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Assembly
March 28, 2023
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 640
Introduced by Assembly Member Lee
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February 09, 2023 |
An act to amend Section Sections 49160 and 49163 of of, and to add Section 49163.1 to, the Education Code, relating to pupil work permits.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 640, as amended, Lee.
Pupil work permits.
Existing law authorizes specific school administrators to issue a work permit to pupils subject to specific requirements, including requiring certain information to be included on a notification of intent to employ a minor, provided to the administrator by an employer.
This bill would specifically authorize an employer to employ a minor subject to the above-described provisions to work partially or exclusively online. The bill would require the State Department of Education to prepare an informed consent form, signed by the parent or guardian of the minor, identifying the potential dangers to the minor of online work for any minor who will be performing work partially or exclusively online. The bill would require, as part of the above-described notification, the
above-described signed informed consent form and information about whether the work will be performed online or at a jobsite. The bill would authorize an employer of a minor that is intending to employ the minor to work exclusively online to provide the current Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the employer’s internet website as an address for purposes of the above-described notification.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
NOYES
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 49160 of the Education Code is amended to read:49160.
No A person, firm firm, or corporation shall not employ, suffer, or permit any a minor under the age of
18 years of age subject to the requirements and conditions of this chapter to work in
in, or in connection with with, any establishment or occupation except as provided in Section 49151 occupation, including work to be performed partially or exclusively online, without a work permit to employ, issued by the proper educational officers in accordance with law.SECTION 1.SEC. 2.
Section 49163 of the Education Code is amended to read:49163.
The notification of intent to employ a minor shall contain:(a) The name, address, phone number, and social security number of the minor.
(b) (1) The name, address, phone number, and supervisor at the minor’s place of employment. An employer of a minor that is intending to employ the minor to work exclusively online may provide the current Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the employer’s internet website as an address.
(2) An informed consent form signed by the parent or guardian attesting that the parent or guardian understands the potential dangers of online work to the minor.
(c) The kind of work the minor will perform. perform, including, but not limited to, whether the work will be performed online or at a jobsite.
(d) The maximum number of hours per day and per week the student will be expected to work for the employer.
(e) The signatures of the parent or guardian, of the minor, and of the
employer.
SEC. 3.
Section 49163.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:49163.1.
The department, in consultation with the office of the Labor Commissioner in the Department of Industrial Relations, shall prepare the content for the consent form described in subdivision (b) of Section 49163.