California

Labor Code

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

• § 140 — (a) There is in the Department of Industrial Relations, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board which consists of seven members who shall be appointed by the Governor.
• § 1400 — This chapter may be cited as the “California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act” or “Cal/WARN Act.
• § 1400.5 — The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms used in this chapter: (a) “Covered establishment” means any industrial or commercial facility or part t
• § 1401 — (a) An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the
• § 1402 — (a) An employer who fails to give notice as required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1401 before ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination is liable to each employee entitled t
• § 1402.5 — (a) An employer is not required to comply with the notice requirement contained in subdivision (a) of Section 1401 if the department determines that all of the following conditions exist: (1) As of th
• § 1403 — An employer who fails to give notice as required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 1401 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day of the empl
• § 1404 — A person, including a local government or an employee representative, seeking to establish liability against an employer may bring a civil action on behalf of the person, other persons similarly situa
• § 1405 — If the court determines that an employer conducted a reasonable investigation in good faith, and had reasonable grounds to believe that its conduct was not a violation of this chapter, the court may r
• § 1406 — (a) In any investigation or proceeding under this chapter, the Labor Commissioner has, in addition to all other powers granted by law, the authority to examine the books and records of an employer.
• § 1407 — (a) Payments to a person under subdivision (a) of Section 1402 by an employer who has failed to provide the advance notice of facility closure required by this chapter or the federal Worker Adjustment
• § 1408 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 1409 — (a) This article shall apply to an employer’s relocation of a call center, as defined in this article.
• § 141 — (a) The terms of office of the members of the board shall be four years and they shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of a successor.
• § 1410 — (a) A call center employer shall not order a relocation of its call center, or one or more of its facilities or operating units within a call center, unless notice of the relocation is provided in acc
• § 1410.5 — (a) A violation of subdivision (a) of Section 1410 shall be enforced through the provisions and remedies contained in Article 1 (commencing with Section 1400), including, but not limited to, Sections
• § 1411 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), and notwithstanding any other law, a call center employer that appears on the list described in subdivision (b) of Section 1410, or who should have appeared
• § 1412 — This article shall not be construed to permit withholding or denial of payments, compensation, or benefits under any other state law, including state unemployment compensation, disability payments, or
• § 1413 — The Labor Commissioner and the Employment Development Department may adopt rules and regulations as necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of this article, in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 142 — The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall enforce all occupational safety and health standards adopted pursuant to this chapter, and those heretofore adopted by the Industrial Accident Comm
• § 142.1 — The board shall meet at least monthly.
• § 142.2 — At each of its meetings, the board shall make time available to interested persons to propose new or revised orders or standards appropriate for adoption pursuant to this chapter or other items concer
• § 142.3 — (a) (1) The board, by an affirmative vote of at least four members, may adopt, amend or repeal occupational safety and health standards and orders.
• § 142.4 — (a) Occupational safety and health standards and orders shall be adopted, amended, or repealed as provided in Chapter 3.
• § 142.7 — (a) On or before October 1, 1987, the board shall adopt an occupational safety and health standard concerning hazardous substance removal work, so as to protect most effectively the health and safety
• § 1420 — For purposes of this part: (a) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement of the department.
• § 1421 — Every employer shall keep accurate records for three years, showing all of the following: (a) The names and addresses of all employees engaged in rendering actual services for any business of the empl
• § 1422 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall enforce this part.
• § 1423 — Effective July 1, 2018, every employer shall register with the commissioner annually.
• § 1424 — When a certificate of current and valid registration is originally issued or renewed under this part, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall provide related and supplemental information to
• § 1425 — Proof of current and valid registration shall be by an official Division of Labor Standards Enforcement registration form.
• § 1426 — At least 60 days prior to the expiration of each registrant’s registration, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall send a renewal notice to the last known address of the registrant.
• § 1427 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall collect from each employer an initial nonrefundable application fee of five hundred dollars ($500), and an annual fee of five hundred dollars ($500) o
• § 1428 — An employer shall not conduct any janitorial business without complying with the registration requirements of this part.
• § 1429 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall not approve the registration of any employer until all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The employer has executed a written application,
• § 1429.5 — (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall establish by January 1, 2019, a biennial in-person sexual violence and harassment prevention training requirement to be provided by employers gove
• § 1429.6 — (a) The department shall contract with the University of California, Los Angeles Labor Center to conduct a study evaluating opportunities to improve worker safety and safeguard employment rights in th
• § 143 — (a) Any employer may apply to the board for a permanent variance from an occupational safety and health standard, order, special order, or portion thereof, upon a showing of an alternate program, meth
• § 143.1 — The board shall conduct hearings on such requests for a permanent variance after employees or employee representatives are properly notified and given an opportunity to appear.
