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CA Labor Code § 218 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 218.

218.  Nothing in this article shall limit the authority of the district attorney of any county or prosecuting attorney of any city to prosecute actions, either civil or criminal, for violations of this article or to enforce the provisions thereof independently and without specific direction of the division. 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 him under this article.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
CA Labor Code § 218.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 218.5.

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 prevailing party if any party to the action requests attorney’s fees and costs upon the initiation of the action. However, if the prevailing party in the court action is not an employee, attorney’s fees and costs shall be awarded pursuant to this section only if the court finds that the employee brought the court action in bad faith. This section shall not apply to an action brought by the Labor Commissioner. This section shall not apply to a surety issuing a bond pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code or to an action to enforce a mechanics lien brought under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8400) of Title 2 of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code.(b) This section does not apply to any cause of action for which attorney’s fees are recoverable under Section 1194.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 42) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 142, Sec. 1. (SB 462) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Labor Code § 218.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 218.6.

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, which shall accrue from the date that the wages were due and payable as provided in Part 1 (commencing with Section 200) of Division 2.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 876, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Labor Code § 219 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 219.

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 can in any way be contravened or set aside by a private agreement, whether written, oral, or implied.(b) The state employer does not violate this section by authorizing employees who quit, or are discharged from, their employment with the state to take payment for any unused or accumulated vacation, annual leave, holiday leave, sick leave to which the employee is otherwise entitled due to a disability retirement, or time off to which the employee is entitled by reason of previous overtime work where compensating time off was given by the appointing power, as provided in Section 201 or 202.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 40, Sec. 8. Effective May 16, 2002.)
CA Labor Code § 220 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 220.

220.  (a) Sections 201.3, 201.5, 201.6, 201.7, 201.8, 203.1, 203.5, 204, 204a, 204b, 204c, 204.1, 205, and 205.5 do not apply to the payment of wages of employees directly employed by the State of California. Except as provided in subdivision (b), all other employment is subject to these provisions.(b) Sections 200 to 211, inclusive, and Sections 215 to 219, inclusive, do not apply to the payment of wages of employees directly employed by any county, incorporated city, or town or other municipal corporation. All other employments are subject to these provisions.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 222. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Labor Code § 220.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 220.2.

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 town or other municipal corporations may be made in the same manner and on the same basis as made by private employers.Payments made by the employing agency to any such fund on behalf of any employee shall be in lieu of benefits such as vacation allowance, pension or retirement fund, sick leave, and health and welfare benefits which are now or may hereafter be granted directly by the employing agency in accordance with law.This section shall only apply to nonpermanent laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed on an hourly or per diem basis.The employing agency is empowered to determine the equitable application of this section to insure that the employees receive benefits comparable to, but not in excess of those provided in comparable private employment.The employing agency shall make payments only to plans which meet the following standards:1. A plan office is located within the State of California.2. Any fund connected with the plan is required to be audited at least annually by an independent, licensed certified public accountant.3. Each trustee or administrator of the fund or plan authorized to receive, handle, deal with or draw upon the assets of the fund or plan is required to be bonded.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1230.)
CA Labor Code § 221 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 221.

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.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 357.)
CA Labor Code § 222 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 222.

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 withhold from said employee any part of the wage agreed upon.(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1062.)
CA Labor Code § 222.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 222.5.

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 physical examination taken as a condition of employment, nor shall any person withhold or deduct from the compensation of any employee, or require any employee to pay any fee for, or costs of, medical or physical examinations required by any law or regulation of federal, state or local governments or agencies thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1113.)
CA Labor Code § 223 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 223.

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 contract.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 357.)
CA Labor Code § 224 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 224.

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 do by state or federal law or when a deduction is expressly authorized in writing by the employee to cover insurance premiums, hospital or medical dues, or other deductions not amounting to a rebate or deduction from the standard wage arrived at by collective bargaining or pursuant to wage agreement or statute, or when a deduction to cover health and welfare or pension plan contributions is expressly authorized by a collective bargaining or wage agreement.Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall be construed as authorizing an employer to withhold or divert any portion of an employee’s wages to pay any tax, fee or charge prohibited by Section 50026 of the Government Code, whether or not the employee authorizes such withholding or diversion.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 559.)
CA Labor Code § 225 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 225.

225.  The violation of any provision of Sections 221, 222, 222.5, or 223 is a misdemeanor.(Amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1191.)
CA Labor Code § 225.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 225.5.

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, 222, or 223 shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows:(a) For any initial violation, one hundred dollars ($100) for each failure to pay each employee.(b) For each subsequent violation, or any willful or intentional violation, two hundred dollars ($200) for each failure to pay each employee, plus 25 percent of the amount unlawfully withheld.The penalty shall be recovered by the Labor Commissioner as part of a hearing held to recover unpaid wages and penalties or in an independent civil action. The action shall be brought in the name of the people of the State of California and the Labor Commissioner and attorneys thereof may proceed and act for and on behalf of the people in bringing the action. Twelve and one-half percent of the penalty recovered shall be paid into a fund within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency dedicated to educating employers about state labor laws, and the remainder shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 329, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Labor Code § 226.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 226.1.

