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Cal. LAB § 1103

This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 1103, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.

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Official statutory text

An employer or any other person or entity that violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable, in the case of an individual, by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year or a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or both that fine and imprisonment, or, in the case of a corporation, by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).

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