• § 143.2 — The board, acting as a whole, may adopt, amend, or repeal rules of practice and procedure pertaining to hearings on applications for permanent variances, variance appeals, and other matters within its
• § 1430 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall not register or renew the registration of an employer in any of the following circumstances: (a) The employer has not fully satisfied any final judgme
• § 1431 — The commissioner shall maintain a public database of property service employers, on the internet website of the department, including the name, address, registration number, whether the registrant is
• § 1432 — (a) An employer who fails to register pursuant to Section 1423 is subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each calendar day that the employer is unregistered, not to exceed ten thous
• § 1433 — (a) All registration fees collected pursuant to Section 1427, all civil fines collected pursuant to Section 1432, and any other moneys as are designated by statute or order shall be deposited in the L
• § 1434 — A successor employer is liable for any wages, damages, and penalties its predecessor employer owes to any of the predecessor employer’s former workforce if the successor employer meets any of the foll
• § 144 — (a) The authority of any agency, department, division, bureau or any other political subdivision other than the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to assist in the administration or enforcemen
• § 144.5 — (a) The Division of Occupational Safety and Health in connection with the enforcement of occupational safety and health standards adopted pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following: (1) Co
• § 144.6 — In promulgating standards dealing with toxic materials or harmful physical agents, the board shall adopt that standard which most adequately assures, to the extent feasible, that no employee will suff
• § 144.7 — (a) The board shall, no later than January 15, 1999, adopt an emergency regulation revising the bloodborne pathogen standard currently set forth in Section 5193 of Title 8 of the California Code of Re
• § 144.8 — (a) As used in this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Antineoplastic drug” means a chemotherapeutic agent that controls or kills cancer cells.
• § 144.9 — (a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Board” means the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.
• § 145 — The board may employ necessary assistants, officers, experts, and such other employees as it deems necessary.
• § 145.1 — The board and its duly authorized representatives in the performance of its duties shall have the powers of a head of a department as set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter
• § 1450 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights.
• § 1451 — As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Domestic work” means services related to the care of persons in private households or maintenance of private households or their premise
• § 1452 — The Governor shall convene a committee composed of personal attendants or their representatives and the employers of personal attendants or their representatives.
• § 1454 — A domestic work employee who is a personal attendant shall not be employed more than nine hours in any workday or more than 45 hours in any workweek unless the employee receives one and one-half times
• § 1455 — (a) (1) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, upon appropriation of funds to the division for purposes of this section, shall establish and maintain an outreach and education program.
• § 146 — In the conduct of hearings related to permanent variances, the board and its representatives are not bound by common law or statutory rules of evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedure but
• § 147 — The board shall refer to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health for evaluation any proposed occupational safety or health standard or variance from adopted standards received by the board from
• § 147.1 — In connection with the development and promulgation of occupational health standards the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall perform all of the following functions: (a) Analyze proposed a
• § 147.2 — (a) As used in this section, “Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service” or “HESIS” means the repository established pursuant to subdivision (b).
• § 147.3 — (a) When the Division of Occupational Safety and Health receives a report from the State Department of Public Health pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 105185 of the Health and Safety Code, the re
• § 147.4 — (a) By January 1, 2016, the department shall convene an advisory committee to evaluate whether changes are needed to align the general industry safety orders in Sections 3403 to 3411, inclusive, of Ar
• § 147.5 — (a) By January 1, 2017, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall convene an advisory committee to evaluate whether there is a need to develop industry-specific regulations related to the a
• § 147.6 — (a) By March 1, 2018, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall convene an advisory committee to evaluate whether there is a need to develop industry-specific regulations related to the act
• § 1474 — For purposes of this part: (a) “National fast food chain” means a set of limited-service restaurants consisting of more than 60 establishments nationally that share a common brand, or that are charact
• § 1475 — (a) (1) The Fast Food Council is hereby established within the Department of Industrial Relations and shall consist of the following nine voting members: (A) Two representatives of the fast food resta
• § 1476 — (a) A fast food restaurant operator shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any employee due to the employee’s participation in or testimony to any proceeding convened b
• § 1477 — Sections 1474 to 1476, inclusive, shall become operative and shall take effect commencing January 1, 2024, only if Referendum No.
