California Labor Code 244 – (a) An individual is not required to exhaust administrative …
(a) An individual is not required to exhaust administrative remedies or procedures in order to bring a civil action under any provision of this code, unless that section under which the action is brought expressly requires exhaustion of an administrative remedy. This subdivision shall not be construed to affect the requirements of Section 2699.3.
(b) Reporting or threatening to report an employee’s, former employee’s, or prospective employee’s suspected citizenship or immigration status, or the suspected citizenship or immigration status of a family member of the employee, former employee, or prospective employee, to a federal, state, or local agency because the employee, former employee, or prospective employee exercises a right under the provisions of this code, the Government Code, or the Civil Code constitutes an adverse action for purposes of establishing a violation of an employee’s, former employee’s, or prospective employee’s rights. As used in this subdivision, “family member” means a spouse, parent, sibling, child, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, cousin, grandparent, or grandchild related by blood, adoption, marriage, or domestic partnership.
Terms Used In California Labor Code 244
- Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
- 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.
- Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Labor Code 12.2
- Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 577, Sec. 4. (SB 666) Effective January 1, 2014.)