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Cal. Labor Code § 1177 (2026)

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(a)The commission may make and enforce rules of practice and procedure and shall not be bound by the rules of evidence. Each order of the commission shall be concurred in by a majority of the commissioners.

(b)The commission shall prepare a statement as to the basis upon which an adopted or amended order is predicated. The statement shall be concurred in by a majority of the commissioners. The commission shall publish a copy of the statement with the order in the California Regulatory Notice Register. The commission also shall provide a copy of the statement to any interested party upon request.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2021 · leading case: California Hotel & Motel Ass'n v. Indus. Welfare Comm'n, 599 P.2d 31 (Cal. 1979).

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California Hotel & Motel Ass'n v. Indus. Welfare Comm'n, 599 P.2d 31 (Cal. 1979). · cites it 6× “The dissent seems to contend that California Labor Code section 1177 is not analogous to section 4(c) of the federal APA, and that authorities interpreting section 4(c) are therefore not helpful to interpretation of section 1177.”

Monzon v. Schaefer Ambulance Serv., Inc., 29 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 1635 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “) Labor Code section 1177 requires that each order of IWC "shall include a statement as to the basis upon which the order is predicated.”

California Mfrs. Ass'n v. Indus. Welfare Commision, 109 Cal. App. 3d 95 (Cal. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the superior court is affirmed. The order of this court staying enforcement of Industrial Welfare Commission orders 1-76, 3-76, 4-76 and 8-76 is hereby vacated.”

Burnside v. Kiewit Pac. Corp., 491 F.3d 1053 (9th Cir. 2007). “3d 410 (quoting Cal. Lab. Code § 1177 (b)). Although “[i]t 'need not be a totally exhaustive document,' ” the statement as to the basis should “provide ‘an explanation of how and why the [IWC] did what it did.”

Stauffer Chem. Co. v. Air Resources Bd., 18 ERC (BNA) 1336 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982). “" (Lab. Code, § 1177.) *796 No similar statutory duty existed herein; [5] nor should such a duty be judicially fashioned in retrospect.”

Valenzuela v. Giumarra Vineyards Corp., 614 F. Supp. 2d 1089 (E.D. Cal. 2009). “” Cal. Lab. Code § 1177 (b). “Labor Code sections 61 and 1193.”

Stauffer Chem. Co. v. Air Resources Bd., 128 Cal. App. 3d 789 (Cal. Ct. App. 1982). “” (Lab. Code, § 1177.) *796 No similar statutory duty existed herein; 5 nor should such a duty be judicially fashioned in retrospect.”

Lion Raisins v. Ross (Cal. Ct. App. 2021). “” (Lab. Code, § 1177.) In defining a “statement of basis” to support a wage and hour order, our Supreme Court explained that a statement must describe “how and why the commission did what it did.”

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