• § 148 — (a) There is in the Department of Industrial Relations the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, consisting of three members appointed by the Governor, subject to the approval of the Senate.
• § 148.1 — Each member of the appeals board shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualifies.
• § 148.2 — The appeals board may employ necessary assistants, officers, experts, hearing officers, and such other employees as it deems necessary.
• § 148.4 — All decisions and orders of the appeals board shall be in writing.
• § 148.5 — A decision of the appeals board is final, except for any rehearing or judicial review as permitted by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Part 1 of Division 5.
• § 148.6 — A decision of the appeals board is binding on the director and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health with respect to the parties involved in the particular appeal.
• § 148.7 — The appeals board, acting as a whole, may adopt, amend, or repeal rules of practice and procedure pertaining to hearing appeals and other matters falling within its jurisdiction.
• § 148.8 — The appeals board and its duly authorized representatives in the performance of its duties shall have the powers of a head of a department as set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of
• § 148.9 — Decisions of the appeals board shall be made by a majority of the appeals board, except as otherwise expressly provided.
• § 149 — The chairman of the appeals board may authorize its executive officer to act as deputy appeals board member, and may delegate authority and duties to the executive officer in the event of the absence
• § 149.5 — The appeals board may award reasonable costs, including attorney’s fees, consultant’s fees, and witness’ fees, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate, to any employer who appeal
• § 1490 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that stability in the California health care workforce will further its efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and address other public health issues that face
• § 1491 — For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (a) “Covered entity” means a person or entity that owns or operates a qualifying facility, including the Regents of the University of Califo
• § 1492 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall provide funding to participant covered entities, covered services employers, and physician entities to make retention payments to their
• § 1493 — (a) In the event of a dispute about the status of an employee as a full-time eligible employee, part-time eligible employee, the retention payment amount, or the covered entity’s or covered service em
• § 1494 — (a) In the event of a dispute about the status of an eligible physician, the retention payment amount, or the physician entity’s failure to make a retention payment, the physician may write to the phy
• § 1495 — (a) In serving as a conduit for the retention payments under this part, covered entities, covered services employers, and physician entities are carrying out a state program.
• § 15 — “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
• § 150 — (a) The department shall collect, compile, and present facts and statistics relating to the condition of labor in the state, including information as to cost of living, labor supply and demand, indust
• § 1500 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Civil Air Patrol Employment Protection Act.
• § 1501 — In this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Civil Air Patrol leave” means leave requested by an employee who is a volunteer member of the California Wing of the civilian auxili
• § 1502 — An employer shall not discriminate against or discharge from employment a member of the Civil Air Patrol because of such membership and shall not hinder or prevent a member from performing service as
• § 1503 — (a) (1) An employer shall provide not less than 10 days per calendar year of unpaid Civil Air Patrol leave to an employee responding to an emergency operational mission of the California Wing of the C
• § 1504 — (a) An employer shall, upon expiration of a leave authorized by this part, restore an employee to the position held by him or her when the leave began or to a position with equivalent seniority status
• § 1505 — (a) Taking Civil Air Patrol leave under this part shall not result in the loss of an employee benefit accrued before the date on which the leave began.
• § 1506 — (a) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise a right established by this part.
• § 1507 — (a) An employee may bring a civil action in the superior court of the appropriate county to enforce this part.
• § 1508 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Michelle Maykin Memorial Donation Protection Act.
• § 1509 — For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Employee” and “employee benefits” have the same meanings set forth in Section 1501.
• § 151 — (a) The department shall conduct an annual survey of the ethnic derivation and gender of the individuals who are parties to apprentice agreements described in Section 3077.
• § 1510 — (a) Subject to subdivision (c), an employer shall grant to an employee the following paid leaves of absence: (1) A leave of absence, not exceeding 30 business days in a one-year period, to an employee
• § 1511 — An employer shall, upon expiration of a leave authorized by this part, restore an employee to the position held by him or her when the leave began or to a position with equivalent seniority status, em
• § 1512 — (a) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise a right established by this part.
• § 1513 — (a) An employee may bring a civil action in the superior court of the appropriate county to enforce this part.
• § 152 — The Director of Industrial Relations and authorized employees of the department may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers, and records; administer oaths
• § 153 — Except as provided in Section 151 no use shall be made in the statistical or other reports prepared pursuant to this chapter of the names of persons supplying the information required under this code.
