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.
Cal. Lab. Code § 222
General Occupations
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 47 Cal. 2d 189 - Local 659, I.A.T.S.E. v. Color Corp. of America (1956)
Most recently applied in 9 Cal. 5th 762 - Oman v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (June 2020)
Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1062.
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