Article 2. Seasonal Labor of California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
As used in this article "seasonal labor" means all labor
performed by any person hired in this State to perform services
outside of this State for a period greater than one month, where the
wages are to be paid in this State, not at fixed intervals, but at
the termination of such employment.
This article shall not apply to wages earned by seamen or
other persons, where payment is regulated by Federal statute.
Upon application of either the employer or the employee, the
wages earned in seasonal labor shall be paid in the presence of the
Labor Commissioner, or his deputy or agent.
The Labor Commissioner shall hear and decide all wage disputes
arising in connection with seasonal labor and shall allow or reject
any deductions made from such wages. He shall reject all deductions
made for gambling and liquor debts incurred by the employee during
such employment.
After a final hearing by the Labor Commissioner, he shall file
in the office of his division a copy of the findings of fact and his
award.
The amount of the award of the Labor Commissioner shall, in
the absence of fraud, be conclusively presumed to be the amount of
the wages due and unpaid to the employee at the time of the
termination of the employment but shall be subject to review by the
courts in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure.
The Labor Commissioner shall impose a civil penalty in an
amount not exceeding 30 days pay as waiting time under the terms of
Section 203.
All provisions of Article 1 of this chapter, except sections
204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 and 215 are applicable to this
article.