California Code
CHAPTER 4 - Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
Section 96.3.

96.3. In cases where employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the collective bargaining representative by virtue of such agreement may be the assignee of all such covered employees for purposes of filing claims for wages with the Labor Commissioner, subject to the option of the employee to reject such representation and to represent himself or herself.

(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1029.)