California

Labor Code

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

• § 209 — In the event of any strike, the unpaid wages earned by striking employees shall become due and payable on the next regular pay day, and the payment or settlement thereof shall include all amounts due
• § 21 — “Labor Commissioner” means Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
• § 210 — (a) In addition to, and entirely independent and apart from, any other penalty provided in this article, every person who fails to pay the wages of each employee as provided in Sections 201.
• § 2100 — As used in this part: (a) “Commissioner” means the Labor Commissioner.
• § 2101 — Each employer shall provide to each employee, upon hire, or within 30 days of the effective date of this part, a written description of each quota to which the employee is subject, including the quant
• § 2102 — An employee shall not be required to meet a quota that prevents compliance with meal or rest periods, use of bathroom facilities, including reasonable travel time to and from bathroom facilities, or o
• § 2103 — (a) Any actions taken by an employee to comply with occupational health and safety laws in the Labor Code or division standards shall be considered time on task and productive time for purposes of any
• § 2104 — (a) (1) If a current or former employee believes that meeting a quota caused a violation of their right to a meal or rest period or required them to violate any occupational health and safety laws in
• § 2105 — For purposes of this part, there shall be a rebuttable presumption of unlawful retaliation if an employer in any manner discriminates, retaliates, or takes any adverse action against any employee with
• § 2106 — Upon receiving a complaint regarding a violation of this part, a state or local enforcement entity may request or subpoena the records of warehouse distribution center quotas and employee work speed d
• § 2107 — (a) The commissioner shall do all of the following: (1) The commissioner shall enforce this part by engaging in coordinated and strategic enforcement efforts with the divisions within the Department o
• § 2108 — A current or former employee may bring an action for injunctive relief to obtain compliance with Sections 2101 to 2104, inclusive, and may, upon prevailing in the action, recover costs and reasonable
• § 2109 — In any action by a current or former employee that could be brought pursuant to the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (Part 13 (commencing with Section 2698)) for violations of this par
• § 211 — When action to recover such penalties is brought, no court costs shall be payable by the state or the division.
• § 2110 — This part does not limit the authority of the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney, either upon their own complaint or the complaint of any person acting for themselves or the gen
• § 2111 — 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.
• § 2112 — The provisions of this part are severable.
• § 212 — (a) No person, or agent or officer thereof, shall issue in payment of wages due, or to become due, or as an advance on wages to be earned: (1) Any order, check, draft, note, memorandum, or other ackno
• § 213 — Nothing contained in Section 212 shall: (a) Prohibit an employer from guaranteeing the payment of bills incurred by an employee for the necessaries of life or for the tools and implements used by the
• § 214 — Prosecution under section 212 may be brought either at the place where the alleged illegal order, check, draft, note, memorandum or other acknowledgment of wage indebtedness is issued or at the place
• § 215 — Any person, or the agent, manager, superintendent or officer thereof, who violates any provision of Section 201.
• § 216 — In addition to any other penalty imposed by this article, any person, or an agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor, who: (a) Having the ability to pay, willfully
• § 217 — The Division of Labor Law Enforcement shall inquire diligently for any violations of this article, and, in cases which it deems proper, shall institute the actions for the penalties provided for in th
• § 218 — Nothing in this article shall limit the right of any wage claimant to sue directly or through an assignee for any wages or penalty due them under this article.
• § 218.5 — (a) In any action brought for the nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions, the court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the prevailin
• § 218.6 — In any action brought for the nonpayment of wages, the court shall award interest on all due and unpaid wages at the rate of interest specified in subdivision (b) of Section 3289 of the Civil Code, wh
• § 218.7 — (a) (1) For contracts entered into between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021, inclusive, a direct contractor making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, o
• § 218.8 — (a) (1) For contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2026, a direct contractor making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, or
• § 218.9 — (a) (1) For contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2026, a direct contractor making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building, struct
• § 219 — (a) Nothing in this article shall in any way limit or prohibit the payment of wages at more frequent intervals, or in greater amounts, or in full when or before due, but no provision of this article c
• § 22 — “Violation” includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code.
• § 220 — (a) Sections 201.
• § 220.2 — Contributions to vacation allowances, pension or retirement funds, sick leave, and health and welfare benefits on behalf of persons employed by any county, political subdivision, incorporated city or
• § 221 — It shall be unlawful for any employer to collect or receive from an employee any part of wages theretofore paid by said employer to said employee.
