California Labor Code. California
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(e) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, threaten to discharge or discipline, or otherwise retaliate against an employee or applicant for not complying with a request or demand by the employer that violates this section. However, this section does not prohibit an employer from terminating or otherwise taking an adverse action against an employee or applicant if otherwise permitted by law.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 142. Effective January 1, 2014.)
CHAPTER 3. Class of Labor Employed; Labor Union Insignia [1010–1018]
(Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
1010. As used in this chapter “label” includes label, imprint, trade-mark, tag, stamp, inscription, or other device.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
1011. A person engaged in the production, manufacture, or sale of any article of merchandise in this state, shall not, by any label placed or impressed upon such article, or upon its container, misrepresent or falsely state any of the following as to the production of such article:
(a) The kind, character, or nature of the labor employed.
(b) The extent of the labor employed.
(c) The number or kind of persons exclusively employed.
(d) That a particular or distinctive class or character of laborers was wholly and exclusively employed, when in fact another class, or character, or distinction of laborers was used or employed either jointly or in anywise supplementary to such exclusive class, character, or distinction of laborers.
Violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not less than 20 nor more than 90 days, or both.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 198. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
1012. Any person engaged in the production, manufacture, or sale of any article of merchandise in this state, or any person engaged in the performance of any acts or services of a private, public, or quasi-public nature for profit, who willfully misrepresents or falsely states that members of trades unions, labor associations, or labor organizations were engaged or employed in the manufacture, production, or sale of such article or in the performance of such acts or services, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or both.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 199. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
1013. As used in this chapter “forge” means forge, reproduce, copy, imitate, or counterfeit.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
1014. Any trade union, labor association, or labor organization, organized and existing in this State, which has adopted and registered a label or trademark in accordance with the law of this State, has the exclusive right to the ownership, use, and control of such label or trademark.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
1015. Any person who, without having an unrevoked written authority from such trade union, labor association or labor organization, willfully forges or procures to be forged such label or trademark, with intent to sell or assist other persons to sell, any goods to which such forged label is affixed as having been made, manufactured, or produced in whole or in part by labor, laborers, or employees who are members of, or allied or associated with, such trade union, labor association, or labor organization, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 200. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
1016. Any person who willfully uses or displays the genuine label, trademark, insignia, seal, device, or form of advertisement of any association or labor union, in any manner not authorized by such association or labor organization or not in conformity with the bylaws thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 201. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
1017. Any person who wilfully uses the card of any labor union to obtain aid, assistance, or employment, unless entitled to use such card under the rules and regulations of a labor union within this State is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.)
1018. Any person who willfully wears the button of any labor union of this state, unless entitled to wear the button under the rules of such union, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 20 days or by a fine of not more than forty dollars ($40), or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 202. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
CHAPTER 3.1. Unfair Immigration-Related Practices [1019–1019.]
(Chapter 3.1 added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 732, Sec. 4.)
1019. (a) It is unlawful for an employer or any other person or entity to engage in, or to direct another person or entity to engage in, unfair immigration-related practices against any person for the purpose of, or with the intent of, retaliating against any person for exercising any right protected under this code or by any local ordinance applicable to employees. Exercising a right protected by this code or local ordinance includes the following:
(1) Filing a complaint or informing any person of an employer’s or other party’s alleged violation of this code or local ordinance, so long as the complaint or disclosure is made in good faith.
(2) Seeking information regarding whether an employer or other party is in compliance with this code or local ordinance.
(3) Informing a person of his or her potential rights and remedies under this code or local ordinance, and assisting him or her in asserting those rights.
(b) (1) As used in this chapter, “unfair immigration-related practice” means any of the following practices, when undertaken for the retaliatory purposes prohibited by subdivision (a):
(a) Requesting more or different documents than are required under Section 1324a(b) of Title 8 of the United States Code, or a refusal to honor documents tendered pursuant to that section that on their face reasonably appear to be genuine.
(b) Using the federal E-Verify system to check the employment authorization status of a person at a time or in a manner not required under Section 1324a(b) of Title 8 of the United States Code, or not authorized under any memorandum of understanding governing the use of the federal E-Verify system.
(c) Threatening to file or the filing of a false police report, or a false report or complaint with any state or federal agency.
(d) Threatening to contact or contacting immigration authorities.
(2) “Unfair immigration-related practice” does not include conduct undertaken at the express and specific direction or request of the federal government.
(c) Engaging in an unfair immigration-related practice against a person within 90 days of the person’s exercise of rights protected under this code or local ordinance applicable to employees shall raise a rebuttable presumption of having done so in retaliation for the exercise of those rights.
(d) (1) An employee or other person who is the subject of an unfair immigration-related practice prohibited by this section, or a representative of that employee or person, may bring a civil action for equitable relief and any applicable