California

Labor Code

2,656 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1160.4 — (a) The board may, upon finding reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair labor practice, petition the superior court in any county wherein the unfair labo
• § 1160.5 — Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in an unfair labor practice within the meaning of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 1154, the board is empowered and directed to hear and d
• § 1160.6 — Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in an unfair labor practice within the meaning of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (d), or of subdivision (g), of Section 1154, or of Sectio
• § 1160.7 — Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in an unfair labor practice within the meaning of subdivision (c) of Section 1153 or subdivision (b) of Section 1154, such charge shall be given prio
• § 1160.8 — Any person aggrieved by the final order of the board granting or denying in whole or in part the relief sought may obtain a review of such order in the court of appeal having jurisdiction over the cou
• § 1160.9 — The procedures set forth in this chapter shall be the exclusive method of redressing unfair labor practices.
• § 1161 — (a) The Agricultural Employee Relief Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated to the Agricultural Labor Relations Board for the purposes specifie
• § 1162 — (a) An employer who petitions for a writ of review in a court of appeal or the California Supreme Court or otherwise appeals, petitions, or seeks to overturn or stay or modify any order of the board u
• § 1164 — (a) An agricultural employer or a labor organization certified as the exclusive bargaining agent of a bargaining unit of agricultural employees may file with the board, at any time following (1) 90 da
• § 1164.10 — (a) At the conclusion of any review proceedings commenced under this chapter in which the board’s order is affirmed, and the terms set forth in the board’s order are not implemented or effective, the
• § 1164.11 — A demand made pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1164 may be made only in cases which meet all of the following criteria: (a) the parties have failed to reach agreement for at lea
• § 1164.12 — To ensure an orderly implementation of the mediation process ordered by this chapter, a party may not file a total of more than 75 declarations with the board prior to January 1, 2008.
• § 1164.13 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 1164.3 — (a) Either party, within seven days of the filing of the report by the mediator, may petition the board for review of the report.
• § 1164.5 — (a) Within 30 days after the order of the board takes effect, a party may petition for a writ of review in the court of appeal or the California Supreme Court.
• § 1164.7 — (a) The board and each party to the action or proceeding before the mediator may appear in the review proceeding.
• § 1164.9 — No court of this state, except the court of appeal or the Supreme Court, to the extent specified in this article, shall have jurisdiction to review, reverse, correct, or annul any order or decision of
• § 1165 — (a) Suits for violation of contracts between an agricultural employer and an agricultural labor organization representing agricultural employees, as defined in this part, or between any such labor org
• § 1165.2 — For the purpose of this part, the superior court shall have jurisdiction over a labor organization in this state if such organization maintains its principal office in this state, or if its duly autho
• § 1165.3 — The service of summons, subpoena, or other legal process of any superior court upon an officer or agent of a labor organization, in his capacity as such, shall constitute service upon the labor organi
• § 1165.4 — For the purpose of this part, in determining whether any person is acting as an agent of another person so as to make such other person responsible for his acts, the question of whether the specific a
• § 1166 — Nothing in this part, except as specifically provided for herein, shall be construed so as either to interfere with or impede or diminish in any way the right to strike, or to affect the limitations o
• § 1166.2 — Nothing in this part shall prohibit any individual employed as a supervisor from becoming or remaining a member of a labor organization, but no employer subject to this part shall be compelled to deem
• § 1166.3 — (a) If any provision of this part, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this part, or the application of such provision to perso
• § 117 — The administrative director may appoint an attorney licensed to practice law in the state as counsel to the division.
• § 1171 — The provisions of this chapter shall apply to and include men, women and minors employed in any occupation, trade, or industry, whether compensation is measured by time, piece, or otherwise, but shall
• § 1171.5 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) All protections, rights, and remedies available under state law, except any reinstatement remedy prohibited by federal law, are available to all i
• § 1173 — It is the continuing duty of the Industrial Welfare Commission, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the commission, to ascertain the wages paid to all employees in this state, to ascertain the
• § 1174 — Every person employing labor in this state shall: (a) Furnish to the commission, at its request, reports or information that the commission requires to carry out this chapter.
• § 1174.1 — (a) Any employer, or other person or entity, who may be liable for a violation of any provision of this code shall be precluded from introducing as evidence, in an administrative proceeding contesting
• § 1174.5 — Any person employing labor who willfully fails to maintain the records required by subdivision (c) of Section 1174 or accurate and complete records required by subdivision (d) of Section 1174, or to a
• § 1175 — Any person, or officer or agent thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a) Neglects or refuses to furnish the information requested under the provisions of Section 1174.