• § 222 — It shall be unlawful, in case of any wage agreement arrived at through collective bargaining, either wilfully or unlawfully or with intent to defraud an employee, a competitor, or any other person, to
• § 222.5 — No person shall withhold or deduct from the compensation of any employee, or require any prospective employee or applicant for employment to pay, any fee for, or cost of, any pre-employment medical or
• § 223 — Where any statute or contract requires an employer to maintain the designated wage scale, it shall be unlawful to secretly pay a lower wage while purporting to pay the wage designated by statute or by
• § 224 — The provisions of Sections 221, 222 and 223 shall in no way make it unlawful for an employer to withhold or divert any portion of an employee’s wages when the employer is required or empowered so to d
• § 225 — The violation of any provision of Sections 221, 222, 222.
• § 225.5 — In addition to, and entirely independent and apart from, any other penalty provided in this article, every person who unlawfully withholds wages due any employee in violation of Section 212, 216, 221,
• § 226 — (a) An employer, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, shall furnish to their employee, either as a detachable part of the check, draft, or voucher paying the employee’s wages, or separ
• § 226.1 — The requirements of item (9) of subdivision (a) of Section 226, with respect to a temporary services employer, do not apply to a security services company that is licensed by the Department of Consume
• § 226.2 — This section shall apply for employees who are compensated on a piece-rate basis for any work performed during a pay period.
• § 226.3 — Any employer who violates subdivision (a) of Section 226 shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per employee per violation in an initial citation and one
• § 226.4 — If, upon inspection or investigation, the Labor Commissioner determines that an employer is in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 226, the Labor Commissioner may issue a citation to the person in
• § 226.5 — (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
• § 226.6 — Any employer who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of Section 226, or any officer, agent, employee, fiduciary, or other person who has the control, receipt, custody, or disposal of,
• § 226.7 — (a) As used in this section, “recovery period” means a cooldown period afforded an employee to prevent heat illness.
• § 226.75 — (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code or of Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order No.
• § 226.8 — (a) It is unlawful for any person or employer to engage in any of the following activities: (1) Willful misclassification of an individual as an independent contractor.
• § 2260 — All employers shall comply with standards relating to sanitary facilities adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division
• § 227 — If an employer has made withholdings from an employee’s wages pursuant to state, local, or federal law, or has agreed with any employee to make payments to a health or welfare fund, pension fund, or v
• § 227.3 — Unless otherwise provided by a collective-bargaining agreement, whenever a contract of employment or employer policy provides for paid vacations, and an employee is terminated without having taken off
• § 227.5 — Whenever an employer has agreed with any employee to make payments to a health or welfare fund, pension fund or vacation plan, or such other plan for the benefit of the employee, or has entered into a
• § 228 — The payments under Section 227 of this code shall be deemed to include payments to apprenticeship funds.
• § 229 — Actions to enforce the provisions of this article for the collection of due and unpaid wages claimed by an individual may be maintained without regard to the existence of any private agreement to arbi
• § 23 — Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed, every offense declared by this code to be a misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail, not exceeding six months, or by a fi
• § 230 — (a) An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee for taking time off to serve as required by law on an inquest jury or trial jury, if the employee, prior to taking
• § 230.1 — (a) In addition to the requirements and prohibitions imposed on employees pursuant to Section 230, an employer with 25 or more employees shall not discharge, or in any manner discriminate or retaliate
• § 230.2 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Immediate family member” means spouse, child, stepchild, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, mother, stepmother, father, or stepfather.
• § 230.3 — (a) An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee for taking time off to perform emergency duty as a volunteer firefighter, a reserve peace officer, or emergency re
• § 230.4 — (a) An employee who performs duty as a volunteer firefighter, a reserve peace officer, or as emergency rescue personnel, as defined in Section 230.
• § 230.5 — (a) (1) An employer shall not discharge or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against an employee who is a victim of an offense listed in paragraph (2) for taking time off from work, upon the vic
• § 230.7 — (a) No employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee who is the parent or guardian of a pupil for taking time off to appear in the school of a pupil pursuant to a request
• § 230.8 — (a) (1) An employer who employs 25 or more employees working at the same location shall not discharge or in any way discriminate against an employee who is a parent of one or more children of the age
• § 231 — Any employer who requires, as a condition of employment, that an employee have a driver’s license shall pay the cost of any physical examination of the employee which may be required for issuance of s
• § 232 — No employer may do any of the following: (a) Require, as a condition of employment, that an employee refrain from disclosing the amount of his or her wages.
