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.
Cal. Lab. Code § 226.6
General Occupations
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 819 F. Supp. 2d 1109 - Dilts v. Penske Logistics LLC (2011)
Most recently applied in 819 F. Supp. 2d 1109 - Dilts v. Penske Logistics LLC (October 2011)
Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 150.5
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