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Agricultural Labor Relations Board requests 7 positions, $1.9 million to implement AB 113
Summary
The Agricultural Labor Relations Board requested seven new positions and roughly $1.9 million from the Labor and Workforce Development Fund to implement changes under Assembly Bill 113 (2023); lawmakers expressed both support for farmworkers' rights and concern about the new program costs and practical challenges for undocumented workers.
Julia Montgomery, general counsel for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB), told the Senate subcommittee that AB 113, the 2023 law revising agricultural labor elections and adding appellate-bond and civil penalty provisions, creates substantial new, time-sensitive duties for the board and requires additional staff and reclassifications.
Montgomery described AB 113's operational requirements: the ALRB must investigate unfair labor practices and objections and determine majority-support petitions within five calendar days; hold hearings on majority-support petition challenges within 14 calendar days of filing; calculate appellate-bond amounts employers…
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