Cal. LAB § 1696
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 1696, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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Official statutory text
No licensee shall:
(1) Make any misrepresentation or false statement in his application for a license.
(2) Make or cause to be made, to any person, any false, fraudulent, or misleading representation, or publish or circulate or cause to be published or circulated any false, fraudulent, or misleading information concerning the terms or conditions or existence of employment at any place or places, or by any person or persons, or of any individual or individuals.
(3) Send or transport any worker to any place where the labor contractor knows a strike or lockout exists, without notifying the worker that such conditions exist.
(4) Do any act in his capacity as a farm labor contractor, or cause any act to be done, which constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude, or the effect of which causes any act to be done which constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude under any law of the State of California.
(1) Make any misrepresentation or false statement in his application for a license.
(2) Make or cause to be made, to any person, any false, fraudulent, or misleading representation, or publish or circulate or cause to be published or circulated any false, fraudulent, or misleading information concerning the terms or conditions or existence of employment at any place or places, or by any person or persons, or of any individual or individuals.
(3) Send or transport any worker to any place where the labor contractor knows a strike or lockout exists, without notifying the worker that such conditions exist.
(4) Do any act in his capacity as a farm labor contractor, or cause any act to be done, which constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude, or the effect of which causes any act to be done which constitutes a crime involving moral turpitude under any law of the State of California.
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