of sick days, whether paid or unpaid, or that extends other protections to an employee.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 317, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2015.)
ARTICLE 2. Seasonal Labor [250–257]
(Heading of Article 2 amended by Stats. 1945, Ch. 628.)
250. As used in this article “seasonal labor” means all labor performed by any person hired in this State to perform services outside of this State for a period greater than one month, where the wages are to be paid in this State, not at fixed intervals, but at the termination of such employment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
251. This article shall not apply to wages earned by seamen or other persons, where payment is regulated by Federal statute.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
252. Upon application of either the employer or the employee, the wages earned in seasonal labor shall be paid in the presence of the Labor Commissioner, or his deputy or agent.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
253. The Labor Commissioner shall hear and decide all wage disputes arising in connection with seasonal labor and shall allow or reject any deductions made from such wages. He shall reject all deductions made for gambling and liquor debts incurred by the employee during such employment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
254. After a final hearing by the Labor Commissioner, he shall file in the office of his division a copy of the findings of fact and his award.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
255. The amount of the award of the Labor Commissioner shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusively presumed to be the amount of the wages due and unpaid to the employee at the time of the termination of the employment but shall be subject to review by the courts in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
256. The Labor Commissioner shall impose a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding 30 days pay as waiting time under the terms of Section 203.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1096, Sec. 3.)
257. All provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, except sections 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 and 215 are applicable to this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
ARTICLE 3. Special Occupations [270–273]
(Article 3 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 628.)
270. No person, or agent or officer thereof, engaged in the business of extracting or of extracting and refining or reducing minerals other than petroleum, except persons having a free and unencumbered title to the fee of the property being worked and except mining partnerships in respect to the members of the partnership, shall fail or neglect, before commencing work in any period for which a single payment of wages is made, to have on hand or on deposit with a bank or trust company, in the county where such property is located or if there is no bank or trust company in the county, then in the bank or trust company nearest the property, cash or readily salable securities of a market value sufficient to pay the wages of every person employed on the mining property, or in connection therewith, for such period.
Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 628.)
270.5. (a) No person, agent or officer thereof, or logging contractor, or sawmill operations contractor, engaged in the business of logging or operating a sawmill for converting logs into lumber, except in the case of logging or sawmill operations of persons having a free and unencumbered title to the fee of real property in this state, of a market value sufficient to pay the wages of every person employed in connection with such operations in any period for which a single payment of wages is made, shall fail or neglect, before commencing work in any period for which such single payment of wages is made, or for four calendar weeks, whichever is the longer, to do one of the following:
(1) Have on hand or on deposit with a bank or trust company, in the county where such business is conducted, or if there is no bank or trust company in the county, then in the bank or trust company nearest such operations, cash or readily salable securities of a market value sufficient to pay the wages of every person employed in connection with such operations for such period.
(2) Deposit with the Labor Commissioner the bond of a surety company authorized to do business within the state, acceptable to the Labor Commissioner, conditioned upon the payment of all wages found by the Labor Commissioner to be due and unpaid in connection with such operations.
(b) The cash and securities on deposit referred to in subdivision (a) shall not be commingled with other deposits, securities or property of the employer and shall be held in trust and shall not be used for any other purpose than paying the wages due employees. Such moneys so held in trust are not subject to the enforcement of a money judgment by any other creditor of the employer.
(c) Any person, agent or officer thereof, or logging contractor, or sawmill operations contractor, who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 497, Sec. 131. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 185 of Ch. 497.)
270.6. (a) No person, or agent or officer thereof, without a permanent and fixed place of business or residence in this state who uses or employs any person in the door-to-door selling of any merchandise, in any similar itinerant activity, or in any telephone solicitation, shall fail or neglect, before commencing work in any period for which any single payment of wages is made or for four calendar weeks, whichever is longer, to do any one of the following:
(1) Have on hand or on deposit with a bank or trust company in the county where the business is conducted, or if there is no bank or trust company in the county, then in the bank or trust company nearest these operations, cash or readily salable securities of a market value sufficient to pay the wages of every person employed in connection with these operations for that period described in this subdivision.
(2) Deposit with the Labor Commissioner the bond of a surety company authorized to do business within the state, acceptable to the Labor Commissioner, conditioned upon the payment of all wages found to be due and unpaid in connection with these operations under any provision of this code.
(3) Deposit with the Labor Commissioner a time certificate of deposit indicating that the person, agent, or officer subject to this section has deposited with a bank or trust company cash payable to the order of the Labor Commissioner sufficient to pay the wages of every person employed in connection with these operations for that period described in this subdivision.
(b) The cash and securities on deposit referred to in subdivision (a) shall not be commingled with other deposits, securities, or property of the employer and shall be held in trust and shall not be used for any other purpose than paying the wages due employees. The moneys so held in trust are not subject to enforcement of a money judgment by any other creditor of the employer.
(c) Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
