AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 13, 2025
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
98
Introduced by Assembly Member Ortega
February 20, 2025
An act to amend Section 253 6328 of the Labor Code, relating to safety in employment.
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal committee: yes Local program: no
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
Existing law requires the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Industrial Relations to prepare a notice, to be posted by employers, containing information regarding safety rules and regulations in the workplace. Existing law requires the notice to contain specified items of information, including, among other things, the address and telephone number of the nearest division office.
This bill would also require the notice to contain the email address of the nearest division office.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6328 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
6328.
(a) The division shall prepare a notice containing pertinent information regarding safety rules and regulations. The notice shall contain the address and telephone number address, all of the following:
(1) The address, telephone number, and email address of the nearest division office; a
office.
(2) A clear explanation of an employee’s right to report any unsafe working conditions; the
conditions.
(3) The right to request a safety inspection by the division for unsafe conditions; the conditions.
(4) The
right to refuse to work under conditions which endanger his that endanger an employee’s life or health; the health.
(5) The right to receive information under the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act (Ch. 2.5 (commencing with Section 6360)); posting
Section 6360)).
(6) Posting and notice requirements of employers and the division; and any
division.
(7) Any other information the division deems necessary. It
(b) The notice shall be supplied to employers as soon as practical. The division shall promulgate regulations on the content and the required location and number of notices which
that must be posted by employers. Sufficient posters in both English and Spanish shall be printed to supply employers in this state.
Section 253 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
253.
The Labor Commissioner shall hear and decide all wage disputes arising in connection with seasonal labor and shall allow or reject any deductions made from those wages. The commissioner shall reject all deductions made for gambling and liquor debts incurred by the employee during their employment.