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.
Cal. Lab. Code § 218.6
General Occupations
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 143 Cal. App. 4th 1568 - Church v. Jamison (2006)
Most recently applied in Brown v. Cal. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd. (February 2018)
Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 876, Sec. 5
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