California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 11320.31

WIC § 11320.31 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3.2

Statute text

(a)Sanctions shall not be applied for a failure or refusal to comply with program requirements for reasons related to employment, an offer of employment, an activity, or other training for employment, including, but not limited to, the following reasons:

(1)The employment, offer of employment, activity, or other training for employment discriminates on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.

(2)The employment or offer of employment exceeds the daily or weekly hours of work customary to the occupation, the recipient provides documentation to the county human services agency that the anticipated hours would be so unpredictable for that specific recipient that they would not allow the recipient to anticipate compliance with program requirements related to the job, or the recipient provides documentation to the county human services agency that the scheduled hours exhibit a pattern of unpredictability for that specific recipient that does not allow the recipient to anticipate compliance with program requirements related to the job.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 615, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2024, Ch. 967, Sec. 8. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally inoperative on or after October 1, 2024, by its own provisions. Repealed conditionally by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 9 of Stats. 2024, Ch. 967.