Section 244 Of Article 1. General Occupations From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) An individual is not required to exhaust administrative
remedies or procedures in order to bring a civil action under any
provision of this code, unless that section under which the action is
brought expressly requires exhaustion of an administrative remedy.
This subdivision shall not be construed to affect the requirements of
Section 2699.3.
(b) Reporting or threatening to report an employee's, former
employee's, or prospective employee's suspected citizenship or
immigration status, or the suspected citizenship or immigration
status of a family member of the employee, former employee, or
prospective employee, to a federal, state, or local agency because
the employee, former employee, or prospective employee exercises a
right under the provisions of this code, the Government Code, or the
Civil Code constitutes an adverse action for purposes of establishing
a violation of an employee's, former employee's, or prospective
employee's rights. As used in this subdivision, "family member" means
a spouse, parent, sibling, child, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew,
cousin, grandparent, or grandchild related by blood, adoption,
marriage, or domestic partnership.