Employers: Labor Commissioner: required disclosures.

Existing law requires an employer to provide an employee, at the time of hiring, a written notice including specified information in the language the employer normally uses to communicate employment-related information to the employee. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to prepare a template that includes the specified information mentioned above and to make the template available to employers in the manner as determined by the commissioner. This bill would require an employer to include in their written notice to all employees, specified information required in the event of a federal or state declared disaster or applicable to the county or counties in which the employee will be employed. The bill would prohibit an employer from retaliating against an employee for raising questions about the declarations' requirements or recommendations. This bill would additionally require an employer to provide an H-2A employee, as described, on the day the employee begins work in the state, or begins work for another employer after being transferred, a written notice in Spanish and, if requested by the employee, in English, containing specified information relative to an H-2A employee's rights pursuant to federal and state law. The bill would also require the commissioner to create a template, as specified, by either creating a new template or combining these requirements with an existing notification template for purposes of carrying out this requirement, including a separate section of the template listing key legal rights of H-2A workers under California Law, and to make the template available to employers in the manner as determined by the commissioner by January 2, 2021. The bill would also make conforming changes. Existing law requires an employer to provide, among other things, compensation for travel time from an employee housing facility to the worksite, bathroom access, meal and rest break areas to its employees, and to provide protections for those employees from high heat, pesticide exposure, and other safety measures. This bill would require an employer to provide its employees with specified night work equipment and specified worksite layout information. This bill would also exempt employers from providing compensation for travel between housing facilities and the worksite if the employers are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that meets specified criteria.