1267.62. (a) In the event of the sale, transfer of operation, including management changes, assignment, lease, or other change or transfer of ownership of a facility defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1250, excluding skilled nursing facilities that are operated as a distinct part of an acute care hospital, a prospective transferee, in the capacity of a prospective licensee, shall retain, for a 60-day transition employment period, all employees who are employed by the licensee, except for the nursing home administrator and the director of nursing.
(b) The prospective licensee shall make a written offer of employment to each employee for the 60-day transition period in the employee’s primary language or another language in which the employee is literate. That offer shall state the time within which the employee shall accept the offer, but that time period may not be fewer than 10 days.
(c) During the 60-day transition period, the prospective licensee shall not discharge without cause an employee retained pursuant to this section. Cause shall be based only on the performance or conduct of the particular employee.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision (c), during the 60-day transition period, an employee shall not suffer any reduction in wages, benefits, or other terms and conditions of employment, economic or otherwise, as a result of the transfer or change of ownership.
(e) This section does not make the department responsible for adjudicating a labor dispute or wrongful termination complaint.
(f) This section applies only to license applications submitted after January 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 832, Sec. 2. (AB 1695) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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