STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2557

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblyman DEANGELO)

ADOPTED: FEBRUARY 25, 2019

      These amendments:

      (1) clarify that the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, upon receipt of any complaint or through a routine investigation for a violation of any wage and hour law or a failure to meet obligations, may enter, during usual business hours, the place of business or employment of any employer of the individual to determine compliance with the wage and hour laws or other laws, as appropriate, and for that purpose may examine payroll and other records and interview employees, call hearings, administer oaths, take testimony under oath and take depositions;

      (2) clarify that the director is required to hold a hearing within seven days of receipt of notification from a contractor, not simply grant a hearing within that timeframe; and

      (3) provide that an administrative law judge has the authority to release the stop work order if the director fails to hold the hearing in that timeframe.