(a) By March 1, 2022, and by that date annually thereafter, the division shall submit a report to the Department of Finance and the budget committees and relevant policy committees of the Legislature that includes the following information pertaining to the prior calendar year:

(1) The number of wage claims submitted.

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 96.1

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
  • Labor Commissioner: means Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. See California Labor Code 21

(2) The number and type of alleged labor law violations in those claims.

(3) The average estimated prehearing amounts of unpaid wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation, including, but not limited to, liquidated damages.

(4) The total of unpaid wages, penalties, and other compensation, including, but not limited to, liquidated damages, agreed to in settlements enforceable by the Labor Commissioner.

(5) The total of unpaid wages, penalties, and other compensation, including, but not limited to, liquidated damages, payable to aggrieved employees under orders, decisions, and awards issued during the reporting year pursuant to Section 98.

(6) The total amount of wages, penalties, and other compensation, including, but not limited to, liquidated damages, arising from orders, decisions, and awards issued during the reporting year that remain unpaid.

(b) The information provided in subdivision (a) shall also be broken down by industry sectors.

(c) The division shall also include in each annual report a discussion of the major challenges to adjudicating wage claims, ongoing efforts to address those challenges, and options to improve the state’s wage claim process.

(d) A report to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with § 9795 of the Government Code.

(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.

(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 14, Sec. 6. (AB 82) Effective June 29, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)

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