Lab. Code, § 5814.6 · Chapter 6. Findings and Awards
Lab. Code, § 5814.6
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Any employer or insurer that knowingly violates Section 5814 with a frequency that indicates a general business practice is liable for administrative penalties of not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Penalty payments shall be imposed by the administrative director and deposited into the Return-to-Work Fund established pursuant to Section 139.48.
(b) The administrative director may impose a penalty under either this section or subdivision (e) of Section 129.5.
(c) This section shall become operative on June 1, 2004.
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History
Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 34, Sec. 44. Effective April 19, 2004. Section operative June 1, 2004, by its own provisions.
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