Section 1402 Of Chapter 4. Relocations, Terminations, And Mass Layoffs From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 4.
1402
. (a) An employer who fails to give notice as required by
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1401 before ordering a
mass layoff, relocation, or termination is liable to each employee
entitled to notice who lost his or her employment for:
(1) Back pay at the average regular rate of compensation received
by the employee during the last three years of his or her employment,
or the employee's final rate of compensation, whichever is higher.
(2) The value of the cost of any benefits to which the employee
would have been entitled had his or her employment not been lost,
including the cost of any medical expenses incurred by the employee
that would have been covered under an employee benefit plan.
(b) Liability under this section is calculated for the period of
the employer's violation, up to a maximum of 60 days, or one-half the
number of days that the employee was employed by the employer,
whichever period is smaller.
(c) The amount of an employer's liability under subdivision (a) is
reduced by the following:
(1) Any wages, except vacation moneys accrued prior to the period
of the employer's violation, paid by the employer to the employee
during the period of the employer's violation.
(2) Any voluntary and unconditional payments made by the employer
to the employee that were not required to satisfy any legal
obligation.
(3) Any payments by the employer to a third party or trustee, such
as premiums for health benefits or payments to a defined
contribution pension plan, on behalf of and attributable to the
employee for the period of the violation.