California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1554 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/08/2019

                    Amended IN  Assembly  April 08, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1554Introduced by Assembly Member GonzalezFebruary 22, 2019 An act to add Section 2810.7 to the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1554, as amended, Gonzalez. Employers: dependent care assistance program: notice to employees.Existing law relating to the obligations of an employer requires an employer to notify employees of prescribed information relating to employment and benefits.This bill would require an employer to notify, in a prescribed manner, an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to specified federal law of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year.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 2810.7 is added to the Labor Code, to read:2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to Section 129 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Notice shall be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic.(b) Notices made pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to the following:(1) Electronic mail communication.(2) Telephone communication.(3) Text message notification.(4) Postal mail notification.(5) In-person notification.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 08, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1554Introduced by Assembly Member GonzalezFebruary 22, 2019 An act to add Section 2810.7 to the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1554, as amended, Gonzalez. Employers: dependent care assistance program: notice to employees.Existing law relating to the obligations of an employer requires an employer to notify employees of prescribed information relating to employment and benefits.This bill would require an employer to notify, in a prescribed manner, an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to specified federal law of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 08, 2019

Amended IN  Assembly  April 08, 2019

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1554

Introduced by Assembly Member GonzalezFebruary 22, 2019

Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez
February 22, 2019

 An act to add Section 2810.7 to the Labor Code, relating to employment. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1554, as amended, Gonzalez. Employers: dependent care assistance program: notice to employees.

Existing law relating to the obligations of an employer requires an employer to notify employees of prescribed information relating to employment and benefits.This bill would require an employer to notify, in a prescribed manner, an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to specified federal law of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year.

Existing law relating to the obligations of an employer requires an employer to notify employees of prescribed information relating to employment and benefits.

This bill would require an employer to notify, in a prescribed manner, an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to specified federal law of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 2810.7 is added to the Labor Code, to read:2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to Section 129 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Notice shall be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic.(b) Notices made pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to the following:(1) Electronic mail communication.(2) Telephone communication.(3) Text message notification.(4) Postal mail notification.(5) In-person notification.

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 2810.7 is added to the Labor Code, to read:2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to Section 129 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Notice shall be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic.(b) Notices made pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to the following:(1) Electronic mail communication.(2) Telephone communication.(3) Text message notification.(4) Postal mail notification.(5) In-person notification.

SECTION 1. Section 2810.7 is added to the Labor Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to Section 129 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Notice shall be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic.(b) Notices made pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to the following:(1) Electronic mail communication.(2) Telephone communication.(3) Text message notification.(4) Postal mail notification.(5) In-person notification.

2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to Section 129 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Notice shall be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic.(b) Notices made pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to the following:(1) Electronic mail communication.(2) Telephone communication.(3) Text message notification.(4) Postal mail notification.(5) In-person notification.

2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to Section 129 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Notice shall be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic.(b) Notices made pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to the following:(1) Electronic mail communication.(2) Telephone communication.(3) Text message notification.(4) Postal mail notification.(5) In-person notification.



2810.7. (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a dependent care assistance program provided by the employer pursuant to Section 129 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, of any deadline to withdraw funds before the end of the plan year. Notice shall be by two different forms, one of which may be electronic.

(b) Notices made pursuant to subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Electronic mail communication.

(2) Telephone communication.

(3) Text message notification.

(4) Postal mail notification.

(5) In-person notification.