California Labor Code 1495 – (a) In serving as a conduit for the retention payments under …
(a) In serving as a conduit for the retention payments under this part, covered entities, covered services employers, and physician entities are carrying out a state program. This part does not create a private right of action in any civil litigation against covered entities, covered services employers, and physician entities regarding the administration of the retention payment program and in the receipt and transmittal of retention payment program funds.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, retention payments described in this part are not wages as defined in Section 200.
Terms Used In California Labor Code 1495
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
(c) Except as provided in Sections 1493 and 1494, and notwithstanding any other law, covered entities, covered services employers, physician entities, and the department shall not be liable for damages awarded under § 3294 of the Civil Code, Sections 2698 to 2699.5, or other damages imposed primarily for the sake of example and by way of punishing the defendant, in any civil litigation related to the retention payments described in this part.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 47, Sec. 37. (SB 184) Effective June 30, 2022.)