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Cal. Lab. Code § 216

General Occupations

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 31 Cal. App. 4th 1137 - Gould v. Maryland Sound Industries, Inc. (1995)

Most recently applied in 7 Cal. 5th 1141 - Voris v. Lampert (August 2019)

Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1358.

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In addition to any other penalty imposed by this article, any person, or an agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor, who:

(a) Having the ability to pay, willfully refuses to pay wages due and payable after demand has been made.

(b) Falsely denies the amount or validity thereof, or that the same is due, with intent to secure for himself, his employer or other person, any discount upon such indebtedness, or with intent to annoy, harass, oppress, hinder, delay, or defraud, the person to whom such indebtedness is due.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.