• § 1550 — This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Workplace Know Your Rights Act.
• § 1551 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that California workers have a strong understanding of their rights as workers, as well as their constitutional rights.
• § 1552 — For purposes of this part, “authorized representative” means an exclusive collective bargaining representative.
• § 1553 — (a) On or before February 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, an employer shall provide a stand-alone written notice to each current employee pursuant to this section in a manner the employer normally u
• § 1554 — (a) The Labor Commissioner shall develop a template notice that an employer may use to comply with the requirements of Section 1553.
• § 1555 — (a) If an employee has notified their employer that they would like their designated emergency contact to be notified in the event the employee is arrested or detained, the employer shall notify the d
• § 1556 — Parties subject to this part may provide, by collective bargaining agreement, that the agreement supersedes the requirements of this part, in whole or in part, if the waiver is explicitly set forth in
• § 1557 — An employer shall not discharge, threaten to discharge, demote, suspend, or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee for exercising or attempting to exercise their rights under this
• § 1558 — (a) The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this part, including investigating an alleged violation, and ordering appropriate temporary relief to mitigate a violation or maintain the status quo pending t
• § 1559 — This part does not preempt any city, county, or city and county ordinance that provides equal or greater protection to employees who are covered by this part.
• § 156 — An annual report containing statistics on California work injuries and occupational diseases and fatalities by industry classifications shall be completed and published by the department no later than
• § 157 — (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall provide the Department of Transportation with links to existing public registries and databases related to drayage trucks.
• § 16 — “Oath” includes affirmation.
• § 1682 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation.
• § 1682.3 — “Farm labor contractor” includes any “day hauler.
• § 1682.4 — “Farm labor contractor” does not include a commercial packing house engaged in both the harvesting and the packing of citrus fruit or soft fruit for a client or customer.
• § 1682.5 — This chapter does not apply to: (a) A nonprofit corporation or organization with respect to services specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1682, which are performed for its members.
• § 1682.7 — The Labor Commissioner shall ensure that the office maintained in Fresno has suitable facilities and sufficient personnel for the examination and licensing of farm labor contractors and for the proces
• § 1682.8 — The Labor Commissioner may establish and maintain a Farm Labor Contractor Special Enforcement Unit within the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement office in Fresno of the Department of Industrial R
• § 1683 — (a) A person shall not act as a farm labor contractor until a license to do so has been issued to the person by the Labor Commissioner and the license is in full force and effect and in the person’s p
• § 1684 — (a) The Labor Commissioner shall not issue to any person a license to act as a farm labor contractor, nor shall the Labor Commissioner renew that license, until all of the following conditions are sat
• § 1684.3 — Whenever an application for a license or renewal is made, and application processing pursuant to this chapter has not been completed, the Labor Commissioner may, at his or her discretion, issue a temp
• § 1684.5 — The Labor Commissioner shall quarterly submit to the Department of the California Highway Patrol a list of all licensees.
• § 1685 — No license to operate as a farm labor contractor shall be granted: (a) To any person who sells or proposes to sell intoxicating liquors in a building or on premises where he or she operates or propose
• § 1686 — The Labor Commissioner, upon proper notice and hearing, may refuse to grant a license.
• § 1687 — (a) Each laminated license shall contain, on the face thereof, all of the following: (1) The name and address of the licensee and the fact that the licensee is licensed to act as a farm labor contract
• § 1688 — The license when first issued shall run to the next birthday of the applicant, and each license shall then be renewed within the 30 days preceding the licensee’s birthday and shall run from birthday t
• § 1689 — All applications for renewal shall state the names and addresses of all persons, except bona fide employees on stated salaries, financially interested either as partners, associates or profit sharers
• § 1690 — The Labor Commissioner may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license if it is shown that any of the following have occurred: (a) The licensee or any agent of the licensee has violated or failed
• § 1690.1 — (a) (1) If a licensee fails to remit the proper amount of worker contributions required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 901) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, or the Em
• § 1691 — (a) If any licensee has been subject to two or more final judgments by a court for failure to pay wages due with respect to his or her agricultural employees within a five-year period, the Labor Commi
• § 1692 — Before revoking or suspending any license, the Labor Commissioner shall afford the holder of such license an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
• § 1692.5 — A licensee whose license is suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall immediately surrender such license to the Labor Commissioner.
