Cal. LAB § 1512
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 1512, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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Official statutory text
(a) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise a right established by this part.
(b) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who does either of the following:
(1) Exercises a right provided under this part.
(2) Opposes a practice made unlawful by this part.
(b) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who does either of the following:
(1) Exercises a right provided under this part.
(2) Opposes a practice made unlawful by this part.
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