Lab. Code, § 223 · Article 1. General Occupations
Lab. Code, § 223
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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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 357.
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- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=223.
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Lab. Code, § 223. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Labor Code
- Lab. Code, § 224Printed as Sections 221, 222 and 223
- Lab. Code, § 225Printed as Sections 221, 222, 222.5, or 223
- Lab. Code, § 225.5Printed as Section 212, 216, 221, 222, or 223
- Lab. Code, § 2675Printed as Sections 204, 209, 212, 221, 222, 222.5, 223, 226, 227, and 227.5
- Lab. Code, § 2699.5Printed as Sections 221, 222, 222.5, 223, 224, 230, 230.1, 230.2, 230.3, 230.4, 230.7, 230.8, and 231
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