California · Education Code

EDC §39881: As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicable law” means applicable California laws within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency’s jurisdiction related to the misclass

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This statute defines terms used in California labor law related to employee misclassification, workplace violations, care facilities, school transportation, and transit services.

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As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicable law” means applicable California laws within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency’s jurisdiction related to the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, including the failure to pay wages, imposing unlawful expenses on employees, failure to provide workers’ compensation insurance, and failure to remit payroll taxes as required under the Unemployment Insurance Code as well as laws protecting worker health and safety. (b) “Applicable law violation” means a violation that has a final determination, order, judgment, or award issued against a private entity for engaging in illegal conduct related to applicable laws and that remains unabated or unsatisfied following the period during which an appeal may be made. (c) “Congregate care facility” means a community care facility, intermediate care facility, skilled nursing facility, or a short-term residential therapeutic program. (d) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, charter school, entity providing services under a school transportation joint powers agreement, or regional occupational center or program. (e) “School-related pupil transportation” means home-to-school transportation, field trips, after school program-related transportation, preschool and childcare-related transportation, athletic program-related transportation, extracurricular school activity-related transportation, or any transportation of pupils to or from a school campus. (f) “Municipally owned transit system” means a transit system owned by a city, or by a district created pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 24501) of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code. (g) “Supplementary service” means additional service provided by a municipally owned transit system for the purpose of ensuring the regular transit service is not impacted by large loads associated with pupil passengers traveling to or from schoolsites around school bell times.

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