Existing law prohibits employers from making, adopting, or enforcing a policy that prevents an employee from disclosing violations of a state or federal statute, or a violation or noncompliance with a local, state, or federal regulation to, among others, a government or law enforcement agency, or from retaliating against an employee who makes a disclosure. Existing law requires an employer to prominently display a list of employees’ rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws
Assembly Bill 2299 (AB 2299) requires the Labor Commissioner to develop a model list of employees’ rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws. The model list will be accessible to employers on the Labor Commissioner’s website.
AB 2299 specifies that an employer that posts the Labor Commissioner’s model list complies with the statutory obligation to prominently display the list of employees’ rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws.
(AB 2299 adds section 98.11 and amends section 1102.8 of the Labor Code.)