• § 232.5 — No employer may do any of the following: (a) Require, as a condition of employment, that an employee refrain from disclosing information about the employer’s working conditions.
• § 233 — (a) Any employer who provides sick leave for employees shall permit an employee to use in any calendar year the employee’s accrued and available sick leave entitlement, in an amount not less than the
• § 2330 — The owner or manager of every foundry or metal shop engaged in the casting, fabricating, or working over in any manner of any metal or compound, where one or more persons are employed, shall maintain
• § 2331 — The owner or manager of every foundry or metal shop engaged in the casting, fabricating, or working over in any manner of any metal or compound, where one or more persons are employed, shall comply wi
• § 234 — An employer absence control policy that counts sick leave taken pursuant to Section 233 as an absence that may lead to or result in discipline, discharge, demotion, or suspension is a per se violation
• § 2350 — Every factory, workshop, mercantile or other establishment in which one or more persons are employed, shall be kept clean and free from the effluvia arising from any drain or other nuisance, and shall
• § 2351 — Every factory or workshop in which one or more persons are employed shall be so ventilated while work is carried on that the air will not become injurious to the health of the employees, and shall als
• § 2352 — No place which the Labor Commissioner condemns as unhealthy and unsuitable, shall be used as a place of employment.
• § 2353 — In any factory, workshop, or other establishment where dust, filaments, or injurious gases are produced or generated, which may be inhaled by employees, the person, under whose authority the work is c
• § 2354 — Any person violating this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than six hundred dollars ($600), or by imprisonment in the count
• § 2355 — The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this article.
• § 238 — (a) If a final judgment against an employer arising from the employer’s nonpayment of wages for work performed in this state remains unsatisfied after a period of 30 days after the time to appeal ther
• § 238.05 — (a) If a final judgment arising from nonpayment of wages for work performed in this state remains unsatisfied after a period of 180 days after the time to appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal th
• § 238.1 — (a) Where an employer is conducting business in violation of Section 238, the Labor Commissioner may issue and serve on that employer a stop order prohibiting the use of employee labor by that employe
• § 238.10 — The court shall award a prevailing plaintiff all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in any action brought by a judgment creditor, the Labor Commissioner, or a public prosecutor, as defined in Sectio
• § 238.2 — (a) The Labor Commissioner may create a lien on any real property in California of an employer, or a successor employer pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 238, that is conducting business in viola
• § 238.3 — (a) The Labor Commissioner may create a lien on any personal property in California of an employer that conducts business in violation of Section 238 for the full amount of any wages, interest, and pe
• § 238.4 — (a) If an employer in the long-term care industry that is also required to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health or the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Division 2
• § 238.5 — (a) (1) Any individual, business entity, or public entity, regardless of its form, that, as part of its business, contracts for services in the property services or long-term care industries shall be
• § 24 — If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid the remainder of the code, and the application of its provisions to other persons or circumsta
• § 240 — (a) If any employer has been convicted of a violation of any provision of this article, or if any judgment against an employer for nonpayment of wages remains unsatisfied for a period of 10 days after
• § 243 — (a) If, within 10 years of either a conviction for a violation of this article or failing to satisfy a judgment for nonpayment of wages, or of both, it is alleged that an employer on a second occasion
• § 244 — (a) An individual is not required to exhaust administrative remedies or procedures in order to bring a civil action under any provision of this code, unless that section under which the action is brou
• § 2440 — All employers shall comply with standards relating to the ready availability of medical services and first aid adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, pursuant to Chapter 6 (com
• § 2441 — (a) Every employer of labor in this state shall, without making a charge therefor, provide fresh and pure drinking water to his or her employees during working hours.
• § 245 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014.
• § 245.5 — As used in this article: (a) “Employee” does not include the following: (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 246.
• § 246 — (a) (1) An employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for the same employer for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of employment is entitled to paid sick days as spec
• § 246.5 — (a) Upon the oral or written request of an employee, an employer shall provide paid sick days for the following purposes: (1) Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preve
• § 247 — (a) In each workplace of the employer, the employer shall display a poster in a conspicuous place containing all the information specified in subdivision (b).
