Section 2100 - DefinitionsAs used in this part:
(a) "Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner.(b) "Defined time period" means any unit of time measurement equal to or less than the duration of an employee's shift, and includes hours, minutes, and seconds and any fraction thereof.(c) "Division" means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.(d) "Employee" means a nonexempt employee who works at a warehouse distribution center.(e)(1) "Employee work speed data" means information an employer collects, stores, analyzes, or interprets relating to an individual employee's performance of a quota, including, but not limited to, quantities of tasks performed, quantities of items or materials handled or produced, rates or speeds of tasks performed, measurements or metrics of employee performance in relation to a quota, and time categorized as performing tasks or not performing tasks.(2) "Employee work speed data" does not include qualitative performance assessments, personnel records, or itemized wage statements pursuant to Section 226, except for any content of those records that includes employee work speed data as defined in this part.(f) "Employer" means a person who directly or indirectly, or through an agent or any other person, including through the services of a third-party employer, temporary service, or staffing agency or similar entity, employs or exercises control over the wages, hours, or working conditions of 100 or more employees at a single warehouse distribution center or 1,000 or more employees at one or more warehouse distribution centers in the state. For purposes of this definition, all employees of an employer's commonly controlled group, as that term is defined in Section 25105 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall be counted in determining the number of employees employed at a single warehouse distribution center or at one or more warehouse distribution centers in the state.(g) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity, whether domestic or foreign.(h) "Quota" means a work standard under which an employee is assigned or required to perform at a specified productivity speed, or perform a quantified number of tasks, or to handle or produce a quantified amount of material, within a defined time period and under which the employee may suffer an adverse employment action if they fail to complete the performance standard.(i)(1) "Warehouse distribution center" means an establishment as defined by any of the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes, however that establishment is denominated:(A) 493110 for General Warehousing and Storage.(B) 423 for Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods.(C) 424 for Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods.(D) 454110 for Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses.(2) The term "warehouse distribution center" does not include NAICS Code 493130, Farm Product Warehousing and Storage.Added by Stats 2021 ch 197 (AB 701),s 3, eff. 1/1/2022.