Cal-Peculiarities: How California Employment Law is Different - 2024 Edition

©2024 Seyfarth Shaw LLP  www.seyfarth.com 2024 Cal-Peculiarities | 295 LC § Description Penalty 6411 Completing Forms from the Division. Employers receiving forms with directions from Division of Labor Statistics & Research must complete them correctly, and give a good reason for any failure to answer. LC 2699 7156 No Obstruction of Safety. Employers must not—in employing or directing work building construction, repairing, painting, or cleaning of any house, building, or structure—(a) knowingly or negligently furnish or erect improper scaffolding, slings, ladders, or other mechanical contrivances, (b) hinder or obstruct any DOSH official trying to inspect that equipment, or (c) deface or remove any official notice that equipment has been declared unsafe. LC 2699 73287329 Safety Devices on Windows. Employers must not employ or direct anyone to perform window-washing services without requisite safety devices on buildings over three stories high, absent exception. LC 2699 LC 7328 7.25.15 Labor organizations LC § Description Penalty 1011 Misrepresentation of Labor Engaged in Production, Manufacture, or Sale of Products. Employers must not misrepresent the kind, nature, and character of labor employed, the extent of labor employed, the number or kind of persons employed, that a particular kind of laborers is employed when in fact another kind is employed. Employers thus not misrepresent that union labor is used when it is not, or that an item is “made in America” when it was made elsewhere. LC 1011: $100- $1,000 or imprisonment for not less than 20 nor more than 90 days, or both 1012 Misrepresentation of Union Labor Employed. Employers must not willfully misrepresent or falsely state that union labor was employed in the manufacture, production, or sale of articles or performance of services. LC 1012: up to $1,000, or misdemeanor imprisonment of up to 90 days 1015 Forgery of Union Label or Trademark. Employers must not willfully forge a union label or other mark, with intent to sell items to which unauthorized label is attached. LC 2699 LC 1015 1016 Unauthorized Use of Union Label or Trademark. Employers must not willfully use union label, trademark, insignia, seal, device or form of advertisement without authorization. LC 2699 LC 1016 1122 Employer-dominated Employee Groups. Employers are liable for organizing employee groups that are employer-financed or dominated. LC 2699 11301136.2 No Professional Strikebreakers. Employers must not willingly or knowingly hire or use professional strikebreakers. LC 2699 LC 1136

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