Assembly Labor Committee to Consider CalChamber Priority Bills

Among California Chamber of Commerce priority bills scheduled to be considered by the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee tomorrow are the following:

SB 7 (McNerney; D-Pleasanton) Restricts Use of Automated Decision Systems in Employment. Imposes impractical requirements on employers of every size related to automated decision systems, which will discourage the use of such tools and subject employers to costly litigation and onerous new compliance procedures. CalChamber opposes. Cost Driver 2025.

SB 238 (Smallwood-Cuevas; D-Los Angeles) Publication of Workplace Surveillance Tools. Requires state Department of Industrial Relations to publicly post the workplace surveillance tools used by every business in California, which will jeopardize security and put significant cost on the department. CalChamber opposes.

SB 442 (Smallwood-Cuevas; D-Los Angeles) Use of Technology in Grocery and Retail Stores. Overly prescriptive mandate regarding the use of self-checkout stations that will frustrate customers and increase costs to retailers. CalChamber opposes.

SB 642 (Limón; D-Santa Barbara) Employment: Payment of Wages. Includes language allowing recovery of wages under the Equal Pay Act to reach back as far as 10 years, five times the current statute of limitations, setting a troubling precent for statutes of limitation and remedies issues. CalChamber opposes unless amended.

SB 693 (Cortese; D-San Jose) Employees: Meal Periods. Ensures that water utility employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement receive the same meal period flexibility as their counterparts in the electric and gas utility industries. CalChamber supports.

Staff Contact: Ashley Hoffman