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 Employee Health Care CoverageSB 2 (Burton) Requires all California employers to provide health insurance to all employees AND their dependants OR pay a tax.
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 Penalties for Labor Code violationsAB 276 (Koretz) Increases fines of 158 different Labor Code misdemeanors violations up to 500 percent
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 Sexual Harassment LiabilityAB 76 (Corbett) Employers will be liable for the sexual harassment of an employee by non-employees, such as patients and vendors, if the employer knows or should have known of the incident and fails to take corrective action.
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 Court Costs and Reasonable Attorney FeesAB 223 (Diaz) Labor Union sponsored bill requiring that Employers pay attorney fees and court costs for employee judgments over $0.00.
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 Life insurance: corporate-owned policiesAB 226 (Vargas) Prohibits the issuance of corporate-owned life insurance on employees.
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 Civil Penalties for wage-and-hour Labor Code violationsSB 796 (Dunn) - Allows private attorneys to sue employers for civil penalties for wage-and-hour Labor Code violations.
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 Qualifications needed to recommend a hearing aid for a childAB 525 (Cohn) Requires the qualifications to make a specified recommendation of a child's need for a hearing aid must be made by a state licensed audiologist. An audiologist with only an American Speech and Hearing Association certification will no longer qualify.
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 Sale, Transfer, Lease or other disposition of a Health FacilitySB 392 (Bowen) Prohibits the state Attorney General from consenting to an agreement or transaction involving the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of a health facility owned by a nonprofit corporation to a for-profit corporation, a mutual benefit corporation or another nonprofit corporation, if the seller restricts the type or level of medical services that may be provided at the facility.
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 Domestic Partner BenefitsAB 17 (Kehoe) Prohibits a state agency from entering into a contract with a vendor that does not offer benefits to domestic partner employees.
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 Confidential SettlementsAB 634 (Steinberg) Limits use of confidential settlements in lawsuits dealing with elder abuse
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 Crime Victims: Workplace LeaveSB 478 (Dunn) Establishes a new, unlimited right to a workplace leave program for a victim of a crime, as defined, or certain persons who are related to a crime victim, to be absent from work in order to attend judicial proceedings related to the crime.
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