• § 1176 — The commission or any members thereof may subpena witnesses and administer oaths.
• § 1176.1 — Any interested party may petition the commission requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation.
• § 1176.3 — (a) Within 120 days of the receipt of a petition requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation, the commission shall notify the petitioner in writing of the receipt of the petition, se
• § 1177 — (a) The commission may make and enforce rules of practice and procedure and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence.
• § 1178 — If after investigation the commission finds that in any occupation, trade, or industry, the wages paid to employees may be inadequate to supply the cost of proper living, or that the hours or conditio
• § 1178.5 — (a) If the commission finds that wages paid to employees may be inadequate to supply the cost of proper living, it shall select one wage board composed of an equal number of representatives of employe
• § 1179 — The members of the wage board shall be allowed fifty dollars ($50) per diem and necessary traveling expenses while engaged in such conferences.
• § 1180 — The proceedings and deliberations of the wage board shall be made a matter of record for the use of the commission, and shall be admissible as evidence in any proceedings before the commission.
• § 1181 — Upon the fixing of the time and place for the holding of a hearing for the purpose of considering and acting upon the proposed regulations or any matters referred to in Sections 1176 to 1180, inclusiv
• § 1182 — (a) After receipt of the wage board report and the public hearings on the proposed regulations, the commission may, upon its own motion, amend or rescind an existing order or promulgate a new order.
• § 1182.1 — Any action taken by the commission pursuant to Sections 517 and 1182 shall be published in at least one newspaper in each of the Cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose, Fresno, San Diego
• § 1182.11 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after March 1, 1997, the minimum wage for all industries shall not be less than five dollars ($5.
• § 1182.12 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, on and after July 1, 2014, the minimum wage for all industries shall be not less than nine dollars ($9) per hour, and on and after January 1, 2016
• § 1182.13 — (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall adjust upwards the permissible meals and lodging credits by the same percentage as the increase in the minimum wage made pursuant to Section 1182.
• § 1182.14 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Workers in the health care industry, including workers at general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, medical offices and clinics,
• § 1182.15 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Workers in the health care industry, including workers at general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, medical offices and clinics,
• § 1182.16 — Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1182.
• § 1182.4 — (a) No student employee, camp counselor, or program counselor of an organized camp shall be subject to a minimum wage or maximum hour order of the commission if the student employee, camp counselor, o
• § 1182.5 — (a) The Legislature finds that the time permitted the Industrial Welfare Commission to consider daily overtime compensation petitions that are to be given priority attention by the commission pursuant
• § 1182.6 — (a) No employer who continuously operates a manufacturing facility 24 hours a day for seven days a week, and who has had in operation an established preexisting workweek arrangement, as defined in sub
• § 1182.7 — (a) The Legislature finds that the time permitted the Industrial Welfare Commission to consider petitions, including, but not limited to, daily overtime compensation petitions that are to be given pri
• § 1182.8 — No employer shall be in violation of any provision of any applicable order of the Industrial Welfare Commission relating to credit or charges for lodging for charging, pursuant to a voluntary written
• § 1183 — (a) So far as practicable, the commission, by mail, shall send a copy of the order authorized by Section 1182 to each employer in the occupation or industry in question, and each employer shall post a
• § 1184 — Any action taken by the commission pursuant to Section 1182 shall be effective on the first day of the succeeding January or July and not less than 60 days from the date of publication pursuant to Sec
• § 1185 — The orders of the commission fixing minimum wages, maximum hours, and standard conditions of labor for all employees, when promulgated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be valid
• § 1186 — A person employed in the practice of pharmacy is not exempt from coverage under any provision of the orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission unless he or she individually meets the criteria establ
• § 1186.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, pharmacists engaged in the practice of pharmacy who are employed in the mercantile industry, as defined by Wage Order 7 of the Industrial Welfare Commission
• § 1187 — The findings of fact made by the commission are, in the absence of fraud, conclusive.
