Employment: complaints: agricultural employees.

Assembly Member Arambula's agricultural labor complaint coordination measure would establish new protocols for handling worker grievances across California's labor agencies. The legislation requires the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Department of Industrial Relations, and related divisions to collaborate in transmitting agricultural employee complaints to the appropriate investigating entity upon receipt.

Under the proposed system, when any department within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency receives a worker complaint, staff must forward it to the relevant authority while maintaining complainant confidentiality. The measure defines agricultural employees as workers in farming operations, on-farm product preparation, and post-harvest handling as outlined in specific Industrial Welfare Commission wage orders. Covered agencies include the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and Employment Development Department.

The new requirements would take effect upon legislative appropriation of implementation funding. Agencies must make "reasonable efforts" to transfer complaints while adhering to existing confidentiality rules, including protections under Labor Code Section 6309. The measure maintains current privacy standards by prohibiting disclosure of worker identities and personal information without consent during the referral process.