Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-five thousand three hundred fifty-four dollars ($75,354) shall be paid to each of the following: (1) Director of Conservation. (2) Director of Community Services and Development. (3) State Architect. (4) Director of Fair …

Effective July 1, 2007, an annual salary of two hundred twenty-two thousand dollars ($222,000) shall be paid to the State Public Health Officer. The annual compensation provided by this section shall be increased in any fiscal year in which a general salary increase is provided f…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-one thousand five hundred eighty-seven dollars ($71,587) shall be paid to the following: (1) Chairperson of the Board of Parole Hearings. (2) Chairperson of the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. (3) Chairperso…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of sixty-nine thousand seventy-six dollars ($69,076) shall be paid to each of the following: (1) Commissioner of the Board of Parole Hearings. (2) Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. (3) Commissioner of the B…

An annual salary of twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars ($25,500) shall be paid to each member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1335, Sec. 3.)

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of twenty-five thousand one hundred eighteen dollars ($25,118) shall be paid to each member of the State Personnel Board. (b) The annual compensation provided by this section shall be increased in any fiscal year in which a general …

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of twenty-five thousand one hundred eighteen dollars ($25,118) shall be paid to each member of the State Air Resources Board and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, if each member devotes a minimum of 60 hours per month to st…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a member of a board, commission, committee, or similarly constituted body created by executive order or statute, is authorized to receive a per diem salary or allowance in excess of expenses incurred by the member, that rate sh…

The annual salary of the Attorney General includes all services rendered ex officio as member of any board or commission. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 142, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2008.)

(a) The Attorney General may appoint and fix the salaries of Assistant Attorneys General, Deputy Attorneys General, service agents, experts, and technical and clerical employees as the Attorney General deems necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Attorney Gener…

No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless that person has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately preceding that person’s election or appointment to this office. (Amended by Stats. …

The Attorney General shall not engage in the private practice of law, nor shall the Attorney General be associated directly or indirectly with any attorney in private practice, but instead shall devote the Attorney General’s entire time to the service of the state. (Amended by St…

It is an unlawful employment practice, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification, or, except where based upon applicable security regulations established by the United States or the State of California: (a) For an employer, because of the race, religious creed, col…

For the purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 12940, it shall be presumed that an individual with heart trouble, as referred to in Section 3212 of the Labor Code, applying for either a firefighter position or participation in an apprenticeship training program l…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee’s assessment, testing, admission, or acknowledgment of their own personal bias that was made in good faith and solicited or required as part of a bias mitigation training does not, by itself, constitute unlawful discrimination. (b) I…

Prior to January 1, 1996, a study or survey of the costs, including litigation and reasonable accommodation expenses and other impacts on California employers of 15 or more employees, resulting from compliance with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public La…

The Legislature hereby declares its rejection of the court of appeal opinion in Marks v. Loral Corp. (1997) 57 Cal.App.4th 30, and states that the opinion does not affect existing law in any way, including, but not limited to, the law pertaining to disparate treatment. The Legisl…

(a) Every employer in this state shall permit any employee who indicates in writing a desire in a reasonable time and can demonstrate the ability to do so, to continue the employee’s employment beyond any retirement date contained in any private pension or retirement plan. This e…

It shall be an unlawful employment practice unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification: (a) For the governing board of any school district, because of the pregnancy of any person, to refuse to hire or employ that person, or to refuse to select that person for a trai…

(a) It shall be unlawful for a licensing board to require any examination or establish any other qualification for licensing that has an adverse impact on any class by virtue of its race, creed, color, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, …

(a) In addition to the provisions that govern pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition in Sections 12926 and 12940, each of the following shall be an unlawful employment practice, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification: (1) For an employer to refuse…

Sections 12945.2 and 19702.3 shall be known, and may be cited, as the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)

(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for any employer, as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b), to refuse to grant a request by any employee with more than 12 months of service with the employer, and who has at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer duri…

(a) The department shall create a small employer family leave mediation program for employers with between 5 and 19 employees. Under the program, when an employee requests an immediate right to sue alleging a violation of Section 12945.2, 12945.6, or 12945.7 by an employer having…

It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to require any employee to be sterilized as a condition of employment. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 619.)

