California

Labor Code

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

• § 27 — Whenever the term “workers’ compensation judge” or “workers’ compensation referee” is used in this code in connection with the workers’ compensation law, the term shall mean “workers’ compensation adm
• § 270 — No person, or agent or officer thereof, engaged in the business of extracting or of extracting and refining or reducing minerals other than petroleum, except persons having a free and unencumbered tit
• § 270.5 — (a) No person, agent or officer thereof, or logging contractor, or sawmill operations contractor, engaged in the business of logging or operating a sawmill for converting logs into lumber, except in t
• § 270.6 — (a) No person, or agent or officer thereof, without a permanent and fixed place of business or residence in this state who uses or employs any person in the door-to-door selling of any merchandise, in
• § 2700 — The provisions of this division shall not limit, change, or in any way qualify the provisions of Divisions 4 and 4.
• § 271 — No person, or agent or officer thereof, engaged in the business of promoting a theatrical enterprise where living individuals are used or employed in the presentation, except persons having a free and
• § 272 — Every person, agent, or officer thereof engaged in the businesses specified in Section 270, 270.
• § 273 — (a) The following definitions apply for purposes of this section: (1) “All activities relating to an adverse license or registration action” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following which
• § 2750 — The contract of employment is a contract by which one, who is called the employer, engages another, who is called the employee, to do something for the benefit of the employer or a third person.
• § 2750.5 — There is a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of proof that a worker performing services for which a license is required pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of
• § 2750.6 — There is a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of proof that a physician and surgeon, licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code, who en
• § 2750.8 — (a) The Labor Commissioner and the Employment Development Department shall administer the Motor Carrier Employer Amnesty Program pursuant to which, notwithstanding any law, an eligible motor carrier p
• § 2750.9 — (a) The Labor Commissioner and the Employment Development Department shall administer the Construction Trucking Employer Amnesty Program pursuant to which, notwithstanding any other law, an eligible c
• § 2751 — (a) Whenever an employer enters into a contract of employment with an employee for services to be rendered within this state and the contemplated method of payment of the employee involves commissions
• § 2753 — (a) A person who, for money or other valuable consideration, knowingly advises an employer to treat an individual as an independent contractor to avoid employee status for that individual shall be joi
• § 2754 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “California-based team” means a team that plays a majority of its home games in California.
• § 2755 — (a) For purposes of implementing Section 12316.
• § 2775 — (a) As used in this article: (1) “Dynamex” means Dynamex Operations W.
• § 2775.5 — (a) Mere ownership of a vehicle, including a personal vehicle or a commercial vehicle, used by a person in providing labor or services for remuneration does not make that person an independent contrac
• § 2776 — Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to a bona fide business-to-business contracting relationship, as defined below, under the following conditions: (a) If an individual acting as a so
• § 2777 — Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the relationship between a referral agency and a service provider, as defined below, under the following conditions: (a) If an individual acting
• § 2778 — (a) Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to a contract for “professional services” as defined below, and instead the determination of whether the individual is an employee or independe
• § 2779 — (a)Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the relationship between two individuals wherein each individual is acting as a sole proprietor or separate business entity formed as a partn
• § 2780 — (a) (1) Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the following occupations in connection with creating, marketing, promoting, or distributing sound recordings or musical compositions, a
• § 2781 — Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the relationship between a contractor and an individual performing work pursuant to a subcontract in the construction industry, and instead the
• § 2782 — (a) Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the relationship between a data aggregator and a research subject, and instead the holding in Borello shall apply, if all of the following c
• § 2783 — Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the following occupations as defined in the paragraphs below, and instead, the determination of employee or independent contractor status for in
• § 2784 — Section 2775 and the holding in Dynamex do not apply to the relationship between a motor club holding a certificate of authority issued pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12160) of Part 5
• § 2785 — (a) Section 2775 does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law with regard to wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission and violations of this code relating to wage order
• § 2786 — In addition to any other remedies available, an action for injunctive relief to prevent the continued misclassification of employees as independent contractors may be prosecuted against the putative e
• § 2787 — The provisions of this Article are severable.
• § 28 — For injuries occurring on and after January 1, 1991, whenever the term “independent medical examiner” is used in this code, the term shall mean “qualified medical evaluator.
• § 280 — It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) Facilitate the construction, rebuild, repowering, and repair of facilities that advance the state’s goals for the use of renewable e
• § 2800 — An employer shall in all cases indemnify his employee for losses caused by the employer’s want of ordinary care.
