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Cal. Labor Code § 432 (2026)

Contracts and Applications for Employment

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If an employee or applicant signs any instrument relating to the obtaining or holding of employment, he shall be given a copy of the instrument upon request.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Harper v. Charter Commc'ns, LLC, No. 2:19-cv-00902 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2021).
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Harper v. Charter Commc'ns, LLC, No. 2:19-cv-00902 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2021). · cites it 2× “24 The court will therefore deny Charter’s motion for 25 summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ Eighth Claim for violations of 26 California Labor Code §§ 226 and 1198.5. The court will, 27 however, grant summary adjudication in favor of Charter as to 28 plaintiffs’ claim for…”
Kaufman v. Diskeeper, No. B247315 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 28, 2014). · cites it 2× “6 Labor Code section 432 states: “If an employee or applicant signs any instrument relating to the obtaining or holding of employment, he shall be given a copy of the instrument upon request.”
Aston Whitehead v. Pacifica Senior Living Mgmt, No. 21-15035, 2022 WL 313844 (9th Cir. Feb. 2, 2022). “Whitehead sufficiently pleaded that Pacifica failed to provide copies of employment records to her and other California employees who, since January 15, 2017, have requested copies of their employment records, including “employment applications, verifications of citizenship, tax…”
Sam Force v. Advanced Structural Tech., Inc., No. 2:20-cv-02219 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 6, 2020). “Cal. Lab. Code § 432 . Here, Plaintiff makes no allegation that he requested a document that he previously signed.”
Ma v. Twitter, Inc., No. 4:23-cv-03301 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025). “has an obligation to 14 produce the agreement under California Labor Code Section 432, which states: “If an employee or 15 applicant signs any instrument relating to the obtaining or holding of employment, he shall be 16 given a copy of the instrument upon request.”
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