Employment: mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations.

Existing law creates the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development and requires that the office serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. Existing law prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination, as defined, of an industrial or commercial facility employing a prescribed number of people without first giving 60 days' written notice to, among others, affected employees and the Employment Development Department, as specified. This bill would require the Employment Development Department, upon receipt of the written notice, to forward a copy of the notice to the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. The bill would also require the Employment Development Department and the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development each to post the notice on their Internet Web sites.