Cal. LAB § 4452
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 4452, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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Official statutory text
Four times the average annual earnings shall be taken at not less than four thousand eight hundred dollars and sixty-four cents ($4,800.64) nor more than fifteen thousand two hundred dollars and sixty-four cents ($15,200.64) in disability cases, and in death cases shall be taken at not less than the minimum nor more than the maximum limits as provided in Section 4702 of this code.
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