CHAPTER 3. Farm Labor Contractors

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1746.

§§ 1682–1699 · 52 sections

§ 1682 As used in this chapter: (a) “Person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. (b) “Farm labor…
§ 1682.3 “Farm labor contractor” includes any “day hauler.” “Day hauler” means any person who is employed by a farm labor contractor to transport, or who for a fee…
§ 1682.4 “Farm labor contractor” does not include a commercial packing house engaged in both the harvesting and the packing of citrus fruit or soft fruit for a client…
§ 1682.5 This chapter does not apply to: (a) A nonprofit corporation or organization with respect to services specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1682, which are…
§ 1682.7 The Labor Commissioner shall ensure that the office maintained in Fresno has suitable facilities and sufficient personnel for the examination and licensing of…
§ 1682.8 The Labor Commissioner may establish and maintain a Farm Labor Contractor Special Enforcement Unit within the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement office in…
§ 1683 (a) A person shall not act as a farm labor contractor until a license to do so has been issued to the person by the Labor Commissioner and the license is in…
§ 1684 (a) The Labor Commissioner shall not issue to any person a license to act as a farm labor contractor, nor shall the Labor Commissioner renew that license,…
§ 1684.3 Whenever an application for a license or renewal is made, and application processing pursuant to this chapter has not been completed, the Labor Commissioner…
§ 1684.5 The Labor Commissioner shall quarterly submit to the Department of the California Highway Patrol a list of all licensees.
§ 1685 No license to operate as a farm labor contractor shall be granted: (a) To any person who sells or proposes to sell intoxicating liquors in a building or on…
§ 1686 The Labor Commissioner, upon proper notice and hearing, may refuse to grant a license. The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part…
§ 1687 (a) Each laminated license shall contain, on the face thereof, all of the following: (1) The name and address of the licensee and the fact that the licensee is…
§ 1688 The license when first issued shall run to the next birthday of the applicant, and each license shall then be renewed within the 30 days preceding the…
§ 1689 All applications for renewal shall state the names and addresses of all persons, except bona fide employees on stated salaries, financially interested either…
§ 1690 The Labor Commissioner may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license if it is shown that any of the following have occurred: (a) The licensee or any…
§ 1690.1 (a) (1) If a licensee fails to remit the proper amount of worker contributions required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 901) of Part 1 of Division 1 of…
§ 1691 (a) If any licensee has been subject to two or more final judgments by a court for failure to pay wages due with respect to his or her agricultural employees…
§ 1692 Before revoking or suspending any license, the Labor Commissioner shall afford the holder of such license an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.…
§ 1692.5 A licensee whose license is suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall immediately surrender such license to the Labor Commissioner.
§ 1693 The Labor Commissioner and the deputies and representatives authorized by the Labor Commissioner in writing may take assignments of actions on the bond against…
§ 1694 If a licensee has departed from the state or has left the jurisdiction in which a violation of this chapter is alleged to have occurred with intent to defraud…
§ 1695 (a) Every licensee shall do all of the following: (1) Carry his or her license and proof of registration issued pursuant to paragraph (8) with him or her at…
§ 1695.5 (a) Every farm labor contractor, upon request of any agricultural grower with whom he or she has a contract to supply farmworkers, shall immediately furnish…
§ 1695.55 (a) Every person acting in the capacity of a farm labor contractor shall provide any grower with whom he or she has contracted to supply farmworkers a payroll…
§ 1695.6 No person shall knowingly enter into an agreement for the services of a farm labor contractor who is not licensed under this chapter.
§ 1695.7 (a) (1) Prior to entering into any contract or agreement to supply agricultural labor or services to a grower, a farm labor contractor shall first provide to…
§ 1695.8 (a) No person whose license was suspended, revoked, or denied renewal by the Labor Commissioner shall perform any activity or service specified in subdivision…
§ 1695.9 Any person contracted by a farm labor contractor who is acting in the capacity of a farm labor contractor shall first provide to the farm labor contractor a…
§ 1696 No licensee shall: (1) Make any misrepresentation or false statement in his application for a license. (2) Make or cause to be made, to any person, any false,…
§ 1696.2 All vehicles used by a licensee or his or her employees or agents for the transportation of individuals in his or her operations as a farm labor contractor…
§ 1696.3 Any farm labor contractor or person employed by a farm labor contractor who operates a bus or truck in the transportation of individuals in connection with the…
§ 1696.4 (a) All vehicles defined in Section 322 of the Vehicle Code, including those described in Section 1696.3, used by a farm labor contractor for the…
§ 1696.5 Every licensee shall, at the time of each payment of wages, which shall be not less often than once every week as required by Section 205 of this code, furnish…
§ 1696.6 (a) No licensee shall recruit or solicit and transport an employee for farmwork unless he has first obtained, either orally or in writing, a bona fide order…
§ 1696.8 (a) The director shall establish a Farm Labor Contractor Enforcement Unit. The unit shall develop a program to provide technical assistance to a district…
§ 1697 (a) Any person who violates this chapter, or who causes or induces another to violate this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more…
§ 1697.1 (a) No person shall make, or cause to be made, false, fraudulent, or misleading representations that employment in the growing or producing of farm products,…
§ 1697.2 Actions brought under this chapter shall be set for trial at the earliest possible date, and shall take precedence over all other cases, except older matters…
§ 1697.3 Upon the final determination of the Labor Commissioner that a grower, a farm labor contractor, or person acting in the capacity of a farm labor contractor has…
§ 1697.5 (a) It is a violation of this chapter for a licensee to do any of the following: (1) Fail to train an agricultural employee at the time of hire, as required by…
§ 1698 All fines collected for violations of this chapter shall be paid into the Farmworker Remedial Account and shall be available, upon appropriation, for purposes…
§ 1698.1 No licensee shall sell, transfer or give away any interest in or the right to participate in the profits of said licensee’s business without the written…
§ 1698.2 No licensee shall knowingly issue a contract for employment containing any term or condition which, if complied with, would be in violation of law, or attempt…
§ 1698.3 No licensee shall accept a fee from any applicant for employment, or send any applicant for employment without having obtained orally or in writing, a bona…
§ 1698.4 No licensee shall send or cause to be sent, any woman or minor under the age of 18 years, as an employee to any house of ill fame, to any house or place of…
§ 1698.5 No licensee shall send any minor to any saloon or place where intoxicating liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.
§ 1698.6 No licensee shall knowingly permit any persons of bad character, prostitutes, gamblers, intoxicated persons, or procurers to frequent his premises.
§ 1698.7 No licensee shall accept any application for employment made by or on behalf of any child, or shall place or assist in placing any such child in any employment…
§ 1698.8 No licensee shall divide fees with an employer, an agent or other employee of an employer or person to whom help is furnished.
§ 1698.9 A farm labor contractor successor to any predecessor farm labor contractor that owed wages or penalties to a former employee of the predecessor, whether the…
§ 1699 The Labor Commissioner may, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government…