Cal. LAB § 1685
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 1685, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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Official statutory text
No license to operate as a farm labor contractor shall be granted:
(a) To any person who sells or proposes to sell intoxicating liquors in a building or on premises where he or she operates or proposes to operate as a farm labor contractor.
(b) To a person whose license has been revoked within three years from the date of application.
(c) To a person who, within the preceding three years, has been found by a court or an administrative agency to have committed sexual harassment of an employee, or who, within the preceding three years, employed any supervisor, crewleader, mayordomo, foreperson, or any other employee of the applicant whose duties include the supervision, direction, or control of any agricultural worker whom the applicant knew or should have known has been found by a court or an administrative agency, within the preceding three years of his or her employment with the applicant, to have committed sexual harassment of an employee. A person shall be deemed not to have knowledge under this subdivision that any supervisor, crewleader, mayordomo, foreperson, or any other employee has been found by a court or any administrative agency to have committed sexual harassment if that supervisor, crewleader, mayordomo, foreperson, or any other employee executes a statement on a form provided by the Labor Commissioner that includes the following statement: “I have not been found to have committed sexual harassment by any court or any administrative agency within the preceding three years.” This subdivision shall not apply until the Labor Commissioner prepares the form and makes it available on the division’s Internet Web site.
(a) To any person who sells or proposes to sell intoxicating liquors in a building or on premises where he or she operates or proposes to operate as a farm labor contractor.
(b) To a person whose license has been revoked within three years from the date of application.
(c) To a person who, within the preceding three years, has been found by a court or an administrative agency to have committed sexual harassment of an employee, or who, within the preceding three years, employed any supervisor, crewleader, mayordomo, foreperson, or any other employee of the applicant whose duties include the supervision, direction, or control of any agricultural worker whom the applicant knew or should have known has been found by a court or an administrative agency, within the preceding three years of his or her employment with the applicant, to have committed sexual harassment of an employee. A person shall be deemed not to have knowledge under this subdivision that any supervisor, crewleader, mayordomo, foreperson, or any other employee has been found by a court or any administrative agency to have committed sexual harassment if that supervisor, crewleader, mayordomo, foreperson, or any other employee executes a statement on a form provided by the Labor Commissioner that includes the following statement: “I have not been found to have committed sexual harassment by any court or any administrative agency within the preceding three years.” This subdivision shall not apply until the Labor Commissioner prepares the form and makes it available on the division’s Internet Web site.
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