Lab. Code, § 205 · Article 1. General Occupations
Lab. Code, § 205
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
In agricultural, viticultural, and horticultural pursuits, in stock or poultry raising, and in household domestic service, when the employees in such employments are boarded and lodged by the employer, the wages due any employee remaining in such employment shall become due and payable once in each calendar month on a day designated in advance by the employer as the regular payday. No two successive paydays shall be more than 31 days apart, and the payment shall include all wages up to the regular payday. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, wages of workers employed by a farm labor contractor shall be paid on payroll periods at least once every week on a business day designated in advance by the farm labor contractor. Payment on such payday shall include all wages earned up to and including the fourth day before such payday.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1041.
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Cited by 7 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Lab. Code, § 205. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Labor Code
- Lab. Code, § 205.5Printed as Section 205
- Lab. Code, § 210Printed as Sections 201.3, 204, 204b, 204.1, 204.2, 204.11, 205, 205.5, and 1197.5
- Lab. Code, § 215Printed as Section 201.3, 204, 204b, 205, 207, 208, 209, or 212
- Lab. Code, § 220Printed as Sections 201.3, 201.5, 201.6, 201.7, 201.8, 203.1, 203.5, 204, 204a, 204b, 204c, 204.1, 205, and 205.5
- Lab. Code, § 1696.5Printed as Section 205 of this code
- Lab. Code, § 2699.5Printed as Sections 98.6, 201, 201.3, 201.5, 201.7, 202, 203, 203.1, 203.5, 204, 204a, 204b, 204.1, 204.2, 205, 205.5, 206, 206.5, 208, 209, and 212
- Lab. Code, § 3073Printed as Sections 205 to 224, inclusive
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