Adult performers: employment rights.

Existing law requires the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to establish a biennial in-person sexual violence and harassment training for property service employees and employers, as specified. Existing law requires the division to convene an advisory committee, composed of specified representatives, to recommend requirements for the training program. Existing law provides for enforcement of these provisions by the division. Under existing law, local jurisdictions have the authority to license and regulate businesses, including adult entertainment businesses. This bill would prohibit adult entertainers or performers from working at an adult entertainment business or working in an adult entertainment video unless they have received a certificate of training completion regarding their employment rights, as specified. The bill would, on and after July 1, 2022, require these entertainers and performers to complete a specified biennial training program regarding safety and working rights for adult entertainer workers. The bill would, by January 1, 2022, require the Department of Industrial Relations to create the training program and to convene an advisory group, composed of specified representatives of the adult performance industry, to provide recommendations for the creation and dissemination of the training. The bill would specify certain requirements for the training curriculum and would require the department to issue a certificate of training completion to the entertainer or performer upon completion of the training. The bill would authorize the division and local enforcement authorities to enforce the training and recordkeeping requirements. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. Because this bill would create additional enforcement requirements for local authorities, it would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.