AB 1794 Summary

• Authorizes the Employment Development Department to share new employee information with the Joint Enforcement Strike Force on the Underground Economy, Contractors' State License Board, and State Compensation Insurance Fund from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2018.

• Requires employers to report hiring of new employees within 20 days, including name, address, social security number, and first date worked, with penalties of $24 per failure or $490 if the failure involves conspiracy.

• Allows collected employee information to be used for unemployment insurance administration, child support enforcement, workers' compensation programs, tax enforcement, public assistance eligibility verification, and health insurance subsidy eligibility determination.

• Requires the Employment Development Department, Contractors' State License Board, and State Compensation Insurance Fund to execute a memorandum of understanding by July 1, 2013 to coordinate enforcement against contractors failing to report employees or payroll.

• Contains conditional operative provisions that allow different versions of Section 1088.5 to take effect depending on whether related bills (AB 174 and AB 1845) are also enacted.