{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"2693","citation":"Lab. Code, § 2693","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 11. GARMENT MANUFACTURING [2670. - 2693.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Garment worker wage claim pilot program [2693. - 2693.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-2/part-11/chapter-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 78, Sec. 5.   (AB 138)   Effective July 16, 2021.","effective":"2021-07-16","html":"<p>The Legislature finds and declares that the garment industry is rife with both egregious wage violations and flagrant health and safety violations, both of which have been allowed to proliferate in the pandemic, leading to the deaths of dozens of garment workers. However, not all workers who experience these violations have access to advocates in order to vindicate their rights, due to the limited capacity of legal aid and community-based organizations.</p>","text":"The Legislature finds and declares that the garment industry is rife with both egregious wage violations and flagrant health and safety violations, both of which have been allowed to proliferate in the pandemic, leading to the deaths of dozens of garment workers. However, not all workers who experience these violations have access to advocates in order to vindicate their rights, due to the limited capacity of legal aid and community-based organizations.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/garment-worker-wage-claim-pilot-program-2693","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}