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Cal. Labor Code § 432.5 (2026)

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No employer, or agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof, shall require any employee or applicant for employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition which is known by such employer, or agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof to be prohibited by law.

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Cited in 5 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2008–2025 · leading case: City of Oakland v. Hassey, 163 Cal. App. 4th 1477 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008).
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City of Oakland v. Hassey, 163 Cal. App. 4th 1477 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “) Labor Code section 432.5, upon which Hassey also relies, prohibits employers from requiring employees or prospective employees “to agree, in writing, to any term or condition which is known by such employer .”
Marcie Hamilton v. JUUL Labs, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2021). · cites it 2× “4th 937 (2008); counts 5-6 survived the motion to dismiss because Plaintiff sufficiently pled a 21 claim under California Labor Code § 432.5, and thereby stated a plausible claim under the UCL.”
Pineda v. Sun Valley Packing, L.P. (E.D. Cal. 2021). “, and defendant Valle Del Sol Jones, 27 LLC, on behalf of herself, other similarly aggrieved employees, and the State of California, 28 alleging a single claim for civil penalties under the California’s Private Attorneys General Act 1 (“PAGA”), California Labor Code §§ 2698, et…”
Marcie Hamilton v. JUUL Labs, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2021). “5 provides that “[n]o employer, or agent, 17 manager, superintendent, or officer thereof, shall require any employee or applicant for 18 employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition which is known by such employer, or 19 agent, manager, superintendent, or officer…”
Leander v. Accent Controls, Inc. (S.D. Cal. 2025). “); and (12) an unlawful employment condition (Labor Code § 432.5; Cal. Bus. & 11 Prof. Code §§ 16600 et seq.”
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