• § 1188 — Any person aggrieved directly or indirectly by any final rule or regulation of the commission made under this chapter may apply to the commission for a rehearing in respect to any matters determined o
• § 119 — The attorney shall: (a) Represent and appear for the state and the Division of Workers’ Compensation and the appeals board in all actions and proceedings arising under any provision of this code admin
• § 1190 — Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a review or other action permitted by the Constitution and laws of this State by a court of competent jurisdiction with reference to any order, rule, or regulatio
• § 1191 — (a) For any occupation in which a minimum wage has been established, the commission may issue to an employee who is mentally or physically disabled, or both, a special license authorizing the employme
• § 1192 — For any occupation in which a minimum wage has been established, the commission may issue to an apprentice or learner a special license authorizing the employment of such apprentice or learner for the
• § 1193 — The commission may fix the maximum number of employees to be employed under the licenses provided for in Sections 1191 and 1192 in any occupation, trade, industry, or establishment in which a minimum
• § 1193.5 — The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by the division.
• § 1193.6 — (a) The department or division may, with or without the consent of the employee or employees affected, commence and prosecute a civil action to recover unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensa
• § 1194 — (a) Notwithstanding any agreement to work for a lesser wage, any employee receiving less than the legal minimum wage or the legal overtime compensation applicable to the employee is entitled to recove
• § 1194.2 — (a) In any action under Section 98, 1193.
• § 1194.3 — An employee may recover attorney’s fees and costs incurred to enforce a court judgment for unpaid wages due pursuant to this code.
• § 1194.5 — In any case in which a person employing an employee has willfully violated any of the laws, regulations, or orders governing the wages, hours of work, or working conditions of such employee, the divis
• § 1195 — Any person may register with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement a complaint that the wage paid to an employee for whom a minimum wage has been fixed by the commission is less than that rate.
• § 1195.5 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall determine, upon request, whether the wages of employees, which exceed the minimum wages fixed by the commission, have been correctly computed and paid
• § 1197 — The minimum wage for employees fixed by the commission or by any applicable state or local law, is the minimum wage to be paid to employees, and the payment of a lower wage than the minimum so fixed i
• § 1197.1 — (a) Any employer or other person acting either individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person, who pays or causes to be paid to any employee a wage less than the minimum fixed by
• § 1197.2 — (a) In addition to any other penalty imposed by law, an employer who willfully fails to pay and has the ability to pay a final court judgment or final order issued by the Labor Commissioner for all wa
• § 1197.5 — (a) An employer shall not pay any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of another sex for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and r
• § 1198 — The maximum hours of work and the standard conditions of labor fixed by the commission shall be the maximum hours of work and the standard conditions of labor for employees.
• § 1198.3 — (a) The Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement may, when in his or her judgment hardship will result, exempt any employer or employees from any mandatory day or days off requirement cont
• § 1198.4 — Upon request, the Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall make available to the public any enforcement policy statements or interpretations of orders of the Industrial Welfare Commi
• § 1198.5 — (a) (1) Every current and former employee, or their representative, has the right to inspect and receive a copy of the personnel records that the employer maintains relating to the employee’s performa
• § 1199 — Every employer or other person acting either individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dol
• § 1199.5 — Every employer or other person acting either individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than ten thousand do
• § 12 — The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• § 12.1 — The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the terms “man” or “men” where appropriate shall be deemed “person” or “persons” and any references to the terms “man” or “men” in sections of this code
• § 12.2 — “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.
• § 120 — The administrative director and the chairman of the appeals board may each respectively appoint a secretary and assistant secretaries to perform such services as shall be prescribed.
• § 1200 — In every prosecution for violation of any provision of this chapter, the minimum wage, the maximum hours of work, and the standard conditions of labor fixed by the commission shall be presumed to be r
• § 1201 — The commission shall not act as a board of arbitration during a strike or lockout.
• § 1202 — Upon the request of the commission, the department shall cause such statistics and other data and information to be gathered, and investigations made, as the commission may require.
• § 1203 — The commission may publish and distribute from time to time reports and bulletins covering its operations and proceedings under this chapter and such other matters relative thereto which it deems advi
• § 1204 — No order made by the commission under the provisions of Sections 1182 or 1184 of this chapter shall be effective unless and until compliance is had with the provisions of Section 1178 of this code.
• § 1205 — (a) As used in this section and in Section 1206: (1) “Local jurisdiction” means any city, county, district, or agency, or any subdivision or combination thereof.
• § 1206 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this code establishes minimum penalties for failure to comply with wage-related statutes and regulations.
• § 1207 — In any instance in which an employer is required to physically post information, an employer may also distribute that information to employees by email with the document or documents attached.
• § 121 — The chairman of the appeals board may authorize its secretary and any two assistant secretaries to act as deputy appeals board members and may delegate authority and duties to these deputies.
