{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"223","citation":"Lab. Code, § 223","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200. - 2699.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. COMPENSATION [200. - 452.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Payment of Wages [200. - 281.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Occupations [200. - 244.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-1/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 357.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/general-occupations-223","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}