• § 1693 — The Labor Commissioner and the deputies and representatives authorized by the Labor Commissioner in writing may take assignments of actions on the bond against licensees by persons damaged and may pro
• § 1694 — If a licensee has departed from the state or has left the jurisdiction in which a violation of this chapter is alleged to have occurred with intent to defraud creditors or to avoid service of summons
• § 1695 — (a) Every licensee shall do all of the following: (1) Carry his or her license and proof of registration issued pursuant to paragraph (8) with him or her at all times and exhibit the same to all perso
• § 1695.5 — (a) Every farm labor contractor, upon request of any agricultural grower with whom he or she has a contract to supply farmworkers, shall immediately furnish the grower with a payroll list of all the c
• § 1695.55 — (a) Every person acting in the capacity of a farm labor contractor shall provide any grower with whom he or she has contracted to supply farmworkers a payroll record for each farmworker providing labo
• § 1695.6 — No person shall knowingly enter into an agreement for the services of a farm labor contractor who is not licensed under this chapter.
• § 1695.7 — (a) (1) Prior to entering into any contract or agreement to supply agricultural labor or services to a grower, a farm labor contractor shall first provide to the grower a copy of his or her current va
• § 1695.8 — (a) No person whose license was suspended, revoked, or denied renewal by the Labor Commissioner shall perform any activity or service specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1682 or in Section 1682.
• § 1695.9 — Any person contracted by a farm labor contractor who is acting in the capacity of a farm labor contractor shall first provide to the farm labor contractor a copy of his or her current valid state lice
• § 1696 — No licensee shall: (1) Make any misrepresentation or false statement in his application for a license.
• § 1696.2 — All vehicles used by a licensee or his or her employees or agents for the transportation of individuals in his or her operations as a farm labor contractor shall have displayed prominently at the entr
• § 1696.3 — Any farm labor contractor or person employed by a farm labor contractor who operates a bus or truck in the transportation of individuals in connection with the business, activities, or operations of a
• § 1696.4 — (a) All vehicles defined in Section 322 of the Vehicle Code, including those described in Section 1696.
• § 1696.5 — Every licensee shall, at the time of each payment of wages, which shall be not less often than once every week as required by Section 205 of this code, furnish each of the workers employed by him or h
• § 1696.6 — (a) No licensee shall recruit or solicit and transport an employee for farmwork unless he has first obtained, either orally or in writing, a bona fide order for such employment.
• § 1696.8 — (a) The director shall establish a Farm Labor Contractor Enforcement Unit.
• § 1697 — (a) Any person who violates this chapter, or who causes or induces another to violate this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or i
• § 1697.1 — (a) No person shall make, or cause to be made, false, fraudulent, or misleading representations that employment in the growing or producing of farm products, or an employee benefit related to that emp
• § 1697.2 — Actions brought under this chapter shall be set for trial at the earliest possible date, and shall take precedence over all other cases, except older matters of the same character and matters to which
• § 1697.3 — Upon the final determination of the Labor Commissioner that a grower, a farm labor contractor, or person acting in the capacity of a farm labor contractor has failed to pay wages to its employees, the
• § 1697.5 — (a) It is a violation of this chapter for a licensee to do any of the following: (1) Fail to train an agricultural employee at the time of hire, as required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (8) of sub
• § 1698 — All fines collected for violations of this chapter shall be paid into the Farmworker Remedial Account and shall be available, upon appropriation, for purposes of this chapter.
• § 1698.1 — No licensee shall sell, transfer or give away any interest in or the right to participate in the profits of said licensee’s business without the written consent of the Labor Commissioner.
• § 1698.2 — No licensee shall knowingly issue a contract for employment containing any term or condition which, if complied with, would be in violation of law, or attempt to fill an order for help to be employed
• § 1698.3 — No licensee shall accept a fee from any applicant for employment, or send any applicant for employment without having obtained orally or in writing, a bona fide order therefor, and in no case shall su
• § 1698.4 — No licensee shall send or cause to be sent, any woman or minor under the age of 18 years, as an employee to any house of ill fame, to any house or place of amusement for immoral purpose, to places res
• § 1698.5 — No licensee shall send any minor to any saloon or place where intoxicating liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
• § 1698.6 — No licensee shall knowingly permit any persons of bad character, prostitutes, gamblers, intoxicated persons, or procurers to frequent his premises.
