CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2819Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 16, 2018 An act relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2819, as introduced, Holden. Employment.Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is vested with the general duty of enforcing various labor laws, including the enforcement of laws prohibiting wage differentials. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, among other things, increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards, and address ethnic pay gap.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would accomplish all of the following:(a) Increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards.(b) Address ethnic pay gap, employment and outreach opportunities, board diversification, pipeline creation, upward mobility of diverse technical talent, and retention of that talent through company culture and development.(c) Work with the technology sector to understand where the current needs are to ensure access to underserved communities.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2819Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 16, 2018 An act relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2819, as introduced, Holden. Employment.Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is vested with the general duty of enforcing various labor laws, including the enforcement of laws prohibiting wage differentials. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, among other things, increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards, and address ethnic pay gap.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2819
Introduced by Assembly Member HoldenFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Holden
February 16, 2018
An act relating to employment.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2819, as introduced, Holden. Employment.
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is vested with the general duty of enforcing various labor laws, including the enforcement of laws prohibiting wage differentials. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, among other things, increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards, and address ethnic pay gap.
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is vested with the general duty of enforcing various labor laws, including the enforcement of laws prohibiting wage differentials.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, among other things, increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards, and address ethnic pay gap.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would accomplish all of the following:(a) Increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards.(b) Address ethnic pay gap, employment and outreach opportunities, board diversification, pipeline creation, upward mobility of diverse technical talent, and retention of that talent through company culture and development.(c) Work with the technology sector to understand where the current needs are to ensure access to underserved communities.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would accomplish all of the following:(a) Increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards.(b) Address ethnic pay gap, employment and outreach opportunities, board diversification, pipeline creation, upward mobility of diverse technical talent, and retention of that talent through company culture and development.(c) Work with the technology sector to understand where the current needs are to ensure access to underserved communities.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would accomplish all of the following:(a) Increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards.(b) Address ethnic pay gap, employment and outreach opportunities, board diversification, pipeline creation, upward mobility of diverse technical talent, and retention of that talent through company culture and development.(c) Work with the technology sector to understand where the current needs are to ensure access to underserved communities.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would accomplish all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) Increase diversity and inclusion efforts of the technology sector in Silicon Valley through the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in technical roles and corporate boards.
(b) Address ethnic pay gap, employment and outreach opportunities, board diversification, pipeline creation, upward mobility of diverse technical talent, and retention of that talent through company culture and development.
(c) Work with the technology sector to understand where the current needs are to ensure access to underserved communities.