Where any statute or contract requires an employer to maintain the designated wage scale, it shall be unlawful to secretly pay a lower wage while purporting to pay the wage designated by statute or by contract.

(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 357.)

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 223

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.