Enrolled August 16, 2019 Passed IN Senate August 12, 2019 Passed IN Assembly August 15, 2019 Amended IN Senate June 18, 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, 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 flexible spending account 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 flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance 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.
Enrolled August 16, 2019 Passed IN Senate August 12, 2019 Passed IN Assembly August 15, 2019 Amended IN Senate June 18, 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, 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 flexible spending account 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
Enrolled August 16, 2019 Passed IN Senate August 12, 2019 Passed IN Assembly August 15, 2019 Amended IN Senate June 18, 2019 Amended IN Assembly April 08, 2019
Enrolled August 16, 2019
Passed IN Senate August 12, 2019
Passed IN Assembly August 15, 2019
Amended IN Senate June 18, 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, 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 flexible spending account 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 flexible spending account 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 flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance 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 flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance 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 flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance 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 flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance 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 flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance 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 flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account, or adoption assistance 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.