{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"2516","citation":"Lab. Code, § 2516","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 9.5. Grocery Workers [2500. - 2522.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-9.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 212, Sec. 1.   (AB 359)   Effective January 1, 2016.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>This part shall not apply to grocery establishments that will be located in geographic areas designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as a food desert, based on the original food desert measure contained in the Food Access Research Atlas, provided that both of the following apply:</p><p>(a) More than six years have elapsed since the most recent grocery establishment was located in the area designated as a food desert.</p><p>(b) The grocery establishment stocks and during normal business hours sells fresh fruit and vegetables in amounts and of a quality that is comparable to what the establishment sells in its three geographically closest stores, which are located outside of the food desert.</p>","text":"This part shall not apply to grocery establishments that will be located in geographic areas designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as a food desert, based on the original food desert measure contained in the Food Access Research Atlas, provided that both of the following apply: (a) More than six years have elapsed since the most recent grocery establishment was located in the area designated as a food desert. (b) The grocery establishment stocks and during normal business hours sells fresh fruit and vegetables in amounts and of a quality that is comparable to what the establishment sells in its three geographically closest stores, which are located outside of the food desert.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/grocery-workers-2516","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}