California Labor Code
§ 558
LAB § 558 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)Any employer or other person acting on behalf of an employer who violates, or causes to be violated, a section of this chapter or any provision regulating hours and days of work in any order of the Industrial Welfare Commission shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows:
(1)For any initial violation, fifty dollars ($50) for each underpaid employee for each pay period for which the employee was underpaid in addition to an amount sufficient to recover underpaid wages.
(2)For each subsequent violation, one hundred dollars ($100) for each underpaid employee for each pay period for which the employee was underpaid in addition to an amount sufficient to recover underpaid wages.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 783, Sec. 1. (AB 970) Effective January 1, 2016.