Section 270.6 Of Article 3. Special Occupations From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
270.6
. (a) No person, or agent or officer thereof, without a
permanent and fixed place of business or residence in this state who
uses or employs any person in the door-to-door selling of any
merchandise, in any similar itinerant activity, or in any telephone
solicitation, shall fail or neglect, before commencing work in any
period for which any single payment of wages is made or for four
calendar weeks, whichever is longer, to do any one of the following:
(1) Have on hand or on deposit with a bank or trust company in the
county where the business is conducted, or if there is no bank or
trust company in the county, then in the bank or trust company
nearest these operations, cash or readily salable securities of a
market value sufficient to pay the wages of every person employed in
connection with these operations for that period described in this
subdivision.
(2) Deposit with the Labor Commissioner the bond of a surety
company authorized to do business within the state, acceptable to the
Labor Commissioner, conditioned upon the payment of all wages found
to be due and unpaid in connection with these operations under any
provision of this code.
(3) Deposit with the Labor Commissioner a time certificate of
deposit indicating that the person, agent, or officer subject to this
section has deposited with a bank or trust company cash payable to
the order of the Labor Commissioner sufficient to pay the wages of
every person employed in connection with these operations for that
period described in this subdivision.
(b) The cash and securities on deposit referred to in subdivision
(a) shall not be commingled with other deposits, securities, or
property of the employer and shall be held in trust and shall not be
used for any other purpose than paying the wages due employees. The
moneys so held in trust are not subject to enforcement of a money
judgment by any other creditor of the employer.
(c) Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who violates this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor.