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Cal. LAB § 223

This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 223, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.

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Official statutory text

Where any statute or contract requires an employer to maintain the designated wage scale, it shall be unlawful to secretly pay a lower wage while purporting to pay the wage designated by statute or by contract.

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