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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

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California Labor Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

In addition to any other penalty imposed by this article, any person, or an agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof is guilty of a misdemeanor, who:

(a) Having the ability to pay, willfully refuses to pay wages due and payable after demand has been made.

(b) Falsely denies the amount or validity thereof, or that the same is due, with intent to secure for himself, his employer or other person, any discount upon such indebtedness, or with intent to annoy, harass, oppress, hinder, delay, or defraud, the person to whom such indebtedness is due.

(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1358.)

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