AB 1890 Summary

• Requires state contractors with $50,000+ contracts that either employ 100+ workers in California or submit EEO-1 reports to the EEOC to submit nondiscrimination programs and annual compliance reports to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

• Mandates nondiscrimination programs include policies ensuring equal employment opportunities, employment selection procedures, and employee compensation data broken down by job category, race/national origin, and sex.

• Makes contractor nondiscrimination programs and reports available to the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to advance pay equity data collection.

• Allows contractors to submit EEO-1 reports subject to EEOC review in lieu of separate nondiscrimination programs, and preserves exemptions to these requirements that existed before January 1, 2017.

• Establishes the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act of 2016, responding to findings that full-time women earn approximately $0.79 per dollar earned by men, with larger gaps for women of color.