California Labor Code 226.6 – Any employer who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions …
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Any employer who knowingly and intentionally violates the provisions of Section 226, or any officer, agent, employee, fiduciary, or other person who has the control, receipt, custody, or disposal of, or pays, the wages due any employee, and who knowingly and intentionally participates or aids in the violation of any provision of Section 226 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. That fine or imprisonment, or both, shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 150.5. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)
Terms Used In California Labor Code 226.6
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18
- Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22
- Wages: includes all amounts for labor performed by employees of every description, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained by the standard of time, task, piece, commission basis, or other method of calculation. See California Labor Code 200