• § 1698.7 — No licensee shall accept any application for employment made by or on behalf of any child, or shall place or assist in placing any such child in any employment whatever in violation of Part 4 (commenc
• § 1698.8 — No licensee shall divide fees with an employer, an agent or other employee of an employer or person to whom help is furnished.
• § 1698.9 — A farm labor contractor successor to any predecessor farm labor contractor that owed wages or penalties to a former employee of the predecessor, whether the predecessor was a licensee under this chapt
• § 1699 — The Labor Commissioner may, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4.
• § 17 — “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the si
• § 1700 — As used in this chapter, “person” means any individual, company, society, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, manager, or their agents or employees.
• § 1700.1 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Theatrical engagement” means any engagement or employment of a person as an actor, performer, or entertainer in a circus, vaudeville, theatrical, or other entertainment,
• § 1700.10 — The license when first issued shall run to the next birthday of the applicant, and each license shall then be renewed within the 30 days preceding the licensee’s birthday and shall run from birthday t
• § 1700.11 — All applications for renewal shall state the names and addresses of all persons, except bona fide employees on stated salaries, financially interested either as partners, associates or profit sharers,
• § 1700.12 — A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the Labor Commissioner at the time the application for issuance of a talent agency license is filed.
• § 1700.13 — A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the Labor Commissioner at the time application for consent to the transfer or assignment of a talent agency license is made but no license fe
• § 1700.14 — Whenever an application for a license or renewal is made, and application processing pursuant to this chapter has not been completed, the Labor Commissioner may, at his or her discretion, issue a temp
• § 1700.15 — A talent agency shall also deposit with the Labor Commissioner, prior to the issuance or renewal of a license, a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
• § 1700.16 — Such surety bonds shall be payable to the people of the State of California, and shall be conditioned that the person applying for the license will comply with this chapter and will pay all sums due a
• § 1700.18 — (a) All moneys collected for filing fees and licenses under this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Labor Enforcement and Compliance Fund.
• § 1700.19 — Each license shall contain all of the following: (a) The name of the licensee.
• § 1700.2 — (a) As used in this chapter, “fee” means any of the following: (1) Any money or other valuable consideration paid or promised to be paid for services rendered or to be rendered by any person conductin
• § 1700.20 — No license shall protect any other than the person to whom it is issued nor any places other than those designated in the license.
• § 1700.20a — The Labor Commissioner may issue to a person eligible therefor a certificate of convenience to conduct the business of a talent agency where the person licensed to conduct such talent agency business
• § 1700.20b — To be eligible for a certificate of convenience, a person shall be either: (a) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased person licensed to conduct the business of a talent agency.
• § 1700.21 — The Labor Commissioner may revoke or suspend any license when it is shown that any of the following occur: (a) The licensee or his or her agent has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisi
• § 1700.22 — Before revoking or suspending any license, the Labor Commissioner shall afford the holder of such license an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
• § 1700.23 — Every talent agency shall submit to the Labor Commissioner a form or forms of contract to be utilized by such talent agency in entering into written contracts with artists for the employment of the se
• § 1700.24 — Every talent agency shall file with the Labor Commissioner a schedule of fees to be charged and collected in the conduct of that occupation, and shall also keep a copy of the schedule posted in a cons
• § 1700.25 — (a) A licensee who receives any payment of funds on behalf of an artist shall immediately deposit that amount in a trust fund account maintained by him or her in a bank or other recognized depository.
• § 1700.26 — Every talent agency shall keep records in a form approved by the Labor Commissioner, in which shall be entered all of the following: (1) The name and address of each artist employing the talent agency
• § 1700.27 — All books, records, and other papers kept pursuant to this chapter by any talent agency shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of the Labor Commissioner and his agents.
• § 1700.28 — Every talent agency shall post in a conspicuous place in the office of such talent agency a printed copy of this chapter and of such other statutes as may be specified by the Labor Commissioner.
• § 1700.29 — The Labor Commissioner may, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing at Section 11370), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code, adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and re
• § 1700.3 — As used in this chapter: (a) “License” means a license issued by the Labor Commissioner to carry on the business of a talent agency under this chapter.
• § 1700.30 — No talent agency shall sell, transfer, or give away to any person other than a director, officer, manager, employee, or shareholder of the talent agency any interest in or the right to participate in
• § 1700.31 — No talent agency shall knowingly issue a contract for employment containing any term or condition which, if complied with, would be in violation of law, or attempt to fill an order for help to be empl
• § 1700.32 — No talent agency shall publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading information, representation, notice, or advertisement.