Terms Used In California Codes > Labor Code > Division 2 > Part 8.5 > Chapter 2 - Registration

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Car washing and polishing: means washing, cleaning, drying, polishing, detailing, servicing, or otherwise providing cosmetic care to vehicles. See California Labor Code 2051
• Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• Commissioner: means the Labor Commissioner. See California Labor Code 2051
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
• Employee: means any person, including a minor or a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States, who renders actual car washing and polishing services in any business for an employer, whether for tips or for wages, and whether wages are calculated by time, piece, task, commission, or other method of calculation, and whether the services are rendered on a commission, concessionaire, or other basis. See California Labor Code 2051
• Employer: means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, or association engaged in the business of car washing and polishing that engages any other individual in providing those services. See California Labor Code 2051
• Energy Commission: means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. See California Public Utilities Code 20
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Labor Commissioner: means Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. See California Labor Code 21
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development. See California Labor Code 19.5
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22