California Code
CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages
ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations

Section 200. - 200. As used in this article: (a) “Wages” includes all...

Section 200.3. - 200.3. (a) A successor to a judgment debtor shall be...

Section 200.5. - 200.5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code or Section...

Section 201. - 201. (a) If an employer discharges an employee, the wages...

Section 201.3. - 201.3. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 201.5. - 201.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 201.6. - 201.6. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Print shoot...

Section 201.7. - 201.7. An employer who lays off an employee or a...

Section 201.8. - 201.8. (a) As used in this section, the following terms...

Section 201.9. - 201.9. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 201, if employees are...

Section 202. - 202. (a) If an employee not having a written contract...

Section 203. - 203. (a) If an employer willfully fails to pay, without...

Section 203.1. - 203.1. If an employer pays an employee in the regular...

Section 203.5. - 203.5. (a) If a bonding company issuing a bond which...

Section 204. - 204. (a) All wages, other than those mentioned in Section...

Section 204a. - 204a. When workers are engaged in an employment that normally...

Section 204b. - 204b. Section 204 shall be inapplicable to employees paid on...

Section 204c. - 204c. Section 204 shall be inapplicable to executive, administrative or...

Section 204.1. - 204.1. Commission wages paid to any person employed by an...

Section 204.11. - 204.11. Commission wages paid to any employee who is licensed...

Section 204.2. - 204.2. Salaries of executive, administrative, and professional employees of employers...

Section 204.3. - 204.3. (a) An employee may receive, in lieu of overtime...

Section 205. - 205. In agricultural, viticultural, and horticultural pursuits, in stock or...

Section 205.5. - 205.5. All wages, other than those mentioned in Sections 201...

Section 206. - 206. (a) In case of a dispute over wages, the...

Section 206.5. - 206.5. (a) An employer shall not require the execution of...

Section 207. - 207. Every employer shall keep posted conspicuously at the place...

Section 208. - 208. Every employee who is discharged shall be paid at...

Section 209. - 209. In the event of any strike, the unpaid wages...

Section 210. - 210. (a) In addition to, and entirely independent and apart...

Section 211. - 211. When action to recover such penalties is brought, no...

Section 212. - 212. (a) No person, or agent or officer thereof, shall...

Section 213. - 213. Nothing contained in Section 212 shall: (a) Prohibit an...

Section 214. - 214. Prosecution under section 212 may be brought either at...

Section 215. - 215. Any person, or the agent, manager, superintendent or officer...

Section 216. - 216. In addition to any other penalty imposed by this...

Section 217. - 217. The Division of Labor Law Enforcement shall inquire diligently...

Section 218. - 218. Nothing in this article shall limit the authority of...

Section 218.5. - 218.5. (a) In any action brought for the nonpayment of...

Section 218.6. - 218.6. In any action brought for the nonpayment of wages,...

Section 218.7. - 218.7. (a) (1) For contracts entered into between January 1,...

Section 218.8. - 218.8. (a) (1) For contracts entered into on or after...

Section 219. - 219. (a) Nothing in this article shall in any way...

Section 220. - 220. (a) Sections 201.3, 201.5, 201.6, 201.7, 201.8, 203.1, 203.5,...

Section 220.2. - 220.2. Contributions to vacation allowances, pension or retirement funds, sick...

Section 221. - 221. It shall be unlawful for any employer to collect...

Section 222. - 222. It shall be unlawful, in case of any wage...

Section 222.5. - 222.5. No person shall withhold or deduct from the compensation...

Section 223. - 223. Where any statute or contract requires an employer to...

Section 224. - 224. The provisions of Sections 221, 222 and 223 shall...

Section 225. - 225. The violation of any provision of Sections 221, 222,...

Section 225.5. - 225.5. In addition to, and entirely independent and apart from,...

Section 226. - 226. (a) An employer, semimonthly or at the time of...

Section 226.1. - 226.1. The requirements of item (9) of subdivision (a) of...

Section 226.2. - 226.2. This section shall apply for employees who are compensated...

Section 226.3. - 226.3. Any employer who violates subdivision (a) of Section 226...

Section 226.4. - 226.4. If, upon inspection or investigation, the Labor Commissioner determines...

Section 226.5. - 226.5. (a) If a person desires to contest a citation...

Section 226.6. - 226.6. Any employer who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions...

Section 226.7. - 226.7. (a) As used in this section, “recovery period” means...

Section 226.7. - 226.7. (a) As used in this section, “recovery period” means...

Section 226.75. - 226.75. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code or of...

Section 226.8. - 226.8. (a) It is unlawful for any person or employer...

Section 227. - 227. If an employer has made withholdings from an employee’s...

Section 227.3. - 227.3. Unless otherwise provided by a collective-bargaining agreement, whenever a...

Section 227.5. - 227.5. Whenever an employer has agreed with any employee to...

Section 228. - 228. The payments under Section 227 of this code shall...

Section 229. - 229. Actions to enforce the provisions of this article for...

Section 230. - 230. (a) An employer shall not discharge or in any...

Section 230.1. - 230.1. (a) In addition to the requirements and prohibitions imposed...

Section 230.2. - 230.2. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Immediate family...

Section 230.3. - 230.3. (a) An employer shall not discharge or in any...

Section 230.4. - 230.4. (a) An employee who performs duty as a volunteer...

Section 230.5. - 230.5. (a) (1) An employer shall not discharge or in...

Section 230.7. - 230.7. (a) No employer shall discharge or in any manner...

Section 230.8. - 230.8. (a) (1) An employer who employs 25 or more...

Section 231. - 231. Any employer who requires, as a condition of employment,...

Section 232. - 232. No employer may do any of the following: (a)...

Section 232.5. - 232.5. No employer may do any of the following: (a)...

Section 233. - 233. (a) Any employer who provides sick leave for employees...

Section 234. - 234. An employer absence control policy that counts sick leave...

Section 238. - 238. (a) If a final judgment against an employer arising...

Section 238.1. - 238.1. (a) Where an employer is conducting business in violation...

Section 238.2. - 238.2. (a) The Labor Commissioner may create a lien on...

Section 238.3. - 238.3. (a) The Labor Commissioner may create a lien on...

Section 238.4. - 238.4. (a) If an employer in the long-term care industry...

Section 238.5. - 238.5. (a) (1) Any individual or business entity, regardless of...

Section 240. - 240. (a) If any employer has been convicted of a...

Section 243. - 243. (a) If, within 10 years of either a conviction...

Section 244. - 244. (a) An individual is not required to exhaust administrative...