On August 19, 2013, California Governor Brown signed AB 11 into law. AB 11 amends California Labor Code Section 230.4, which allows volunteer firefighters working for covered employers to take up to 14 days of leave per calendar year to engage in fire or law enforcement training. AB 11 amends Section 230.4 to also provide job protected training leave to reserve peace officers and emergency rescue personnel, as identified in the companion law California Labor Code Section 230.3 (which provides job-protected leave to volunteer firefighters, reserve peace officers and emergency rescue personnel to perform emergency duties). AB 11 also adds emergency rescue training as a permissible type of training leave covered by Section 230.4.

The amendment is effective January 1, 2014.

For more information about California leave laws, see State Q&A, Leave Laws: California and State Q&A, Leave Policy Language: California.