• § 247.5 — (a) An employer shall keep for at least three years records documenting the hours worked and paid sick days accrued and used by an employee, and shall allow the Labor Commissioner to access these reco
• § 248 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 food sector supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section.
• § 248.1 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section.
• § 248.2 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section.
• § 248.3 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section.
• § 248.5 — (a) The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this article, including investigating an alleged violation, and ordering appropriate temporary relief to mitigate the violation or to maintain the status quo p
• § 248.6 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Covered employee” means an employee who is unable to work or telework for an employer because of a reason listed under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).
• § 248.7 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section.
• § 249 — (a) This article does not limit or affect any laws guaranteeing the privacy of health information, or information related to domestic violence or sexual assault, regarding an employee or employee’s fa
• § 25 — “Sheriff” includes “marshal.
• § 250 — As used in this article “seasonal labor” means all labor performed by any person hired in this State to perform services outside of this State for a period greater than one month, where the wages are
• § 2500 — (a) Supermarkets and other grocery retailers are the primary points of distribution for food and other daily necessities for the residents of California and are therefore essential to the vitality of
• § 2502 — For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Change in control” means any sale, purchase, assignment, acquisition, transfer, contribution, or other disposition of all or subs
• § 2504 — (a) (1) The incumbent grocery employer shall, within 15 days after the execution of the transfer document, provide to the successor grocery employer and any collective bargaining representative the na
• § 2506 — (a) A successor grocery employer shall retain each eligible grocery worker hired pursuant to this part for at least 90 days after the eligible grocery worker’s employment commencement date.
• § 2508 — (a) The incumbent grocery employer shall post public notice of the change in control at the location of the affected grocery establishment within five business days following the execution of the tran
• § 2509 — An employer shall not refuse to employ, terminate, reduce the compensation of, or otherwise take adverse action against any employee for seeking to enforce their rights under this part, including part
• § 251 — This article shall not apply to wages earned by seamen or other persons, where payment is regulated by Federal statute.
• § 2510 — (a) An aggrieved employee or an employee representative, such as a collective bargaining representative or nonprofit corporation, may bring an action in the superior court of the State of California f
• § 2512 — Parties subject to this part may, by collective bargaining agreement, provide that the agreement supersedes the requirements of this part, in whole or in part, but only if the agreement explicitly set
• § 2516 — This part shall not apply to grocery establishments that will be located in geographic areas designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as a food desert, based on the original food dese
• § 2517 — (a) This part shall not apply to an incumbent grocery employer and the successor grocery employer executing the transfer document with that incumbent grocery employer, if the sum of both of the follow
• § 2518 — This part shall not be construed to limit an eligible grocery worker’s right to bring legal action for wrongful termination.
• § 252 — Upon application of either the employer or the employee, the wages earned in seasonal labor shall be paid in the presence of the Labor Commissioner, or his deputy or agent.
• § 2520 — This part does not preempt any city, county, or city and county ordinances that provide equal or greater protection to eligible grocery workers.
• § 2522 — The provisions of this part are severable.
• § 253 — The Labor Commissioner shall hear and decide all wage disputes arising in connection with seasonal labor and shall allow or reject any deductions made from such wages.
• § 254 — After a final hearing by the Labor Commissioner, he shall file in the office of his division a copy of the findings of fact and his award.
• § 255 — The amount of the award of the Labor Commissioner shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusively presumed to be the amount of the wages due and unpaid to the employee at the time of the termination o
• § 256 — The Labor Commissioner shall impose a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding 30 days pay as waiting time under the terms of Section 203.
• § 257 — All provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, except sections 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 and 215 are applicable to this article.
• § 26 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, no person who has not previously obtained a license regulated by this code shall be denied a license solely on the basis that he has been convicted of
• § 2650 — As used in this part: (a) “To manufacture” means to make, process, prepare, alter, repair, or finish in whole or in part, or to assemble, inspect, wrap, or package any articles or materials.
