Labor Code section 1506

(a)

An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise a right established by this part.

(b)

An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who does any of the following:

(1)

Exercises a right provided under this part.

(2)

Opposes a practice made unlawful by this part.

Source: Section 1506, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=1506. (updated Jan. 1, 2010; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/labor_code_section_1506

Original Source: Section 1506, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=1506. (last accessed May 12, 2025).