{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"2786","citation":"Lab. Code, § 2786","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS [2700. - 3122.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Employer and Employee [2750. - 2930.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-3/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1.5. Worker Status: Employees [2775. - 2787.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-3/chapter-2/article-1.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 38, Sec. 2.   (AB 2257)   Effective September 4, 2020.","effective":"2020-09-04","html":"<p>In addition to any other remedies available, an action for injunctive relief to prevent the continued misclassification of employees as independent contractors may be prosecuted against the putative employer in a court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General, by a district attorney, or by a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, or by a city attorney in a city and county or, with the consent of the district attorney, by a city prosecutor in a city having a full-time city prosecutor in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of a board, officer, person, corporation, or association.</p>","text":"In addition to any other remedies available, an action for injunctive relief to prevent the continued misclassification of employees as independent contractors may be prosecuted against the putative employer in a court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General, by a district attorney, or by a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, or by a city attorney in a city and county or, with the consent of the district attorney, by a city prosecutor in a city having a full-time city prosecutor in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of a board, officer, person, corporation, or association.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/worker-status-employees-2786","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}