Title LAB, California Lab. Code

(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…

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. (Amended by Sta…

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…

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…

As used in this article “building” means any multifloor structural steel framed building more than two stories high in the course of construction. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)…

The derrick or working floor of every building shall be solidly decked over its entire surface except for access openings. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

Provision shall be made to secure temporary flooring against displacement by strong winds or other forces. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

Planks shall extend a minimum of 12 inches beyond centerline of their supports at each end. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

Wire mesh or plywood (exterior grade) shall be used to cover openings adjacent to columns where planks do not fit tightly. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

Metal decking where used in lieu of wood planking shall be of equivalent strength and shall be laid tightly and secured to prevent movement. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

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. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

When gathering and stacking temporary floor plank on a lower floor, in preparation for transferring such plank for use on an upper working floor, the steel erector’s personnel shall remove such plank successively, working toward the last panel of such floor, so that the work is a…

When gathering and stacking temporary floor planks from the last panel, the steel erector’s personnel assigned to such work shall be protected by safety belts with life lines attached to a catenary line or other substantial anchorage. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

The sequence of erection, bolting, temporary guying, riveting and welding shall be such as to maintain the stability of the structural frame at all times during construction. This applies to the dead weight of the structure, plus weight and working reactions of all construction e…

Where a building is being constructed in sections, each section constitutes a building as defined in Section 7250. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1498.)

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. (Amended by …

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. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)

The awarding body shall cause to be inserted in every public works contract a clause providing that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3700, every contractor will be required to secure the payment of compensation to his or her employees. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 28…

Each contractor to whom a public works contract is awarded shall sign and file with the awarding body the following certification prior to performing the work of the contract: “I am aware of the provisions of Section 3700 of the Labor Code which require every employer to be insur…

All employers shall comply with standards relating to the ready availability of medical services and first aid adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch.…

(a) Every employer of labor in this state shall, without making a charge therefor, provide fresh and pure drinking water to his or her employees during working hours. Access to the drinking water shall be permitted at reasonable and convenient times and places. Any violation of t…

(a) (1) The second lowest bidder, and any person, firm, association, trust, partnership, labor organization, corporation, or other legal entity which has, prior to the letting of the bids on the public works project in question, entered into a contract with the second lowest bidd…

(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014. (b) The provisions of this article are in addition to and independent of any other rights, remedies, or procedures available under any other law and do not diminish, alter, o…

As used in this article: (a) “Employee” does not include the following: (1) Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 246.5, an employee covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement if the agreement expressly provides for the wages, hours of work, and working conditi…

(a) (1) An employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for the same employer for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of employment is entitled to paid sick days as specified in this section. For an individual provider of waiver personal care servic…

(a) Upon the oral or written request of an employee, an employer shall provide paid sick days for the following purposes: (1) Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventive care for, an employee or an employee’s family member. (2) (A) For leave ta…

(a) In each workplace of the employer, the employer shall display a poster in a conspicuous place containing all the information specified in subdivision (b). The Labor Commissioner shall create a poster containing this information and make it available to employers. (b) The post…

(a) An employer shall keep for at least three years records documenting the hours worked and paid sick days accrued and used by an employee, and shall allow the Labor Commissioner to access these records pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 1174. An employer shall ma…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 food sector supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section. (2) “Food sector worker” means any person who satisfies all of the following criteria: (A) The person satisfies one or more o…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section. (2) “Covered worker” means any person who satisfies the following criteria: (A) The person satisfies one or more of the following criteri…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section. (2) “Employer” means an employer, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 245.5, that employs more than 25 employees. (3) “Covered emplo…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave” means supplemental paid sick leave provided pursuant to this section. (2) “Provider” or “providers” means a provider of in-home supportive services under Section 14132.95, 14132.952, or 14132.956 of, or Arti…