissioner responsible for enforcement.This bill would instead require an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, for these purposes. The bill would deem an employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the employer makes available a temporary lactation location that meets specified conditions, including that the temporary lactation location be used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk. The bill would deem an agricultural employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the agricultural employer provides an employee with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, as specified. The bill would exempt an employer from the requirement to provide a room or location other than a bathroom for expressing milk, if If the employer can demonstrate to the Department of Industrial Relations that this requirement would impose an undue hardship, but the bill would require that employer to ensure that the make reasonable efforts to provide a room or location utilized for expressing milk that is not a bathroom toilet stall.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1031 of the Labor Code is amended to read:1031. (a) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements of this section.(b) An employer who makes a temporary lactation location available to an employee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The employer is unable to provide a permanent lactation location because of operational, financial, or space limitations.(2) The temporary lactation location is private and free from intrusion while an employee expresses milk.(3) The temporary lactation location is used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk.(4) The temporary lactation location otherwise meets the requirements of state law concerning lactation accommodation.(c) An agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agricultural employer provides an employee wanting to express milk with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, including, but not limited to, the an air-conditioned cab of a truck or tractor.(d)(1)An employer shall not be subject to the amendments made to subdivision (a) by the act adding this paragraph if that employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement of those amendments would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer that is not subject to those amendments shall ensure that the room or location utilized for expressing milk is not a bathroom stall.(d) If an employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business, an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private.
Amended IN Senate August 24, 2018 Amended IN Senate August 06, 2018 Amended IN Senate June 26, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1976Introduced by Assembly Member Limn(Principal coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel and Gonzalez Fletcher)January 31, 2018 An act to amend Section 1031 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1976, as amended, Limn. Employment: lactation accommodation.Existing law requires every employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child and requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area for the employee to express milk in private. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty and makes the Labor Commissioner responsible for enforcement.This bill would instead require an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, for these purposes. The bill would deem an employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the employer makes available a temporary lactation location that meets specified conditions, including that the temporary lactation location be used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk. The bill would deem an agricultural employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the agricultural employer provides an employee with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, as specified. The bill would exempt an employer from the requirement to provide a room or location other than a bathroom for expressing milk, if If the employer can demonstrate to the Department of Industrial Relations that this requirement would impose an undue hardship, but the bill would require that employer to ensure that the make reasonable efforts to provide a room or location utilized for expressing milk that is not a bathroom toilet stall.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate August 24, 2018 Amended IN Senate August 06, 2018 Amended IN Senate June 26, 2018
Amended IN Senate August 24, 2018
Amended IN Senate August 06, 2018
Amended IN Senate June 26, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1976
Introduced by Assembly Member Limn(Principal coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel and Gonzalez Fletcher)January 31, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Limn(Principal coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Gonzalez Fletcher)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gabriel and Gonzalez Fletcher)
January 31, 2018
An act to amend Section 1031 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1976, as amended, Limn. Employment: lactation accommodation.
Existing law requires every employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child and requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area for the employee to express milk in private. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty and makes the Labor Commissioner responsible for enforcement.This bill would instead require an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, for these purposes. The bill would deem an employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the employer makes available a temporary lactation location that meets specified conditions, including that the temporary lactation location be used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk. The bill would deem an agricultural employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the agricultural employer provides an employee with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, as specified. The bill would exempt an employer from the requirement to provide a room or location other than a bathroom for expressing milk, if If the employer can demonstrate to the Department of Industrial Relations that this requirement would impose an undue hardship, but the bill would require that employer to ensure that the make reasonable efforts to provide a room or location utilized for expressing milk that is not a bathroom toilet stall.
Existing law requires every employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child and requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area for the employee to express milk in private. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty and makes the Labor Commissioner responsible for enforcement.