• § 122 — The administrative director shall appoint a medical director who shall possess a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate granted under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Busin
• § 123 — The administrative director may employ necessary assistants, officers, experts, statisticians, actuaries, accountants, workers’ compensation administrative law judges, stenographic shorthand reporters
• § 123.3 — Any official reporter employed by the administrative director shall render stenographic or clerical assistance as directed by the presiding workers’ compensation administrative law judge of the office
• § 123.5 — (a) Workers’ compensation administrative law judges employed by the administrative director shall be taken from an eligible list of attorneys licensed to practice law in this state, who have the quali
• § 123.6 — (a) All workers’ compensation administrative law judges employed by the administrative director shall subscribe to the Code of Judicial Ethics adopted by the Supreme Court pursuant to subdivision (m)
• § 123.7 — The appeals board may, by rule or regulation, establish procedures whereby attorneys who are either certified specialists in workers’ compensation by the California State Bar, or are eligible for this
• § 124 — (a) In administering and enforcing this division and Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200), the division shall protect the interests of injured workers who are entitled to the timely provision of
• § 125 — The administrative director shall cause to be printed and furnished free of charge to any person blank forms that may facilitate or promote the efficient performance of the duties of the Division of W
• § 1250 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Child” means a natural person under 18 years of age.
• § 1251 — (a) An employer who has voluntarily subjected itself to a social compliance audit, whether the audit is conducted in part, or in whole, to determine if child labor is involved in the employer’s operat
• § 126 — The Division of Workers’ Compensation, including the administrative director and the appeals board, shall keep minutes of all their proceedings and other books or records requisite for proper and effi
• § 127 — The administrative director may do all of the following: (a) Charge and collect fees for copies of papers and records, for certified copies of official documents and orders or of the evidence taken or
• § 127.1 — (a) The administrative director, with input from the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation, shall issue a report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2023, comparing potenti
• § 128 — The appeals board may accept appointment as deputy commissioner under, or any delegation of authority to enforce, the United States Longshoremen’s and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act.
• § 1285 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Sections 1286 to 1289, inclusive, to establish a citation system for the imposition of prompt and effective civil sanctions against violators of the law
• § 1286 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Director” means the Director of Industrial Relations or the director’s designee.
• § 1287 — If upon inspection or investigation the director determines that a person is in violation of any statutory provision or rule or regulation relating to the employment of minors, he or she may issue a c
• § 1288 — Citations issued pursuant to this chapter shall be classified according to the nature of the violation and shall indicate the classification on the face thereof, as follows: (a) Class “A” violations a
• § 1289 — (a) If a person desires to contest a citation or the proposed assessment of a civil penalty therefor, he or she shall within 15 business days after service of the citation notify the office of the Lab
• § 129 — (a) To make certain that injured workers, and their dependents in the event of their death, receive promptly and accurately the full measure of compensation to which they are entitled, the administrat
• § 129.5 — (a) The administrative director may assess an administrative penalty against an insurer, self-insured employer, or third-party administrator for any of the following: (1) Failure to comply with the no
• § 1290 — A minor under the age of 16 years shall not be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in or in connection with any manufacturing establishment or other place of labor or employment at any time excep
• § 1291 — Work is done for a manufacturing establishment within the meaning of this chapter whenever it is done at any place upon the work of a manufacturing establishment, or upon any of the materials entering
• § 1292 — No minor under the age of sixteen years shall be employed or permitted to work in any capacity in: (a) Adjusting any belt to any machinery.
• § 1293 — No minor under the age of sixteen years shall be employed, or permitted, to work in any capacity in operating or assisting in operating any of the following machines: (a) Circular or band saws; wood s
• § 1293.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 1394, no minor under the age of 12 years may be employed or permitted to work, or accompany or be permitted to accompany an employed parent or guar
• § 1294 — No minor under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted to work in any capacity: (a) Upon any railroad, whether steam, electric, or hydraulic.
• § 1294.1 — (a) No minor under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted to work in either of the following: (1) Any occupation declared particularly hazardous for the employment of minors below the age
• § 1294.3 — Minors 14 and 15 years of age may be employed in occupations not otherwise prohibited by this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Office and clerical work, including the operati
• § 1294.4 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a minor engaged in the delivery of newspapers to consumers from making deliveries by foot, bicycle, public transportation, or by an automobile dr
• § 1294.5 — (a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may work in gas service stations in the following activities: (1) Dispensing gas or oil.
• § 1295 — (a) Sections 1292, 1293, 1294, and 1294.
