Every person employing labor in this state shall:
(a)Furnish to the commission, at its request, reports or information that the commission requires to carry out this chapter. The reports and information shall be verified if required by the commission or any member thereof.
(b)Allow any member of the commission or the employees of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement free access to the place of business or employment of the person to secure any information or make any investigation that they are authorized by this chapter to ascertain or make. The commission may inspect or make excerpts, relating to the employment of employees, from
the books, reports, contracts, payrolls, documents, or papers of the person.
(c)Keep a record showing the names and addresses of all employees employed and the ages of all minors.
(d)Keep, at a central location in the state or at the plants or establishments at which employees are employed, payroll records showing the hours worked daily by and the wages paid to, and the number of piece-rate units earned by and any applicable piece rate paid to, employees employed at the respective plants or establishments. These records shall be kept in accordance with rules established for this purpose by the commission, but in any case shall be kept on file for not less than three years. An employer shall not prohibit an employee from maintaining a personal record of hours worked, or, if paid on a piece-rate basis, piece-rate units earned.
Notes of Decisions
Bunkley v. Cole Haan, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2025).
· cites it 2× “Failure to Keep Accurate and Complete Payroll Records (Claim 8) 4 Defendant next argues that claim 8 of plaintiff’s SAC must be dismissed as derivative of 5 his prior deficiently-pled claims and because there is no private right of action under California 6 Labor Code § 1174.…”
Joshua Cahill v. Marriott Int'l, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2025).
“1 (Unpaid Minimum Wages); (5) 18 Violation of California Labor Code §§ 201 and 202 (Final Wages Not Timely Paid); 19 (6) Violation of California Labor Code § 204 (Wages Not Timely Paid During 20 Employment); (7) Violation of California Labor Code § 226(a) (Non-Compliant Wage 21…”
Bell v. DeVry Univ., Inc. (S.D. Cal. 2025).
“3); (7) unreimbursed employee expenses (Labor Code 18 §§ 2802, 2804); and (8) failure to maintain accurate records (Labor Code § 1174). Id. ¶ 49. 19 On March 13, 2025, Defendant removed the case to this Court based on diversity 20 jurisdiction.”
Deborah J. Rombaut v. U.S. Concepts, LLC (C.D. Cal. 2025).
“7 ); (5) Failure to Maintain Employment Records 23 ( Cal. Lab. Code § 1174 (d)); (6) Failure to Pay Wages Timely during Employment 24 ( Cal.”
Luis H. Oliva Paiz v. Voxelmaps Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2025).
“7 and 512 [failure to provide meal and rest periods and pay premiums for 20 missed meal and rest periods]; Labor Code § 226 [failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements]; Labor Code §§ 1174 and 1174.5 [failure to maintain accurate and 21 complete records showing, among…”
Wade (E.D. Cal. 2025).
“1; (5) failure to pay all wages 21 earned and unpaid at separation in violation of California Labor Code §§ 201, 202; (6) failure to 22 pay wages timely during employment in violation of California Labor Code § 204; (7) failure to 23 furnish accurate itemized wage statements in…”
Hughes v. United Airlines Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2024).
“5 Claim five charges a failure to maintain 4 payroll records, in violation of Cal. Labor Code §§ 1174 and 1174.5.6 Claim seven charges unfair 5 business practices predicated on the other claims, in violation of California’s Unfair Competition 6 Law (UCL), Cal.”
Tywana Lanette Paulk v. Student Transp. of Am., Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2024).
“…Labor Code § 203; (8) violation of California Labor Code § 204; (9) failure to keep required payroll records under California Labor Code §§ 1174 and 1174.5; (10) failure to pay split- shift premiums; (11) failure to reimburse necessary business expenses under California…”
Benge v. Off. Depot, LLC (E.D. Cal. 2024).
“And California courts have similarly dismissed UCL claims predicated 1 on violations of California Labor Code section 1174(d), which only provides for civil 2 penalties.”
— Cal. Labor Code § 1174(c) — 1 case
— Cal. Labor Code § 1174(d) — 23 cases
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