• § 2800.1 — An employer shall in all cases take reasonable and necessary precautions to safeguard musical instruments and equipment, belonging to an employed musician, located on premises under the employer’s con
• § 2800.2 — (a) Any employer, employee association, or other entity otherwise providing hospital, surgical, or major medical benefits to its employees or members is solely responsible for notification of its empl
• § 2800.3 — Any employer, other than a self-insurer, employee association or other entity otherwise providing hospital, surgical or major medical benefits to its employees or members shall also make available con
• § 2801 — In any action to recover damages for a personal injury sustained within this State by an employee while engaged in the line of his duty or the course of his employment as such, or for death resulting
• § 2802 — (a) An employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obed
• § 2802.1 — (a) (1) Section 2802 applies to any expense or cost of any employer-provided or employer-required educational program or training for an employee providing direct patient care or an applicant for dire
• § 2802.2 — (a) Section 2802 applies to the use of a vehicle, including a personal vehicle or a commercial vehicle, owned by an employee and used by that employee in the discharge of their duties.
• § 2803 — When death, whether instantaneously or otherwise, results from an injury to an employee caused by the want of ordinary or reasonable care of an employer or of any officer, agent, a servant of the empl
• § 2803.4 — (a) Any employer providing health benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.
• § 2803.5 — Any employer who offers health care coverage, including employers and insurers, shall comply with the standards set forth in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3750) of Part 1 of Division 9 of the Fam
• § 2804 — Any contract or agreement, express or implied, made by any employee to waive the benefits of this article or any part thereof, is null and void, and this article shall not deprive any employee or his
• § 2806 — (a) No employer, whether private or public, shall discontinue coverage for medical, surgical, or hospital benefits for employees unless the employer has notified and advised all covered employees in w
• § 2807 — (a) All employers, whether private or public, shall provide notification to former employees, along with the notification required by federal law pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcilia
• § 2808 — (a) It is the responsibility of all employers, whether public or private, to provide to all eligible employees an outline of coverage or similar explanation of all benefits provided under employer-spo
• § 2808.1 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2023, the Department of Industrial Relations shall post on its internet website information regarding abortion and contraception benefits or services that may be available at
• § 2809 — (a) Any employer, whether private or public, that offers its employees an employer-managed deferred compensation plan shall provide to each employee, prior to the employee’s enrollment in the plan, wr
• § 281 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a taxpayer, employer, contractor, or subcontractor may voluntarily make an elective or retroactive wage payment to workers who performed work on a q
• § 2810 — (a) A person or entity shall not enter into a contract or agreement for labor or services with a construction, farm labor, garment, janitorial, security guard, port drayage motor carrier, or warehouse
• § 2810.3 — (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Client employer” means a business entity, regardless of its form, that obtains or is provided workers to perform labor within its usual course of business from a
• § 2810.4 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commercial driver” means a person who holds a valid commercial driver’s license who is hired or contracted to provide port drayage services either as an independent c
• § 2810.5 — (a) (1) At the time of hiring, an employer shall provide to each employee a written notice, in the language the employer normally uses to communicate employment-related information to the employee, co
• § 2810.7 — (a) An employer shall notify an employee who participates in a flexible spending account, including, but not limited to, a dependent care flexible spending account, a health flexible spending account,
• § 2810.8 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Airport” means any area of land or water used or intended for landing or takeoff of aircraft including appurtenant area used or
• § 2811 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Employment Acceleration Act of 2011.
• § 2812 — Except as required by federal law, or as a condition of receiving federal funds, neither the state nor a city, county, city and county, or special district shall require an employer to use an electron
• § 2813 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Electronic employment verification system” means an employment verification system that allows employers to electron
• § 2814 — (a) (1) Except as required by federal law or as a condition of receiving federal funds, it shall be unlawful for an employer, or any other person or entity to use the federal electronic employment ver
• § 2850 — One who, without consideration, undertakes to do a service for another, is not bound to perform the same but if he actually enters upon its performance, he shall use at least slight care and diligence
• § 2851 — One who, by his own special request, induces another to intrust him with the performance of a service, shall perform the same fully.
• § 2852 — A gratuitous employee, who accepts a written power of attorney, shall act under it so long as it remains in force, or until he gives notice to his employer that he will not do so.
• § 2853 — One who is employed at his own request to do that which is more for his own advantage than for that of his employer, shall use great care and diligence therein to protect the interest of the employer.
