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SB-526 Department of Industrial Relations: domestic violence prevention.(2023-2024)



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Amended  IN  Senate  April 27, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 526

Introduced by Senator Limón

February 14, 2023

An act to add Section 64.6 to the Labor Code, relating to domestic violence prevention.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 526, as amended, Limón. Department of Industrial Relations: domestic violence prevention.
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations and defines its functions to include fostering, promoting, and developing the welfare of the wage earners of California. Existing law, the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act, requires any materials explaining services available to the public to be translated into any non-English language spoken by a substantial number of the public served by the agency.
This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to develop and prepare a poster regarding domestic violence prevention that employers may display in their workplace and to make the poster available to employers for download through the department’s internet website. The bill would authorize the department to consult with the Department of Justice as to the content and design of the poster. The bill would require that the poster be made available in English, Spanish, and any non-English language required under the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 64.6 is added to the Labor Code, to read:

64.6.
 The department shall develop and prepare a poster on domestic violence prevention that employers may display in their workplace and shall make the poster available to employers for download through the department’s internet website. The poster shall include, at a minimum, the telephone number for the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233. The poster shall be at least 8.5 by 11 inches in size and shall use at least 12-point type. The department may develop the content and design for the poster in consultation with the Department of Justice, so as to adequately fulfill the purpose of providing information about domestic violence prevention. The department shall make the poster available in English, Spanish, and any non-English language spoken by a substantial number of the public served by the department, pursuant to the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act (Chapter 17.5 (commencing with Section 7290) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code).