Lab. Code, § 98.3 · Chapter 4. Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
Lab. Code, § 98.3
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Labor Commissioner may prosecute all actions for the collection of wages, penalties, and demands of persons who in the judgment of the Labor Commissioner are financially unable to employ counsel and the Labor Commissioner believes have claims which are valid and enforceable.
The Labor Commissioner may also prosecute actions for the return of worker’s tools which are in the illegal possession of another person.
(b) The Labor Commissioner may prosecute action for the collection of wages and other moneys payable to employees or to the state arising out of an employment relationship or order of the Industrial Welfare Commission.
(c) The Labor Commissioner may also prosecute actions for wages or other monetary benefits that are due the Industrial Relations Unpaid Wage Fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1190.
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Cited by 19 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Lab. Code, § 98.3. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
Labor Code
- Lab. Code, § 98Printed as Section 98.3
- Lab. Code, § 210Printed as Section 98.3
- Lab. Code, § 226.8Printed as Section 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1 | Sections 98, 98.1, 98.2, 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 248.5Printed as Sections 98, 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 1028Printed as Sections 98, 98.1, 98.2, 98.3, 98.4, 98.5, 98.6, and 98.7
- Lab. Code, § 1137Printed as Section 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 1182.14Printed as Section 98, 98.1, 98.2, 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 1182.15Printed as Section 98, 98.1, 98.2, 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 1406Printed as Section 98.3 or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 1475Printed as Sections 98, 98.1, 98.2, 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 1493Printed as Sections 98, 98.3, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 1558Printed as Section 98, 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 2107Printed as Sections 98, 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, and 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 2510Printed as Section 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
- Lab. Code, § 2673.2Printed as Section 98.3
- Lab. Code, § 2699Printed as Section 98.3
- Lab. Code, § 2810.8Printed as Section 98.3, 98.7, 98.74, or 1197.1
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