California Labor Code

§ 2693.1

LAB § 2693.1 Effective Jul 16, 2021Div. 2 · Part 11 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Department of Industrial Relations shall establish and maintain a Garment Worker Wage Claim Pilot Program. The Department shall contract to provide resources to qualified organizations. The funds shall be used to increase the capacity and expertise of qualified organizations to improve the education of wage violations to garment workers and the securing of wage claims for garment workers who bring forward a wage claim pursuant to Section 2673.1. The program shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1)Education for garment workers including, but not limited to, minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, recordkeeping, wage adjudication, and retaliation.

(2)Direct assistance by a worker advocate to assist workers who seek to file a wage claim.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 78, Sec. 5. (AB 138) Effective July 16, 2021.