• § 2651 — The manufacture by industrial homework of any of the following materials or articles shall be unlawful, and no license or permit issued under this part shall be deemed to authorize such manufacture: a
• § 2652 — The division shall have the power to make an investigation of any industry not specifically exempted and made unlawful by Section 2651 which employs industrial homeworkers, in order to determine wheth
• § 2653 — To effectuate the provisions of this part, the division shall have the powers given by Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code to a h
• § 2654 — If, on the basis of information in its possession, with or without an investigation, the division shall find that industrial homework cannot be continued within an industry without injuring the health
• § 2655 — After making such order the division shall hold a public hearing or hearings at which an opportunity to be heard shall be afforded to any employer, or representative of employers, and any industrial h
• § 2656 — The division may seek a search warrant pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1523) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code to enable it to have access to, and to i
• § 2658 — (a) A person shall not employ an industrial homeworker in any industry not prohibited by Section 2651 unless the person employing an industrial homeworker has obtained a valid industrial homework lice
• § 2658.1 — Every person who, without having in his possession a then valid industrial homework license issued to him by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, negligently fails to prevent articles or mater
• § 2658.5 — Every person, which term shall be deemed to include manufacturers, contractors, jobbers and wholesalers, who, without having in his possession a then-valid industrial homework license issued to him by
• § 2658.7 — Any goods, assembled or partially assembled, whether found in the homeworker’s home, in transit to or from the home, or in the manufacturer’s or his contractor’s possession, pursuant to an order obtai
• § 2659 — No person shall engage, suffer or permit any person to do industrial homework, or tolerate, suffer or permit articles or materials under his custody or control to be manufactured by industrial homewor
• § 2660 — No person shall do industrial homework within this state unless he has in his possession a valid homeworker’s permit issued to him by the division.
• § 2660.1 — Every person doing industrial homework, with or without a valid homeworker’s permit issued by the division, shall reveal to the division, on demand, the name and address of the employer, the name and
• § 2660.5 — Every person who does industrial homework without having in his possession a valid homeworker’s permit issued to him by the division is guilty of a misdemeanor which misdemeanor shall be punishable fo
• § 2661 — No homeworker’s permit shall be issued to any person under the age of 16 years; or to any person suffering from an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, or to any person living in a home th
• § 2662 — The division may revoke or suspend any homeworker’s permit upon a finding that the industrial homeworker is performing industrial homework contrary to the conditions under which the permit was issued
• § 2663 — No person shall tolerate, suffer or permit any materials or articles to be manufactured by industrial homework unless there has been conspicuously affixed to each article or material or, if this is im
• § 2664 — (a) Any article or material which is being manufactured in a home in violation of any provision of this part may be confiscated by the division.
• § 2665 — Every person who employs or otherwise avails himself of the services of industrial homeworkers in this State shall: (a) Comply with the labor standards as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Sectio
• § 2666 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall enforce the provisions of this part.
• § 2667 — Unless otherwise provided herein, every person acting either individually or as an officer, agent, employee or independent contractor for another person who violates or refuses or neglects to comply w
• § 2670 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to restore the purpose of Assembly Bill 633 (Chapter 554 of the Statutes of 1999) to prevent wage theft against garment workers by clarifying ambiguities in the
• § 2671 — As used in this part: (a) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association, and includes, but is not limited to, employers, manufacturers, jobbers, wh
• § 2672 — The commissioner shall promulgate all regulations and rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this part.
• § 2673 — (a) Every employer engaged in the business of garment manufacturing shall keep accurate records for four years which show all of the following: (1) The names and addresses of all garment workers direc
• § 2673.1 — (a) (1) To ensure that employees are paid for all hours worked, a garment manufacturer, contractor, or brand guarantor, who contracts with another person for the performance of garment manufacturing o
• § 2673.2 — (a) To ensure that employees are paid for all hours worked, an employee engaged in the performance of garment manufacturing shall not be paid by the piece or unit, or by the piece rate.
• § 2674 — The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall enforce Section 2673 and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2675).
• § 2674.1 — The commissioner shall appoint an advisory committee on garment manufacturing to advise him or her of common industry problems and to effect liaison between his or her office and various segments of t
• § 2674.2 — In the annual budget submitted to the Legislature pursuant to Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution, the Governor shall include a detailed statement of the cost of regulation and est
• § 2675 — (a) For purposes of enforcing this part and Sections 204, 209, 212, 221, 222, 222.
• § 2675.2 — Whenever an application for renewal of registration is received by the Labor Commissioner 30 days prior to the expiration of the registration, and the Labor Commissioner cannot process the application
• § 2675.5 — (a) The commissioner shall deposit seventy-five dollars ($75) of each registrant’s annual registration fee, required pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 2675, into one separate acc
• § 2676 — Any person engaged in the business of garment manufacturing who is not registered is guilty of a misdemeanor, except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 2678.
