Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 Cited 17,800 times 315 Legal AnalysesProhibiting unlawful business practices
Section 201 - Computation and payment of wages upon discharge
Cal. Lab. Code § 201 Cited 1,746 times 20 Legal AnalysesProviding that, "[i]f an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately"
Section 203 - Failure to pay; penalties
Cal. Lab. Code § 203 Cited 1,616 times 21 Legal AnalysesProviding that any willfully unpaid wages "shall continue as a penalty from the due date thereof at the same rate until paid or until an action therefor is commenced"
Section 1102.5 - Whistleblower protection
Cal. Lab. Code § 1102.5 Cited 1,176 times 38 Legal AnalysesMaking it unlawful for an employer to impose any policy which "prevent an employee from disclosing information to a government or law enforcement agency ... or to another employee who has authority to investigate, discover, or correct the violation or noncompliance"
Section 17203 - Injunctive relief
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17203 Cited 984 times 5 Legal AnalysesRequiring that an individual plead that she lost "money or property" because of the alleged deceptive conduct
Section 17204 - Actions for Injunctions by Attorney General, District Attorney, County Counsel, and City Attorneys
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17204 Cited 958 times 4 Legal AnalysesAllowing actions brought by "any person who has suffered injury in fact and has lost money or property"
Section 202 - Employees not under contract; notice; state employees
Cal. Lab. Code § 202 Cited 742 times 7 Legal AnalysesAwarding immediate payment of all earned and unpaid wages upon discharge, layoff, or resignation
Section 12965 - Civil action in name of department on behalf of aggrieved party
Cal. Gov. Code § 12965 Cited 602 times 1 Legal AnalysesProviding the courts with discretionary authority to award attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party