• § 1295.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1391 of this code or Section 49116 of the Education Code, minors 14 years of age and older may be employed during the hours permitted by subdivision (b) to perform sports-a
• § 1296 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement may, after a hearing, determine whether any particular trade, process of manufacture, or occupation, in which the employment of minors is not already forbid
• § 1297 — No minor under the age of 16 years shall be employed or permitted to work as a messenger for any telegraph, telephone, or messenger company, or for the United States government or any of its departmen
• § 1298 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1308.
• § 1299 — Every person, or agent or officer thereof, employing minors, either directly or indirectly through third persons, shall keep on file all permits and certificates, either to work or to employ, issued u
• § 13 — The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
• § 130 — The appeals board and each of its members, its secretary, assistant secretaries, and workers’ compensation judges, may administer oaths, certify to all official acts, and issue subpoenas for the atten
• § 1300 — All certificates and permits to work or to employ shall be subject to cancellation at any time by the Labor Commissioner or by the issuing authority, whenever the commissioner or the issuing authority
• § 1301 — (a) The provisions of this chapter concerning the employment of minors, and the civil penalties for violations of those provisions, are fully applicable to every person who owns or controls the real p
• § 1302 — The attendance supervisor, who is a full-time attendance supervisor performing no other duties, of any county, city and county, or school district in which any place of employment is situated, or the
• § 1303 — Any person, or agent or officer of that person, employing either directly or indirectly through third persons, or any parent or guardian of a minor affected by this chapter who violates any provision
• § 1304 — Failure to produce any permit or certificate either to work or to employ is prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any minor whose permit or certificate is not produced.
• § 1305 — (a) All fines and penalties collected under this chapter, other than as the result of a judicial proceeding to enforce collection, shall be paid to the department in the form of remittances payable to
• § 1307 — All minors coming within the provisions of Division 9 (commencing with Section 10501) of the Education Code shall be placed or delivered into the custody of the school district authorities of the coun
• § 1308 — (a) Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), imprisonment for not exceeding si
• § 1308.1 — (a) No minor under the age of 6 years shall be permitted to engage in the door-to-door sales or street sales of candy, cookies, flowers, or any other merchandise or commodities.
• § 1308.10 — (a) Prior to the employment of a minor under the age of 16 years in any of the circumstances listed in subdivision (a) of Section 1308.
• § 1308.11 — (a) All registrations, fees, and permit fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the Labor Enforcement and Compliance Fund.
• § 1308.2 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), any person 18 years of age or older who transports, or provides direction or supervision during transportation of, a minor under 16 years of age to any locat
• § 1308.3 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), any individual, association, corporation, or other entity that employs or uses, either directly or indirectly through third persons, minors under 16 years of
• § 1308.4 — The Labor Commissioner may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any registration under Section 1308.
• § 1308.5 — (a) This section, with the exception of paragraph (4) of this subdivision, shall apply to all minors under the age of 16 years.
• § 1308.6 — No consent shall be given at any time unless the officer giving it is satisfied that all of the following conditions are met: (a) The environment in which the performance, concert, or entertainment is
• § 1308.7 — (a) No minor shall be employed in the entertainment industry more than eight hours in one day of 24 hours, or more than 48 hours in one week, or before 5 a.
• § 1308.8 — (a) No infant under the age of one month may be employed in the entertainment industry unless a licensed physician and surgeon who is board certified in either pediatrics or family medicine provides w
• § 1308.9 — (a) If the Labor Commissioner provides written consent pursuant to Section 1308.
• § 1309 — Every person who takes, receives, hires, employs, uses, exhibits, or has in custody, for any of the purposes mentioned in Section 1308, any minor under the age of 16, or under the age of 18, as specif
• § 1309.5 — (a) Every person who, with knowledge that a person is a minor under 18 years of age, or who, while in possession of these facts that he or she should reasonably know that the person is a minor under 1
• § 1309.6 — (a) Any person who violates any provision of Section 1309.
• § 131 — Each witness who appears by order of the appeals board or any of its members, or a workers’ compensation judge, shall receive, if demanded, for his or her attendance the same fees and mileage allowed
• § 1310 — This chapter and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1390) do not prohibit or prevent any of the following: (a) The appearance of any minor in any church, public or religious school, or community enter
• § 1311 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall enforce this chapter.
• § 1311.5 — (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Child Labor Protection Act of 2014.
• § 1312 — This chapter does not limit the authority of the Attorney General or the district attorney of any county, either upon their own complaint or the complaint of any person acting for himself or the gener
• § 132 — The superior court in and for the county in which any proceeding is held by the appeals board or a workers’ compensation judge may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the p
• § 132a — It is the declared policy of this state that there should not be discrimination against workers who are injured in the course and scope of their employment.
