California Government Code

§ 19827.2

GOV § 19827.2 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 5 · Title 2 · Part 2.6 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)The Legislature, having recognized December 1980 statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor, finds: that 60 percent of all women 18 to 64 are in the workforce, that two-thirds of all those women are either the head of a household or had husbands whose earnings were less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), and that most women are in the workforce because of economic need; that the average working woman has earned less than the average working man, not only because of the lack of educational and employment opportunities in the past, but because of segregation into historically undervalued occupations where wages have been depressed; and that a failure to reassess the basis on which salaries in state service are established will perpetuate these pay inequities, which have a particularly discriminatory impact on minority and older women; and, therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this statute to establish a state policy of setting salaries on the basis of comparability of the value of the work for jobs that employ a higher proportion of females than males.

(b)The department shall evaluate all state civil service classifications in the Personnel Classification Plan and prepare a detailed report on gender and ethnicity pay equity in each classification where there is an underrepresentation of women and minorities. The department shall review and analyze existing information, including studies from other jurisdictions that are relevant to setting salaries for jobs that employ a higher proportion of females than males. This information shall be provided on an annual basis to the appropriate policy committee of the Legislature and to the parties meeting and conferring pursuant to Section 3517.

(c)The report described in subdivision (b) shall include at least the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 312, Sec. 2. (AB 316) Effective January 1, 2023.