• § 2676.5 — (a) Every person registered as a garment manufacturer shall display on the front entrance of his or her business premise, and also, if the front entrance is within the interior of a building, on or ne
• § 2676.55 — (a) Any person who fails to comply with Section 2676.
• § 2676.7 — Any local agency which issues business licenses or permits shall require, as a condition of issuing any business license or permit for a garment manufacturing business, proof that the person applying
• § 2677 — (a) Any person engaged in the business of garment manufacturing who contracts with any other person similarly engaged who has not registered with the commissioner or does not have a valid bond on file
• § 2677.5 — It shall be illegal for any person registered pursuant to this chapter and contracting with another registrant to engage in any business practice which causes or is likely to cause a violation of this
• § 2678 — (a) A penalty, as provided in subdivision (c), may be imposed against any person for any of the following: (1) Failure to comply within 15 days of any judgment due for violation of any labor laws appl
• § 2679 — (a) The commissioner, in addition to any civil penalty imposed pursuant to Section 2679, may require that as a condition of continued registration, such employer deposit with him or her within 10 days
• § 2680 — (a) Any garment or wearing apparel, assembled or partially assembled by or on behalf of any person who has not complied with the registration requirements of this part, may be confiscated by the Divis
• § 2680.5 — The commissioner shall have the authority to investigate and mediate pricing and quality disputes arising out of written contracts between manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry.
• § 2681 — (a) Any person against whom a penalty is assessed or whose goods are confiscated shall, in lieu of contesting the penalty or the confiscation pursuant to this section, transmit to the office of the La
• § 2682 — Moneys recovered under this chapter shall be applied first to payment of wages due affected employees.
• § 2684 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons who are primarily engaged in sewing or assembly of garments for other persons engaged in garment manufacturing frequently close down their sewing sh
• § 2685 — The commissioner shall establish, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, procedures for mandatory arbitration of pricing and product quality disputes arising out of written contracts betwe
• § 2686 — Upon the written request of any manufacturer or contractor, the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service shall notify the other party to the dispute of the request for arbitration and shall
• § 2687 — Within seven days of appointment, the chairperson of the panel shall notify the parties in writing of the date, time, and location of the hearing before the panel.
• § 2688 — On the date and time specified in the hearing notice, the chairperson shall convene the hearing and shall determine whether each party is represented.
• § 2689 — To facilitate the conduct of the hearing, the following procedures shall govern: (a) Upon good cause shown by a party, the chairperson shall be empowered to issue subpoenae duces tecum and ad testific
• § 2690 — Within 15 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the panel shall make a written award, which shall determine all questions submitted for arbitration.
• § 2691 — Within 10 days of receipt of notice of the award, the party or parties who are required to comply with the terms of the award shall so comply and file proof of such compliance with the commissioner or
• § 2692 — The basic costs of the arbitration proceeding, including interpreters requested by the panel, shall be borne equally by all parties to the proceeding, provided, however, that the panel may as a part o
• § 2693 — The Legislature finds and declares that the garment industry is rife with both egregious wage violations and flagrant health and safety violations, both of which have been allowed to proliferate in th
• § 2693.1 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Department of Industrial Relations shall establish and maintain a Garment Worker Wage Claim Pilot Program.
• § 2695.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to codify certain labor protections that should be afforded to sheepherders.
• § 2695.2 — (a) (1) For a sheepherder employed on a regularly scheduled 24-hour shift on a seven-day-a-week “on-call” basis, an employer may, as an alternative to paying the minimum wage for all hours worked, ins
• § 2695.3 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to codify certain labor protections that should be afforded to goat herders.
• § 2695.4 — (a) (1) For a goat herder employed on a regularly scheduled 24-hour shift on a seven-day-a-week “on-call” basis, an employer may, as an alternative to paying the minimum wage for all hours worked, ins
• § 2698 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004.
• § 2699 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any provision of this code that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or any of its de
• § 2699.3 — (a) A civil action by an aggrieved employee pursuant to subdivision (a) or (f) of Section 2699 alleging a violation of any provision listed in Section 2699.
• § 2699.5 — (a) The provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 2699.
• § 2699.6 — (a) This part shall not apply to an employee in the construction industry with respect to work performed under a valid collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for the wages, hours of w
• § 2699.8 — (a) This part shall not apply to a janitorial employee represented by a labor organization that has represented janitors before January 1, 2021, and employed by a janitorial contractor who registered