Labor Code section 3604

It is not a defense to the State, any county, city, district or institution thereof, or any public or quasi-public corporation, that a person injured while rendering service for it was not lawfully employed by reason of the violation of any civil service or other law or regulation respecting the hiring of employees.

Source: Section 3604, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=3604. (updated Jan. 1, 1937; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/labor_code_section_3604

Original Source: Section 3604, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=3604. (last accessed May 12, 2025).