• § 2854 — One who, for a good consideration, agrees to serve another, shall perform the service, and shall use ordinary care and diligence therein, so long as he is thus employed.
• § 2855 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a contract to render personal service, other than a contract of apprenticeship as provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070), may not be
• § 2856 — An employee shall substantially comply with all the directions of his employer concerning the service on which he is engaged, except where such obedience is impossible or unlawful, or would impose new
• § 2857 — An employee shall perform his service in conformity to the usage of the place of performance, unless otherwise directed by his employer, or unless it is impracticable or manifestly injurious to his em
• § 2858 — An employee is bound to exercise a reasonable degree of skill, unless his employer has notice, before employing him, of his want of skill.
• § 2859 — An employee is always bound to use such skill as he possesses, so far as the same is required, for the service specified.
• § 2860 — Everything which an employee acquires by virtue of his employment, except the compensation which is due to him from his employer, belongs to the employer, whether acquired lawfully or unlawfully, or d
• § 2861 — An employee shall, on demand, render to his employer just accounts of all his transactions in the course of his service, as often as is reasonable, and shall, without demand, give prompt notice to his
• § 2862 — An employee who receives anything on account of his employer, in any capacity other than that of a mere servant, is not bound to deliver it to the employer until demanded, and is not at liberty to sen
• § 2863 — An employee who has any business to transact on his own account, similar to that intrusted to him by his employer, shall always give the preference to the business of the employer.
• § 2864 — An employee who is expressly authorized to employ a substitute is liable to his principal only for want of ordinary care in his selection.
• § 2865 — An employee who is guilty of a culpable degree of negligence is liable to his employer for the damage thereby caused to the employer.
• § 2866 — Where service is to be rendered by two or more persons jointly, and one of them dies, the survivor shall act alone, if the service to be rendered is such as he can rightly perform without the aid of t
• § 2870 — (a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an inv
• § 2871 — No employer shall require a provision made void and unenforceable by Section 2870 as a condition of employment or continued employment.
• § 2872 — If an employment agreement entered into after January 1, 1980, contains a provision requiring the employee to assign or offer to assign any of his or her rights in any invention to his or her employer
• § 29 — “Medical director” means the physician appointed by the administrative director pursuant to Section 122.
• § 29.5 — The Governor shall annually issue a proclamation declaring April 28 as Workers’ Memorial Day in remembrance of the courage and integrity of American workers, and recommending that the day be observed
• § 2920 — Every employment is terminated by any of the following: (a) Expiration of its appointed term.
• § 2921 — Every employment in which the power of the employee is not coupled with an interest in its subject is terminated by notice to the employee of either of the following: (a) The death of the employer.
• § 2922 — An employment, having no specified term, may be terminated at the will of either party on notice to the other.
• § 2923 — An employee, unless the term of his service has expired or unless he has a right to discontinue it at any time without notice, shall continue his service after notice of the death or incapacity of his
• § 2924 — An employment for a specified term may be terminated at any time by the employer in case of any willful breach of duty by the employee in the course of his employment, or in case of his habitual negle
• § 2925 — An employment for a specified term may be terminated by the employee at any time in case of any wilful or permanent breach of the obligations of his employer to him as an employee.
• § 2926 — An employee who is not employed for a specified term and who is dismissed by his employer is entitled to compensation for services rendered up to the time of such dismissal.
• § 2927 — An employee who is not employed for a specified term and who quits the service of his employer is entitled to compensation for services rendered up to the time of such quitting.
• § 2928 — No deduction from the wages of an employee on account of his coming late to work shall be made in excess of the proportionate wage which would have been earned during the time actually lost, but for a
• § 2929 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Garnishment” means any judicial procedure through which the wages of an employee are required to be withheld for the payment of any debt.
• § 2930 — (a) Any employer who disciplines or discharges an employee on the basis of a shopping investigator’s report of the employee’s conduct, performance, or honesty performed by a person licensed pursuant t
• § 3 — All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued by this code, continue to hold the same according to the f
• § 300 — (a) As used in this section, the phrase “assignment of wages” includes the sale or assignment of, or giving of an order for, wages or salary but does not include an order or assignment made pursuant t
• § 3070 — There is in the Division of Apprenticeship Standards the California Apprenticeship Council, which shall be appointed by the Governor, composed of six representatives each from employers or employer or
• § 3071 — (a) The California Apprenticeship Council shall meet quarterly at a designated date and special meetings may be held at the call of the chair.
• § 3071.5 — There is also in the Division of Apprenticeship Standards the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship.
