The amount of the award of the Labor Commissioner shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusively presumed to be the amount of the wages due and unpaid to the employee at the time of the termination of the employment but shall be subject to review by the courts in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 255

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Labor Commissioner: means Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. See California Labor Code 21