Title LAB — California Lab. Code

After a final hearing by the Labor Commissioner, he shall file in the office of his division a copy of the findings of fact and his award. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)

The amount of the award of the Labor Commissioner shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusively presumed to be the amount of the wages due and unpaid to the employee at the time of the termination of the employment but shall be subject to review by the courts in the manner prov…

The Labor Commissioner shall impose a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding 30 days pay as waiting time under the terms of Section 203.

All provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, except sections 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 and 215 are applicable to this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)

No person, or agent or officer thereof, engaged in the business of extracting or of extracting and refining or reducing minerals other than petroleum, except persons having a free and unencumbered title to the fee of the property being worked and except mining partnerships in res…

(a) No person, agent or officer thereof, or logging contractor, or sawmill operations contractor, engaged in the business of logging or operating a sawmill for converting logs into lumber, except in the case of logging or sawmill operations of persons having a free and unencumber…

(a) No person, or agent or officer thereof, without a permanent and fixed place of business or residence in this state who uses or employs any person in the door-to-door selling of any merchandise, in any similar itinerant activity, or in any telephone solicitation, shall fail or…

No person, or agent or officer thereof, engaged in the business of promoting a theatrical enterprise where living individuals are used or employed in the presentation, except persons having a free and unencumbered title to the fee of the property on which the theatrical enterpris…

Every person, agent, or officer thereof engaged in the businesses specified in Section 270, 270.5, 270.6, or 271, shall keep conspicuously posted upon the premises where persons are employed, a notice specifying the name and address of the bank or trust company where the required…

(a) The following definitions apply for purposes of this section: (1) “All activities relating to an adverse license or registration action” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following which occur as a result of a failure to comply with this section: (A) Denial of a new…

It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) Facilitate the construction, rebuild, repowering, and repair of facilities that advance the state’s goals for the use of renewable energy in retail electricity sales including the use of tax incentives available …

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a taxpayer, employer, contractor, or subcontractor may voluntarily make an elective or retroactive wage payment to workers who performed work on a qualified renewable clean energy facility pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act…

Each trustee or administrator of the fund or plan authorized to receive, handle, deal with or draw upon the assets of the fund or plan is required to be bonded.

As used in this article, “building” means any multifloor building, other than structural steel framed building, more than two stories high in the course of construction.

Every building shall have the joists, beams, or girders of floors below the floor or level where any work is being done, or about to be done, covered with flooring laid close together, or with other suitable material to protect workmen engaged in such building from falling throug…

Every building which is of reinforced concrete construction, with reinforced concrete floors, shall have the floor filled in, either with forms or concrete, on each floor before the commencement of work upon the walls of the second floor above or the commencement of work upon the…

Every building having wooden floors other than a steel frame building shall have the underflooring, if double flooring is to be used, laid on each floor within the time prescribed above for reinforced concrete floors. Where single wooden floors are to be used, each floor shall be…

If a span of a floor on a building exceeds 13 feet, an intermediate beam shall be used to support the temporary flooring, but spans not to exceed 16 feet may be covered by three-inch planks without an intermediate beam. The intermediate beam shall be of a sufficient strength to s…

If building operations are suspended and the temporary flooring required by this article is removed, the building shall be replanked upon the resumption of work so that every man at work has a covered floor not more than two stories below.

Where a building is being constructed in sections each section constitutes a building for the purpose of this article.

Planked floors on buildings shall be tightly laid together of proper thickness, grade and span to carry the working load; such working load to be assumed as at least 25 pounds per square foot.

Safety belts and nets shall be required in accordance with Article 24 (commencing with Section 1669) of subchapter 4 of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Title 8 of the California Administrative Code, Construction Safety Orders of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

No person shall proceed with any work assigned to or undertaken by him, or require or permit any other person to proceed with work assigned to or undertaken by either, unless the planking or nets required by this article are in place. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall enforce this article.

As used in this article, “scaffolding” includes scaffolding and staging. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)

If the working platform of any scaffolding swung or suspended from an overhead support is more than 10 feet above the ground, floor or area to which an employee on the scaffolding might fall, it shall have a safety rail of wood or other equally rigid material of adequate strength…

In addition to the duties imposed by any law regulating or relating to scaffolding, an employer who uses or permits the use of scaffolding described in Section 7151 in connection with construction, alteration, repairing, painting, cleaning or doing of any work upon any building o…

Platforms or floors of such scaffolding shall be not less than 14 inches in width and shall be free from knots or fractures impairing their strength.

The use of lean-to scaffolds, sometimes known as jack scaffolds, as support for scaffolds is hereby prohibited.

Violation of any provision of section 7151 to 7154 inclusive is a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)

Any person employing or directing another to do or perform any labor in the construction, alteration, repairing, painting, or cleaning of any house, building, or structure within this state is guilty of a misdemeanor who does any of the following: (a) Knowingly or negligently fur…

The division may make and enforce safety orders in the manner prescribed by law, to supplement and carry into effect the purposes and provisions of this article.

The division shall enforce the provisions of this article.

As used in this article: (a) “Construction elevator” includes any means used to hoist persons or material of any kind on a building under course of construction, when operated by any power other than muscular power. (b) “Building” includes structures of all kinds during the cours…

Every construction elevator used in buildings shall have a system of signals for the purpose of signaling the person operating or controlling the machinery which operates or controls the construction elevator. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)

The person in charge of a building shall appoint one or more persons to give such signals. Such person shall be selected from those most familiar with the work for which the construction elevator is being used. The signaling devices provided shall be protected against unauthorize…

The board shall make, and may from time to time amend, general safety orders in the manner prescribed by law. Such orders shall specify and fix the nature and methods of signals and signaling devices and uniform signals to be used in this State under this article.

The division shall inspect all construction elevators. If any part of the construction or system of signals used on a construction elevator is defective or endangers the lives of the persons working in the immediate vicinity of the construction elevator, the division shall direct…

Any person, or the agent or officer thereof, who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not less th…

As used in this article “building” means any multifloor structural steel framed building more than two stories high in the course of construction.

As defined above, these provisions shall apply to buildings erected in tiers or stories and shall not apply to steel framed buildings having large open spans or areas such as, mill buildings, gymnasiums, auditoriums, hangars, arenas, or stadiums.

The derrick or working floor of every building shall be solidly decked over its entire surface except for access openings.

There shall be a tight and substantial temporary floor within two floors below and directly under that portion of each tier of beams on which erection, riveting, bolting, welding or painting is being done. For operations of short duration of exposure to falling, safety belts shal…

Temporary floors shall be wood planking of proper thickness, grade and span to carry the working load, but shall not be less than two inches thick, full size undressed.

Provision shall be made to secure temporary flooring against displacement by strong winds or other forces.

Planks shall extend a minimum of 12 inches beyond centerline of their supports at each end.

Wire mesh or plywood (exterior grade) shall be used to cover openings adjacent to columns where planks do not fit tightly.

Metal decking where used in lieu of wood planking shall be of equivalent strength and shall be laid tightly and secured to prevent movement.

Floor planks that are temporarily removed for any reason whatsoever shall be replaced as soon as work requiring their removal is completed or the open area shall be properly guarded.

Prior to removal of temporary floor plank, employees shall be instructed by assigned supervision the steps to be taken to perform the work safely and in proper sequence.