DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION 200-2699.5›PART 1. COMPENSATION 200-452›CHAPTER 1. Payment of Wages 200-273›ARTICLE 1. General Occupations 200-244

§ 223

California Labor Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Where any statute or contract requires an employer to maintain the designated wage scale, it shall be unlawful to secretly pay a lower wage while purporting to pay the wage designated by statute or by contract.

(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 357.)

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