CA AB1870

Amends the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) to specify additional practices that may demonstrate an employer took "all reasonable steps" toward compliance, including weekly payroll processing, automated timekeeping with daily meal period attestation, translating policies into employees' primary languages, and providing quarterly feedback sessions on scheduling and breaks.

Creates a rebuttable presumption that employers took all reasonable steps if they completed specific compliance activities within 24 months before the alleged violation, including quarterly payroll audits, annual manager training on wage and hour requirements, maintaining anonymous complaint reporting channels, and engaging third-party compliance reviews every two years.

Requires employers seeking the presumption to submit compliance documentation to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency upon receiving a violation notice and certify under penalty of perjury that violations have been cured.

Maintains existing penalty caps of 15% for employers already in compliance before receiving violation notices and 30% for those achieving compliance within 60 days after notice.

Expands perjury liability for false certifications, creating a state-mandated local program requiring no reimbursement because it changes a crime or infraction.