Labor Code section 5814.6

(a)

Any employer or insurer that knowingly violates Section 5814 with a frequency that indicates a general business practice is liable for administrative penalties of not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Penalty payments shall be imposed by the administrative director and deposited into the Return-to-Work Fund established pursuant to Section 139.48.

(b)

The administrative director may impose a penalty under either this section or subdivision (e) of Section 129.5.

(c)

This section shall become operative on June 1, 2004.

Source: Section 5814.6, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=5814.­6.­ (updated Apr. 19, 2004; accessed Sep. 28, 2026).

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