This measure would recognize May 10, 2018, as the 30th Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California.
Existing law requires a person engaged in a trade or business, or a supervised financial organization, that negotiates primarily in one of specified languages other than English in the course of entering into certain contracts or agreements to deliver to the other party a translation of the contract or agreement into the language other than English, as specified. This bill would also require a person engaged in a trade or business, or a supervised financial organization, to provide a translation of a contract or agreement to a consumer who primarily speaks one of specified foreign languages if the transaction is negotiated in English by a minor on behalf of the consumer.
This measure would recognize May 2018 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would designate May 22, 2018, as Trauma-Informed Awareness Day in California, in conjunction with National Trauma-Informed Awareness Day, to highlight the impact of trauma and the importance of prevention and community resilience through trauma-informed care.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2018, and each May thereafter, as California Zinfandel Month.
This measure would declare the month of May 2018 as Foster Care Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of May 2018 as Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19, 2018, as Hepatitis Testing Day.
Existing law provides for a civil penalty, in addition to, and entirely independent and apart from other penalties, on every person who fails to pay the wages of each employee, as specified, and requires the Labor Commissioner to recover that penalty. Existing law requires that a specified percentage of the penalty recovered under that provision be paid into a fund within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency dedicated to educating employers about state labor laws and that the remainder be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund. This bill would repeal those provisions and instead make an employer or other person acting on behalf of an employer, as described, who fails to pay specified wages of each employee subject to a penalty of $200, payable to each affected employee, per pay period where the wages due are not paid on time, as specified. The bill would provide that the additional penalty does not apply to the failure to pay the final wages of an employee who is discharged or quits. Existing law makes an employer or other person acting individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person who fails to pay or causes a failure to pay an employee a wage less than the minimum wage subject to citation by the Labor Commissioner, a civil penalty, restitution of wages, liquidated damages, and certain other applicable penalties. This bill would specify that those remedies also apply when an employer or other person acting individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person fails to pay or causes a failure to pay an employee the regular wages owed to that employee when due. The bill would make other related conforming changes.
This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2018 as Child Abuse Prevention Month and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
