CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 316Introduced by Assembly Member CooperJanuary 25, 2021 An act relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 316, as introduced, Cooper. State employees: pay equity: under-represented groups.Existing law prohibits an employer, including both public and private employers, from paying any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex or another race or ethnicity for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions, unless the employer demonstrates the wage differential is based upon specified factors including, but not limited to, a seniority system, a merit system, or a system that measures earnings based on quality or quantity of production.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.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. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) In 2015, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 358, known as the Fair Pay Act, which strengthened Section 1197.5 of the Labor Code, part of what is known as the California Equal Pay Act.(b) In 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1063, known as the Wage Equality Act of 2016, and Assembly Bill 1676, each of which made further improvements to the California Equal Pay Act.(c) In 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 168 and Assembly Bill 46, each making further enhancements to the California Equal Pay Act.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 316Introduced by Assembly Member CooperJanuary 25, 2021 An act relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 316, as introduced, Cooper. State employees: pay equity: under-represented groups.Existing law prohibits an employer, including both public and private employers, from paying any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex or another race or ethnicity for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions, unless the employer demonstrates the wage differential is based upon specified factors including, but not limited to, a seniority system, a merit system, or a system that measures earnings based on quality or quantity of production.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 316
Introduced by Assembly Member CooperJanuary 25, 2021
Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper
January 25, 2021
An act relating to state government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 316, as introduced, Cooper. State employees: pay equity: under-represented groups.
Existing law prohibits an employer, including both public and private employers, from paying any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex or another race or ethnicity for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions, unless the employer demonstrates the wage differential is based upon specified factors including, but not limited to, a seniority system, a merit system, or a system that measures earnings based on quality or quantity of production.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.
Existing law prohibits an employer, including both public and private employers, from paying any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex or another race or ethnicity for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions, unless the employer demonstrates the wage differential is based upon specified factors including, but not limited to, a seniority system, a merit system, or a system that measures earnings based on quality or quantity of production.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) In 2015, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 358, known as the Fair Pay Act, which strengthened Section 1197.5 of the Labor Code, part of what is known as the California Equal Pay Act.(b) In 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1063, known as the Wage Equality Act of 2016, and Assembly Bill 1676, each of which made further improvements to the California Equal Pay Act.(c) In 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 168 and Assembly Bill 46, each making further enhancements to the California Equal Pay Act.SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) In 2015, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 358, known as the Fair Pay Act, which strengthened Section 1197.5 of the Labor Code, part of what is known as the California Equal Pay Act.(b) In 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1063, known as the Wage Equality Act of 2016, and Assembly Bill 1676, each of which made further improvements to the California Equal Pay Act.(c) In 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 168 and Assembly Bill 46, each making further enhancements to the California Equal Pay Act.
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) In 2015, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 358, known as the Fair Pay Act, which strengthened Section 1197.5 of the Labor Code, part of what is known as the California Equal Pay Act.(b) In 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1063, known as the Wage Equality Act of 2016, and Assembly Bill 1676, each of which made further improvements to the California Equal Pay Act.(c) In 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 168 and Assembly Bill 46, each making further enhancements to the California Equal Pay Act.
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) In 2015, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 358, known as the Fair Pay Act, which strengthened Section 1197.5 of the Labor Code, part of what is known as the California Equal Pay Act.
(b) In 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1063, known as the Wage Equality Act of 2016, and Assembly Bill 1676, each of which made further improvements to the California Equal Pay Act.
(c) In 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 168 and Assembly Bill 46, each making further enhancements to the California Equal Pay Act.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.
SEC. 2. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would achieve pay equity in state employment across gender, racial, ethnic, and under-represented groups.
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