• § 3071.7 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Current foster youth” means a child or nonminor dependent, as defined by Section 675(8) of Title 42 of the United States Code and subdivision (v) of Section 1140
• § 3072 — The Director of Industrial Relations is ex officio the Administrator of Apprenticeship and is authorized to appoint assistants as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
• § 3073 — (a) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, or their duly authorized representative, shall administer the provisions of this chapter; act as secretary of the California Apprenticeship C
• § 3073.1 — (a) The division shall evaluate apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs to ensure that the program evaluated is complying with its standards, that all on-the-job training is supervised by journe
• § 3073.2 — (a) The division may fund the programs established pursuant to this chapter by means of grants, reimbursements, or other appropriate funding mechanisms rather than contracts.
• § 3073.3 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Industrial Relations will encourage greater participation for women, ethnic minorities, and the disabled in programs administered pursuant to
• § 3073.5 — The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the California Apprenticeship Council, and the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship shall annually report separately through the Dire
• § 3073.6 — Every person who willfully discriminates in any recruitment or apprenticeship program on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sect
• § 3073.7 — (a) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards may cooperate in the provision of, or provide, services to the Employment Development Department, and to service delivery areas, as designated pursuant to
• § 3073.9 — (a) No building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall discriminate against any apprentice or applicant for apprenticeship on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin,
• § 3074 — The preparation of trade analyses and development of curriculum for instruction, and the administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of instruc
• § 3074.1 — In compliance with the affirmative action requirements of California’s plan for equal opportunity in apprenticeship, school districts maintaining high schools, community colleges districts, and appren
• § 3074.2 — (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Career fair” means an event where multiple private businesses, government agencies, university representatives, or career technical school representatives ar
• § 3074.3 — In providing related and supplemental instruction pursuant to Section 3074, and notwithstanding any provisions of the Education Code, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the
• § 3074.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a school district which offers classroom instruction in postgraduate and upgrading courses pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 309
• § 3075 — (a) An apprenticeship program may be administered by a joint apprenticeship committee, unilateral management or labor apprenticeship committee, or an individual employer.
• § 3075.1 — It is the public policy of this state to encourage the utilization of apprenticeship as a form of on-the-job training, when such training is cost-effective in developing skills needed to perform publi
• § 3075.5 — (a) This section applies when a building and construction trades industry program applies to the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for approval of a new apprenticeship program or for t
• § 3075.6 — Each building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall provide to each apprentice, on at least a semiannual basis, a statement showing the number of hours of on-the-job training and relate
• § 3075.7 — Every building and construction trades industry apprenticeship program shall submit apprentice registration, change of address, graduation, and termination data to the Division of Apprenticeship Stand
• § 3076 — The function of a joint apprenticeship committee, when specific written authority is delegated by the parent organizations represented, shall be to establish work processes, wage rates, working condit
• § 3076.3 — Program sponsors shall establish selection procedures which specify minimum requirements for formal education or equivalency, physical examination, if any, subject matter of written tests and oral int
• § 3076.5 — A program sponsor may provide in its selection procedures for an additional 10 points credit in the selection of veteran applicants for apprenticeship.
• § 3077 — The term “apprentice” as used in this chapter, means a person at least 16 years of age who has entered into a written agreement, in this chapter called an “apprentice agreement,” with an employer or p
• § 3077.5 — A program sponsor administering an apprenticeship program under this chapter shall not provide a maximum age for apprentices.
• § 3078 — Every apprentice agreement entered into under this chapter shall directly, or by reference, contain: (a) The names of the contracting parties.
• § 3078.5 — (a) The term of apprenticeship may be measured either through the completion of the industry standard for hours of on-the-job learning and related and supplemental instruction, attainment of competenc
• § 3079 — Every apprentice agreement under this chapter shall be approved by the local joint apprenticeship committee or the parties to a collective bargaining agreement, or by the administrator where there is
• § 3080 — (a) For the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of employment, any apprentice agreement made under this chapter may in the discretion of the California Apprenticeship Coun
• § 3080.5 — An apprentice registered in an approved apprenticeship program in any of the building and construction trades shall be employed only as an apprentice when performing any construction work for an emplo
• § 3081 — Upon the complaint of any interested person or upon his or her own initiative, the administrator may investigate to determine if there has been a violation of the terms of an apprentice agreement, mad
• § 3082 — (a) The determination of the administrator shall be in writing and sent by regular mail to the parties’ last known addresses, with proof of service in accordance with Sections 1013a and 2015.
