California Labor Code

§ 2699

LAB § 2699 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 2 · Part 13

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any provision of this code that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or any of its departments, divisions, commissions, boards, agencies, or employees, for a violation of this code, may, as an alternative, be recovered through a civil action brought by an aggrieved employee on behalf of the employee and other current or former employees against whom a violation of the same provision was committed pursuant to the procedures specified in Section 2699.3.

(b)For purposes of this part, “person” has the same meaning as defined in Section 18.

(c)(1) For purposes of this part, “aggrieved employee” means any person who was employed by the alleged violator and personally suffered each of the violations alleged during the period prescribed under Section 340 of the Code of Civil Procedure, except that for purposes of actions brought pursuant to paragraph (2), “aggrieved employee” means any person who was employed by the alleged violator against whom one or more of the alleged violations was committed within the period prescribed under Section 340 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 134. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.