This bill would instead require an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, for these purposes. The bill would deem an employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the employer makes available a temporary lactation location that meets specified conditions, including that the temporary lactation location be used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk. The bill would deem an agricultural employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the agricultural employer provides an employee with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, as specified. The bill would exempt an employer from the requirement to provide a room or location other than a bathroom for expressing milk, if If the employer can demonstrate to the Department of Industrial Relations that this requirement would impose an undue hardship, but the bill would require that employer to ensure that the make reasonable efforts to provide a room or location utilized for expressing milk that is not a bathroom toilet stall.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1031 of the Labor Code is amended to read:1031. (a) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements of this section.(b) An employer who makes a temporary lactation location available to an employee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The employer is unable to provide a permanent lactation location because of operational, financial, or space limitations.(2) The temporary lactation location is private and free from intrusion while an employee expresses milk.(3) The temporary lactation location is used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk.(4) The temporary lactation location otherwise meets the requirements of state law concerning lactation accommodation.(c) An agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agricultural employer provides an employee wanting to express milk with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, including, but not limited to, the an air-conditioned cab of a truck or tractor.(d)(1)An employer shall not be subject to the amendments made to subdivision (a) by the act adding this paragraph if that employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement of those amendments would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer that is not subject to those amendments shall ensure that the room or location utilized for expressing milk is not a bathroom stall.(d) If an employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business, an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1031 of the Labor Code is amended to read:1031. (a) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements of this section.(b) An employer who makes a temporary lactation location available to an employee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The employer is unable to provide a permanent lactation location because of operational, financial, or space limitations.(2) The temporary lactation location is private and free from intrusion while an employee expresses milk.(3) The temporary lactation location is used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk.(4) The temporary lactation location otherwise meets the requirements of state law concerning lactation accommodation.(c) An agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agricultural employer provides an employee wanting to express milk with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, including, but not limited to, the an air-conditioned cab of a truck or tractor.(d)(1)An employer shall not be subject to the amendments made to subdivision (a) by the act adding this paragraph if that employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement of those amendments would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer that is not subject to those amendments shall ensure that the room or location utilized for expressing milk is not a bathroom stall.(d) If an employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business, an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private.
SECTION 1. Section 1031 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
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1031. (a) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements of this section.(b) An employer who makes a temporary lactation location available to an employee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The employer is unable to provide a permanent lactation location because of operational, financial, or space limitations.(2) The temporary lactation location is private and free from intrusion while an employee expresses milk.(3) The temporary lactation location is used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk.(4) The temporary lactation location otherwise meets the requirements of state law concerning lactation accommodation.(c) An agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agricultural employer provides an employee wanting to express milk with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, including, but not limited to, the an air-conditioned cab of a truck or tractor.(d)(1)An employer shall not be subject to the amendments made to subdivision (a) by the act adding this paragraph if that employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement of those amendments would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer that is not subject to those amendments shall ensure that the room or location utilized for expressing milk is not a bathroom stall.(d) If an employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business, an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private.
1031. (a) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements of this section.(b) An employer who makes a temporary lactation location available to an employee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The employer is unable to provide a permanent lactation location because of operational, financial, or space limitations.(2) The temporary lactation location is private and free from intrusion while an employee expresses milk.(3) The temporary lactation location is used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk.(4) The temporary lactation location otherwise meets the requirements of state law concerning lactation accommodation.(c) An agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agricultural employer provides an employee wanting to express milk with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, including, but not limited to, the an air-conditioned cab of a truck or tractor.(d)(1)An employer shall not be subject to the amendments made to subdivision (a) by the act adding this paragraph if that employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement of those amendments would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer that is not subject to those amendments shall ensure that the room or location utilized for expressing milk is not a bathroom stall.(d) If an employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business, an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private.
1031. (a) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements of this section.(b) An employer who makes a temporary lactation location available to an employee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The employer is unable to provide a permanent lactation location because of operational, financial, or space limitations.(2) The temporary lactation location is private and free from intrusion while an employee expresses milk.(3) The temporary lactation location is used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk.(4) The temporary lactation location otherwise meets the requirements of state law concerning lactation accommodation.(c) An agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agricultural employer provides an employee wanting to express milk with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, including, but not limited to, the an air-conditioned cab of a truck or tractor.(d)(1)An employer shall not be subject to the amendments made to subdivision (a) by the act adding this paragraph if that employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement of those amendments would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer that is not subject to those amendments shall ensure that the room or location utilized for expressing milk is not a bathroom stall.(d) If an employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business, an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private.
1031. (a) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private. The room or location may include the place where the employee normally works if it otherwise meets the requirements of this section.
(b) An employer who makes a temporary lactation location available to an employee shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The employer is unable to provide a permanent lactation location because of operational, financial, or space limitations.
(2) The temporary lactation location is private and free from intrusion while an employee expresses milk.
(3) The temporary lactation location is used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk.
(4) The temporary lactation location otherwise meets the requirements of state law concerning lactation accommodation.
(c) An agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section if the agricultural employer provides an employee wanting to express milk with a private, enclosed, shaded, and air-conditioned and shaded space, including, but not limited to, the an air-conditioned cab of a truck or tractor.
(d)(1)An employer shall not be subject to the amendments made to subdivision (a) by the act adding this paragraph if that employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement of those amendments would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business.
(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer that is not subject to those amendments shall ensure that the room or location utilized for expressing milk is not a bathroom stall.
(d) If an employer can demonstrate to the department that the requirement to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom would impose an undue hardship when considered in relation to the size, nature, or structure of the employers business, an employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employees work area, for the employee to express milk in private.