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AB-2379 Employees: substitute teacher service.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 It is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following:
(1) Enable employees to take time off to serve as substitute teachers with job security.
(2) Create incentives for employers to encourage and allow their employees to serve as substitute teachers.

SEC. 2.

 Section 230.9 is added to the Labor Code, to read:

230.9.
 (a) An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee for taking time off, not to exceed two days per month, to perform service as a substitute teacher at a local educational agency.
(b) An employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, demoted, suspended, or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment by their employer because the employee has taken time off to perform service as a substitute teacher, as provided in subdivision (a), is entitled to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by the acts of the employer.
(c) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.