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 Consumer Affairs and that solely provides security services.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 844, Sec. 2. (AB 1744) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Labor Code § 226.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 226.3.

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 thousand dollars ($1,000) per employee for each violation in a subsequent citation, for which the employer fails to provide the employee a wage deduction statement or fails to keep the records required in subdivision (a) of Section 226. The civil penalties provided for in this section are in addition to any other penalty provided by law. In enforcing this section, the Labor Commissioner shall take into consideration whether the violation was inadvertent, and in his or her discretion, may decide not to penalize an employer for a first violation when that violation was due to a clerical error or inadvertent mistake.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Labor Code § 226.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 226.4.

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 violation. The citation may be served personally, in the same manner as provided for service of a summons as described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by certified mail with return receipt requested, or by registered mail in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 11505 of the Government Code. Each citation shall be in writing and shall describe the nature of the violation, including reference to the statutory provision alleged to have been violated.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 28, Sec. 10. (SB 96) Effective June 27, 2017.)
CA Labor Code § 226.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 226.6.

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, or pays, the wages due any employee, and who knowingly and intentionally participates or aids in the violation of any provision of Section 226 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. That fine or imprisonment, or both, shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 150.5. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Labor Code § 226.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 226.7.

226.7.  (a) As used in this section, “recovery period” means a cooldown period afforded an employee to prevent heat illness.(b) An employer shall not require an employee to work during a meal or rest or recovery period mandated pursuant to an applicable statute, or applicable regulation, standard, or order of the Industrial Welfare Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, or the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.(c) If an employer fails to provide an employee a meal or rest or recovery period in accordance with a state law, including, but not limited to, an applicable statute or applicable regulation, standard, or order of the Industrial Welfare Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, or the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the employer shall pay the employee one additional hour of pay at the employee’s regular rate of compensation for each workday that the meal or rest or recovery period is not provided.(d) A rest or recovery period mandated pursuant to a state law, including, but not limited to, an applicable statute, or applicable regulation, standard, or order of the Industrial Welfare Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, or the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, shall be counted as hours worked, for which there shall be no deduction from wages. This subdivision is declaratory of existing law.(e) This section shall not apply to an employee who is exempt from meal or rest or recovery period requirements pursuant to other state laws, including, but not limited to, a statute or regulation, standard, or order of the Industrial Welfare Commission.(f) This section shall be operative on January 1, 2027.(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 343, Sec. 3. (AB 1512) Effective September 30, 2020. Section operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
CA Labor Code § 227 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 227.

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 vacation plan, or other similar plan for the benefit of the employees, or a negotiated industrial promotion fund, or has entered into a collective bargaining agreement providing for these payments, it shall be unlawful for that employer willfully or with intent to defraud to fail to remit the withholdings to the proper agency or to fail to make the payments required by the terms of that agreement. A violation of any provision of this section when the amount the employer failed to pay into the fund or funds exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or in a county jail for a period of not more than one year, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine. All other violations shall be punishable as a misdemeanor. In a criminal proceeding under this section, any withholdings that are recovered from an employer shall be forwarded to the appropriate fund or plan and, if restitution is imposed, the court shall direct to which agency, entity, or person it shall be paid.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 718, Sec. 1. (SB 390) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Labor Code § 227.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 227.3.

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 his vested vacation time, all vested vacation shall be paid to him as wages at his final rate in accordance with such contract of employment or employer policy respecting eligibility or time served; provided, however, that an employment contract or employer policy shall not provide for forfeiture of vested vacation time upon termination. The Labor Commissioner or a designated representative, in the resolution of any dispute with regard to vested vacation time, shall apply the principles of equity and fairness.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1041.)
CA Labor Code § 227.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 227.5.

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 collective bargaining agreement providing for such payments, the employer upon written request of the employee shall furnish such employee annually a statement indicating whether or not such payments have been made and for what periods.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 898.)
CA Labor Code § 228 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 228.

228.  The payments under Section 227 of this code shall be deemed to include payments to apprenticeship funds.This amendment is hereby declared to be merely a clarification of the original intention of the Legislature and is not a substantive change.(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1218.)
CA Labor Code § 229 (2021)
2021 California Code|Labor Code - LAB|DIVISION 2 - EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION|PART 1 - COMPENSATION|CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Wages|ARTICLE 1 - General Occupations|Section 229.

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 arbitrate. This section shall not apply to claims involving any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of any collective bargaining agreement containing such an arbitration agreement.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1939.)