California Code
DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION
PART 1 - COMPENSATION

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...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Paid Sick Days

Section 245. - 245. (a) This article shall be known and may be...

Section 245.5. - 245.5. As used in this article: (a) “Employee” does not...

Section 246. - 246. (a) (1) An employee who, on or after July...

Section 246.5. - 246.5. (a) Upon the oral or written request of an...

Section 247. - 247. (a) In each workplace of the employer, the employer...

Section 247.5. - 247.5. (a) An employer shall keep for at least three...

Section 248. - 248. (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 food...

Section 248.1. - 248.1. (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental...

Section 248.2. - 248.2. (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental...

Section 248.3. - 248.3. (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental...

Section 248.5. - 248.5. (a) The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this article, including...

Section 248.6. - 248.6. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Covered employee”...

Section 248.7. - 248.7. (a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental...

Section 249. - 249. (a) This article does not limit or affect any...

ARTICLE 2 - Seasonal Labor

Section 250. - 250. As used in this article “seasonal labor” means all...

Section 251. - 251. This article shall not apply to wages earned by...

Section 252. - 252. Upon application of either the employer or the employee,...

Section 253. - 253. The Labor Commissioner shall hear and decide all wage...

Section 254. - 254. After a final hearing by the Labor Commissioner, he...

Section 255. - 255. The amount of the award of the Labor Commissioner...

Section 256. - 256. The Labor Commissioner shall impose a civil penalty in...

Section 257. - 257. All provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, except...

ARTICLE 3 - Special Occupations

Section 270. - 270. No person, or agent or officer thereof, engaged in...

Section 270.5. - 270.5. (a) No person, agent or officer thereof, or logging...

Section 270.6. - 270.6. (a) No person, or agent or officer thereof, without...

Section 271. - 271. No person, or agent or officer thereof, engaged in...

Section 272. - 272. Every person, agent, or officer thereof engaged in the...

Section 273. - 273. (a) The following definitions apply for purposes of this...

CHAPTER 2 - Assignment of Wages

Section 300. - 300. (a) As used in this section, the phrase “assignment...

CHAPTER 3 - Privileges and Perquisites

ARTICLE 1 - Gratuities

Section 350. - 350. As used in this article, unless the context indicates...

Section 351. - 351. No employer or agent shall collect, take, or receive...

Section 353. - 353. Every employer shall keep accurate records of all gratuities...

Section 354. - 354. Any employer who violates any provision of this article...

Section 355. - 355. The Department of Industrial Relations shall enforce the provisions...

Section 356. - 356. The Legislature expressly declares that the purpose of this...

ARTICLE 2 - Bonds and Photographs

Section 400. - 400. As used in this article, “applicant” means an applicant...

Section 401. - 401. If a bond or photograph of an employee or...

Section 402. - 402. No employer shall demand, exact, or accept any cash...

Section 403. - 403. If cash is received as a bond it shall...

Section 404. - 404. Any money put up as a bond under Sections...

Section 405. - 405. Any property put up by any employee or applicant...

Section 406. - 406. Any property put up by an employee, or applicant...

Section 407. - 407. Investments and the sale of stock or an interest...

Section 408. - 408. Any person or agent or officer thereof, who violates...

Section 409. - 409. All fines imposed and collected under this article shall...

Section 410. - 410. The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this article. (Enacted by...

ARTICLE 3 - Contracts and Applications for Employment

Section 430. - 430. As used in this article “applicant” means an applicant...

Section 432. - 432. If an employee or applicant signs any instrument relating...

Section 432.2. - 432.2. (a) No employer shall demand or require any applicant...

Section 432.3. - 432.3. (a) An employer shall not rely on the salary...

Section 432.5. - 432.5. No employer, or agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof,...

Section 432.6. - 432.6. (a) A person shall not, as a condition of...

Section 432.7. - 432.7. (a) (1) An employer, whether a public agency or...

Section 432.8. - 432.8. The limitations on employers and the penalties provided for...

Section 433. - 433. Any person violating this article is guilty of a...

Section 434. - 434. The provisions of this article shall not apply to...

Section 435. - 435. (a) No employer may cause an audio or video...

ARTICLE 4 - Purchases

Section 450. - 450. (a) No employer, or agent or officer thereof, or...

Section 451. - 451. Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who violates...

Section 452. - 452. Nothing in this article shall prohibit an employer from...