Where this sits
- Chapter 4.5.
- Division of Workers' Compensation
- Subchapter 2. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board--Rules and Practice Procedure
- Article 7. Petitions, Pleadings and Forms
The regulation, as printed
Any person seeking to initiate proceedings under Labor Code section 132a other than prosecution for misdemeanor must file a petition setting forth specifically and in detail the nature of each violation alleged, facts relied upon and the relief sought. Each alleged violation must be separately pleaded. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board may refer, or any worker may complain of, suspected violations of the criminal misdemeanor provisions of Labor Code section 132a to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement or directly to the Office of the Public Prosecutor.
Authority and history
Note: Authority cited: Sections 133 and 5307, Labor Code. Reference: Section 132a, Labor Code.
1. Renumbering of former section 10447 to section 10528, including amendment of section heading and section, filed 12-17-2019; operative 1-1-2020. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11351 (Register 2019, No. 51).
No released decision named this rule
Not a comment on the rule — most of Title 8 never reaches a published panel decision, because most of it is followed without argument. The text above is the state's own.
Rules beside this one
Article 7. Petitions, Pleadings and Forms — regulations rarely stand alone, and the answer is often two sections away.
- § 10520Special Requirements for Pleadings Filed or Served by Representatives.1 decisions
- § 10525Petition for Increased or Decreased Compensation - Serious and Willful Misconduct.
- § 10530Emergency Petition for Stay.2 decisions
- § 10532Notice to Appear or Produce. [Renumbered]1 decisions
- § 10534Petition to Reopen.2 decisions
- § 10536Petition for New and Further Disability.4 decisions