Labor Code - LAB
DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200 - 2699.8]
( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. ) PART 1. COMPENSATION [200 - 452]
( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. ) CHAPTER 1. Payment of Wages [200 - 273]
( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. ) ARTICLE 1. General Occupations [200 - 244]
( Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. ) 206.5.
(a) An employer shall not require the execution of a release of a claim or right on account of wages due, or to become due, or made as an advance on wages to be earned, unless payment of those wages has been made. A release required or executed in violation of the provisions of this section shall be null and void as between the employer and the employee. Violation of this section by the employer is a misdemeanor.
(b) For purposes of this section, “execution of a release” includes requiring an employee, as a condition of being paid, to execute a statement of the hours he or she worked during a pay period which the employer knows to be false.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 224, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)