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) (A) “Assisted reproduction” means a method of achieving a pregnancy through an artificial insemination or an embryo transfer and includes gamete and embryo donation. (B) “Assisted reproduction” does not includ…

(a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Employee” means a person employed by the employer for at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the leave. (B) “Employee” does not include a person who is covered by Section 19859.3. (2) “Employer” means either of the following: (A) A per…

(a) An employer shall not do any of the following: (1) Discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee for taking time off to serve as required by law on an inquest jury or trial jury. (2) Discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee, inclu…

(a) It shall be an unlawful practice for employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies subject to the provisions of this part to fail to maintain and preserve any and all applications, personnel, membership, or employment referral records and files for a minimum period …

It shall not be an unlawful practice under this part for an employer or labor organization to provide or make financial provision for child care services of a custodial or other nature for its employees or members who are responsible for minor children. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch.…

(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to permit an employee to wear pants on account of the sex of the employee. (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employer from requiring employees in a particular occupation to wear a uniform. (c) N…

It is an unlawful practice under this part for a person to deny or to aid, incite, or conspire in the denial of the rights created by Section 51, 51.5, 51.7, 51.9, 54, 54.1, or 54.2 of the Civil Code. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 951, Sec. 3. (SB 224) Effective January 1, 2019.)

Nothing in this part relating to gender-based discrimination affects the ability of an employer to require an employee to adhere to reasonable workplace appearance, grooming, and dress standards not precluded by other provisions of state or federal law, provided that an employer …

In addition to employer responsibilities set forth in subdivisions (j) and (k) of Section 12940 and in rules adopted by the department and the council, every employer shall act to ensure a workplace free of sexual harassment by implementing the following minimum requirements: (a)…

(a) (1) By January 1, 2021, an employer having five or more employees shall provide at least two hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of classroom or other effective…

An employer may also provide bystander intervention training that includes information and practical guidance on how to enable bystanders to recognize potentially problematic behaviors and to motivate bystanders to take action when they observe problematic behaviors. The training…

(a) For purposes of this section, “employer” means a hotel or motel. “Employer” does not mean a bed and breakfast inn, as that term is defined in subdivision (b) of Section 24045.12 of the Business and Professions Code. (b) (1) By January 1, 2020, an employer shall provide at lea…

(a) It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 12926, to adopt or enforce a policy that limits or prohibits the use of any language in any workplace, unless both of the following conditions exist: (1) The language restriction i…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), it is an unlawful employment practice for an employer with five or more employees to do any of the following: (1) To include on any application for employment, before the employer makes a conditional offer of employment to the applicant,…

It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to violate Section 432.6 of the Labor Code. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 711, Sec. 2. (AB 51) Effective January 1, 2020.)

(a) (1) Except as specified in subdivision (c), it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalizing a person, if the discrimination is based upon any of the following: (A) The pers…

At any sale of bonds by the Treasurer the director may become a bidder and purchase bonds with the funds at his disposal. The appropriate transfer of funds shall be made by the Controller and Treasurer on the books of their offices. No purchase of bonds shall be completed by the …

All state employees and employees of the University of California and the California State University shall have the right to communicate with Members and employees of the Legislature. A state employee, employee of the University of California, or employee of the California State…

Subject to approval by the department, an appointing power with the concurrence or at the request of an employee may request the voluntary demotion of such employee to a vacant position. If the class to which the demotion is proposed requires qualifications, knowledges, or abilit…

(a) An appointing power may require an employee to submit to a medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the appointing power to evaluate the capacity of the employee to perform the work of his or her position. (b) Fees for the examination and for the service…

Any person acting in good faith in accepting an appointment or employment contrary to this part or the rules prescribed hereunder, shall be paid by the appointing power the compensation promised by or on behalf of the appointing power or, in case no compensation is so promised, t…