• § 3083 — All findings of fact in a final determination or decision issued pursuant to Section 3082 shall be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence, and all orders and decisions shall be prima facie la
• § 3084 — Any party to an apprentice agreement aggrieved by final order, determination, or decision of the council issued pursuant to Section 3082, may maintain appropriate proceedings in the courts on question
• § 3084.5 — In any case in which a person or persons have willfully violated any of the laws, regulations, or orders governing apprenticeship programs, funding provided to apprenticeship programs and associated e
• § 3085 — No person shall institute any action for the enforcement of any apprentice agreement, or damages for the breach of any apprentice agreement, made under this chapter, unless all administrative remedies
• § 3086 — Nothing in this chapter or in any apprentice agreement approved under this chapter shall operate to invalidate any apprenticeship provision in any collective bargaining agreement between employers and
• § 3088 — If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons and circ
• § 3089 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939, as amended.
• § 3090 — The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall investigate, approve or reject applications from establishments for apprenticeship and other on-the-job training, and for that purpose, may cooperate, or
• § 3091 — Acceptance of an application for entrance into an apprenticeship training program shall not be predicated on the payment of any fee.
• § 3091.5 — Pursuant to Section 16370 of the Government Code, there is hereby authorized in the State Treasury a Special Deposit Fund Account, which shall consist of moneys collected from the sale of instructiona
• § 3092 — A successful graduate of a training program in a particular apprenticeable occupation of a vocational education program meeting the standards of the California State Plan for Vocational Education may
• § 3093 — (a) This section applies only when voluntarily requested by the parties to a collective bargaining agreement or by an employer, an employer’s association, or a union, or its representative where there
• § 3100 — (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall develop a process to approve preapprenticeship programs for purposes of establishing eligibility for any state programs
• § 3110 — (a) The provisions of this article shall be operative and implemented only upon appropriation of sufficient funds by the Legislature for that purpose.
• § 3111 — (a) The division may provide apprenticeship innovation funding support funds for the organizing, running, and sustaining of, an apprenticeship program that is not within the jurisdiction of the counci
• § 3111.1 — Eligible activities for support funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Employer outreach, support, onboarding, and management.
• § 3112 — (a) The division may provide apprenticeship innovation funding training funds either directly to public educational institutions for the training of apprentices, provided that an apprenticeship progra
• § 3112.1 — Eligible activities for apprenticeship innovation funding training funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Development of courses.
• § 3120 — Youth apprenticeship shall be a key priority for the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
• § 3121 — (a) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall convene a committee to develop recommendations to the division on the expansion of youth apprenticeships in California.
• § 3122 — (a) The Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program is hereby established, to be administered by the division, for the purposes of awarding grant funds to eligible applicants to provide funding for existing ap
• § 3122.1 — Grant funds may be used for eligible purposes that include, but are not limited to: (a) Instruction and training of apprentices and preapprentices.
• § 3122.2 — The grant proposal shall include, but is not limited to, the following information: (a) Knowledge, experience, and capacity to provide services to the target population.
• § 3122.3 — The Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program shall have an explicit focus on equity and aims to ensure that race, income, geography, gender, citizenship status, ability, and other demographics and student c
• § 3122.4 — (a) The division shall monitor and audit grant recipients to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and requirements for use of the grant funds.
• § 3200 — The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term “workmen’s compensation” shall hereafter also be known as “workers’ compensation, ” and that the “Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board” shall h
• § 3201 — This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) are an expression of the police power and are intended to make effective and apply to a complete system of workers’ compensation the provisi
• § 3201.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Department of Industrial Relations and the courts of this state shall recognize as valid and binding any provision in a collective bargaining ag
• § 3201.7 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of Industrial Relations and the courts of this state shall recognize as valid and binding any labor-management agreement that meets all of the
• § 3201.81 — In the horse racing industry, the organization certified by the California Horse Racing Board to represent the majority of licensed jockeys pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 19612.
• § 3201.9 — (a) On or before June 30, 2004, and biannually thereafter, the report required in subdivision (i) of Section 3201.
• § 3202 — This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) shall be liberally construed by the courts with the purpose of extending their benefits for the protection of persons injured in the course
• § 3202.5 — All parties and lien claimants shall meet the evidentiary burden of proof on all issues by a preponderance of the evidence in order that all parties are considered equal before the law.
