AB 2314: Private employment: domestic workers.

Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations and creates the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within it. Existing law commits to the division the general responsibility for enforcing provisions of the Labor Code not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission, which includes a variety of provisions relating to wages and hours of employment.

This bill would require the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, to establish and maintain a Domestic Work Enforcement Pilot Program in collaboration with qualified organizations, as defined. The bill would require the program to increase the capacity and expertise of the division to improve education and enforcement of labor standards in the domestic work industry. Among other things, the program would be required to address the education of employees and employers regarding minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, recordkeeping, retaliation, and wage adjudication. The bill would require qualified organizations that collaborate with the division in connection with the program to issue reports and meet quarterly with the division to review the implementation and success of the program.