• § 133 — The Division of Workers’ Compensation, including the administrative director and the appeals board, shall have power and jurisdiction to do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of any po
• § 134 — The appeals board or any member thereof may issue writs or summons, warrants of attachment, warrants of commitment and all necessary process in proceedings for contempt, in like manner and to the same
• § 135 — In accordance with rules of practice and procedure that it may adopt, the appeals board may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, destroy or otherwise dispose of any file kept by it in connect
• § 138 — The administrative director may appoint a deputy to act when he or she is absent from the state due to official business, vacation, or illness.
• § 138.1 — The administrative director shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
• § 138.2 — (a) The headquarters of the Division of Workers’ Compensation shall be based at and operated from a centrally located city.
• § 138.3 — The administrative director shall, with respect to all injuries, prescribe, pursuant to Section 5402, reasonable rules and regulations requiring the employer to serve notice on the injured employee th
• § 138.4 — (a) For the purpose of this section, “claims administrator” means a self-administered workers’ compensation insurer; or a self-administered self-insured employer; or a self-administered legally uninsu
• § 138.5 — The Division of Workers’ Compensation shall cooperate in the enforcement of child support obligations.
• § 138.6 — (a) The administrative director, in consultation with the Insurance Commissioner and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, shall develop a cost-efficient workers’ compensation information
• § 138.7 — (a) Except as expressly permitted in subdivision (b), a person or public or private entity not a party to a claim for workers’ compensation benefits shall not obtain individually identifiable informat
• § 138.8 — (a) On or before January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the administrative director shall publish on the division’s internet website provider utilization data, as reported to the Division of Worker
• § 139.2 — (a) The administrative director shall appoint qualified medical evaluators in each of the respective specialties as required for the evaluation of medical-legal issues.
• § 139.21 — (a) (1) The administrative director shall promptly suspend, pursuant to subdivision (b), any physician, practitioner, or provider from participating in the workers’ compensation system as a physician,
• § 139.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, to the extent those services are paid pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200), it is unlawful for a physician to refer a person for clinical laboratory
• § 139.31 — The prohibition of Section 139.
• § 139.32 — (a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Financial interest in another entity” means, subject to subdivision (h), either of the following: (A) Any type of ownership,
• § 139.4 — (a) The administrative director may review advertising copy to ensure compliance with Section 651 of the Business and Professions Code and may require qualified medical evaluators to maintain a file o
• § 139.43 — (a) No person or entity shall advertise, print, display, publish, distribute, or broadcast, or cause or permit to be advertised, printed, displayed, published, distributed, or broadcast in any manner,
• § 139.45 — (a) In promulgating regulations pursuant to Sections 139.
• § 139.47 — The Director of Industrial Relations shall establish and maintain a program to encourage, facilitate, and educate employers to provide early and sustained return to work after occupational injury or i
• § 139.48 — (a) There is in the department a return-to-work program administered by the director, funded by one hundred twenty million dollars ($120,000,000) annually derived from non-General Funds of the Workers
• § 139.5 — (a) (1) The administrative director shall contract with one or more independent medical review organizations and one or more independent bill review organizations to conduct reviews pursuant to Articl
• § 139.6 — (a) The administrative director shall establish and effect within the Division of Workers’ Compensation a continuing program to provide information and assistance concerning the rights, benefits, and
• § 1390 — As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates: (a) “Horticultural” includes the curing and drying but not the canning of all varieties of fruit.
• § 1391 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 1297, 1298, and 1308.
• § 1391.1 — Minors 16 years of age or older and under the age of 18 years enrolled in work experience or cooperative vocational education programs approved by the State Department of Education or in work experien
• § 1391.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1391 and 1391.
• § 1392 — Every person who has a minor under his or her control, as a ward or an apprentice, and who, except in household occupations, requires the minor to work more than eight hours in any one day, is guilty
• § 1393 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and Article 2 (commencing with Section 49110) of Chapter 7 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, the Labor Commissioner may
• § 1394 — This chapter and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1285) do not prohibit or prevent either of the following: (a) The employment of any minor at agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, or domestic
• § 1398 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
• § 1399 — This chapter does not limit the authority of the Attorney General or the district attorney of any county, either upon their own complaint or the complaint of any person acting for himself or the gener
• § 14 — “County” includes “city and county.