Purchases - Privileges And Perquisites - Labor - CA

Section § 450

This law makes it illegal for an employer or anyone acting on their behalf to force or pressure an employee or job applicant to buy any product or service from the employer or another person. It specifically prohibits requiring payment or fees from job applicants to apply, submit, or process their job applications.

(a) No employer, or agent or officer thereof, or other person, may compel or coerce any employee, or applicant for employment, to patronize his or her employer, or any other person, in the purchase of any thing of value.

(b) For purposes of this section, to compel or coerce the purchase of any thing of value includes, but is not limited to, instances where an employer requires the payment of a fee or consideration of any type from an applicant for employment for any of the following purposes:

(1) For an individual to apply for employment orally or in writing.

(2) For an individual to receive, obtain, complete, or submit an application for employment.

(3) For an employer to provide, accept, or process an application for employment.

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Section § 451

If someone breaks the rules in this article, they are committing a misdemeanor, meaning it's a criminal offense that's less serious than a felony.

Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Section § 452

This law allows employers to set specific requirements for the uniforms their employees must wear, such as the weight, color, fabric, and style of the clothing.

Nothing in this article shall prohibit an employer from prescribing the weight, color, quality, texture, style, form and make of uniforms required to be worn by his employees.

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