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AB-2299 Labor Commissioner: whistleblower protections: model list of rights and responsibilities.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 98.11 is added to the Labor Code, to read:

98.11.
 The Labor Commissioner shall develop a model list of employees’ rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws that complies with the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 1102.8. The model list shall be accessible on the Labor Commissioner’s internet website so that it is reasonably accessible to an employer.

SEC. 2.

 Section 1102.8 of the Labor Code is amended to read:

1102.8.
 (a) An employer shall prominently display in lettering larger than size 14 point type a list of employees’ rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws, including the telephone number of the whistleblower hotline described in Section 1102.7.
(b) An employer shall be deemed in compliance with the posting requirement set forth in subdivision (a) if the employer posts the model list described in Section 98.11.
(b) (c)  Any A  state agency required to post a notice pursuant to Section 8548.2 of the Government Code or subdivision (b) of Section 6128 of the Penal Code shall be deemed in compliance with the posting requirement set forth in subdivision (a) if the notice posted pursuant to Section 8548.2 of the Government Code or subdivision (b) of Section 6128 of the Penal Code also contains the whistleblower hotline number described in Section 1102.7.