• § 3203 — This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) do not apply to employers or employments which, according to law, are so engaged in interstate commerce as not to be subject to the legislat
• § 3204 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms and phrases used in this division.
• § 3205 — “Division” means the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
• § 3205.5 — “Appeals board” means the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board of the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
• § 3206 — “Administrative director” means the Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
• § 3206.5 — For the purpose of this division and subject to restrictions or requirements that may be adopted by the administrative director or the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, documents that require a sig
• § 3207 — “Compensation” means compensation under this division and includes every benefit or payment conferred by this division upon an injured employee, or in the event of his or her death, upon his or her de
• § 3208 — “Injury” includes any injury or disease arising out of the employment, including injuries to artificial members, dentures, hearing aids, eyeglasses and medical braces of all types; provided, however,
• § 3208.05 — (a) “Injury” includes a reaction to or a side effect arising from health care provided by an employer to a health care worker, which health care is intended to prevent the development or manifestation
• § 3208.1 — An injury may be either: (a) “specific,” occurring as the result of one incident or exposure which causes disability or need for medical treatment; or (b) “cumulative,” occurring as repetitive mentall
• § 3208.2 — When disability, need for medical treatment, or death results from the combined effects of two or more injuries, either specific, cumulative, or both, all questions of fact and law shall be separately
• § 3208.3 — (a) A psychiatric injury shall be compensable if it is a mental disorder which causes disability or need for medical treatment, and it is diagnosed pursuant to procedures promulgated under paragraph (
• § 3208.4 — In any proceeding under this division involving an injury arising out of alleged conduct that constitutes sexual harassment, sexual assault, or sexual battery, any party seeking discovery concerning s
• § 3209 — “Damages” means the recovery allowed in an action at law as contrasted with compensation.
• § 3209.10 — (a) Medical treatment of a work-related injury required to cure or relieve the effects of the injury may be provided by a state licensed physician assistant or nurse practitioner, acting under the rev
• § 3209.11 — (a) An employer, workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured employer, or agent of an employer, insurer, or self-insured employer may provide an employee with access to the services of a licensed clin
• § 3209.3 — (a) “Physician” includes physicians and surgeons holding an M.
• § 3209.4 — The inclusion of optometrists in Section 3209.
• § 3209.5 — Medical, surgical, and hospital treatment, including nursing, medicines, medical and surgical supplies, crutches, and apparatus, includes, but is not limited to, services and supplies by physical ther
• § 3209.6 — The inclusion of chiropractors in Sections 3209.
• § 3209.7 — Treatment of injuries at the expense of the employer may also include, either in addition to or in place of medical, surgical, and hospital services, as specified in Section 3209.
• § 3209.8 — Treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of an injury shall include the services of marriage and family therapists, professional clinical counselors, and clinical social worke
• § 3209.9 — The inclusion of acupuncturists in Section 3209.
• § 3210 — “Person” includes an individual, firm, voluntary association, or a public, quasi public, or private corporation.
• § 3211 — “Insurer” includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any private company, corporation, mutual association, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange authorized under the laws of this State to insu
• § 3211.5 — For purposes of this division, whenever the term “firefighter,” “firefighting member,” and “member of a fire department” is used, the term shall include, but shall not be limited to, unless the contex
• § 3211.9 — “Disaster council” means a public agency established by ordinance which is empowered to register and direct the activities of disaster service workers within the area of the county, city, city and cou
• § 3211.91 — “Accredited disaster council” means a disaster council that is certified by the Office of Emergency Services as conforming with the rules and regulations established by the office pursuant to Article
• § 3211.92 — (a) “Disaster service worker” means any natural person who is registered with an accredited disaster council or a state agency for the purpose of engaging in disaster service pursuant to the Californi
• § 3211.93 — “Disaster service” means all activities authorized by and carried on pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, including training necessary or proper to engage in such activities.
• § 3211.93a — “Disaster service” does not include any activities or functions performed by a person if the accredited disaster council with which that person is registered receives a fee or other compensation for t
• § 3212 — (a) (1) In the case of members of a sheriff’s office or the California Highway Patrol, district attorney’s staff of inspectors and investigators or of police or fire departments of cities, counties, c
• § 3212.1 — (a) This section applies to all of the following: (1) Active firefighting members, whether volunteers, partly paid, or fully paid, of all of the following fire departments: (A) A fire department of a
• § 3212.10 — In the case of a peace officer of the Department of Corrections who has custodial or supervisory duties of inmates or parolees, or a peace officer of the Department of the Youth Authority who has cust