AB 3231: Employment: public works: apprenticeship.

Existing law requires each contractor and subcontractor to keep accurate payroll records showing the name, address, social security number, work classification, straight time, and overtime hours worked each day and week, and the actual per diem wages paid to each journeyman, apprentice, worker, or other employee employed by him or her in connection with the public work. Existing law provides that a joint labor-management committee, established pursuant to a specified provision of federal law, is authorized to bring an action against any employer who fails to pay prevailing wages as required by state law. Existing law requires that copies of payroll records on public works projects be made available for inspection as specified, including a limit on redactions if made available for inspection by, or furnished to, a joint labor management committee.

This bill would authorize a joint labor-management committee to also bring an action against an employer who fails to provide payroll records under the same provisions for bringing an action against an employer for failure to pay prevailing wage.

Existing law provides for apprenticeship programs within the Division of Apprenticeship Standards within the Department of Industrial Relations, sponsored by specific entities and employers, and requires the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards to perform various functions with respect to apprenticeship programs and the welfare of apprentices.

Existing law also establishes the California Apprenticeship Council within the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, and requires the council to aid the director in formulating policies with respect to apprentice regulation.

Existing law requires the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and the California Apprenticeship Council to report annually through the Director of Industrial Relations on the activities of the division and the council, and further requires that the report include specified information with respect to apprenticeship programs in this state.

This bill would require the report to include an analysis of any apprenticeship standards or regulations that were proposed or adopted in the previous year.