Any person acting on behalf of the State or any political subdivision, or any contractor or subcontractor or agent or representative thereof, doing any public work who places any order for the employment of a worker on public work where the filling of the order for employment involves the charging of a fee, or the receiving of a valuable consideration from any applicant for employment is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 28, Sec. 24. (SB 96) Effective June 27, 2017.)

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 1780

  • Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18