BILL NUMBER:  AB 2187
  VETOED	DATE: 09/24/2010




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To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill (AB) 2187 without my signature.

AB 2187 would create a new criminal prohibition against a person or
an employer who, having the ability to pay, willfully fails to pay
all wages to an employee who has been discharged or who has quit
within 90 days of the date of the wages becoming due.  The bill
contains an exemption for instances in which the employee's
entitlement to unpaid wages is disputed by the employer in a civil
action or proceeding by the Labor Commissioner unless there is a
final judgment in favor of the employee.

Waiting time penalties and defined timeframes for the payment of
final wages currently exist in California law, as do mechanisms for
enforcement of these obligations.  Therefore, this bill is
unnecessary.

For this reason, I am returning this bill without my signature.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger