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FROM: M. G. Wingett, County Administrator Costa
DATE: February 29, 1984 County
SUBJECT: Legislation: AB 2452 (M. Waters)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in opposition to AB 2452 by Assemblywoman: Maxine Waters.
BACKGROUND:
AB 2452 would make it a misdemeanor for an employer to adopt any rule, or to retaliate
against an employee who discloses information to a government agency or law enforce-
ment agency where the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the information
discloses a violation of State or Federal law. ' The Director of Personnel is concerned
that this bill is drafted in such a. way as to allow the individual employee to decide
whether he or she has "reasonable cause" to believe that such a violation has occurred.
Such open-ended language can cause substantially increased litigation and arguments
between employees and employers on whether the employee had "reasonable cause". If the
bill were amended to define or limit "reasonable cause", we would be more inclined to
recommend that it be supported. In the absence of such a definition, the Director of
Personnel recommends that the Board oppose AB 2452.
Ilk
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON March APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
County Administrator OF SUPERVISO S ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Director of Personnel ATTESTED
County Counsel J.R. OLSSON, COUN Y CLERK
Assemblywoman Maxine Waters AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF Tl�jVAJR5,
Assemblyman Richard Floyd
Legislative Delegation
M9ezi7•®3Chairman, Labor & Employment, BY DEPUTY