AMANZA SMITH v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY Par...
AMANZA SMITH v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY Part I
AMANZA SMITH v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY Part I 07:17:2006
AMANZA SMITH v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Filed 7/10/06
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA
AMANZA SMITH, )
)
Petitioner, )
) S129476
v. )
) Ct.App. 2/5 B176918
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF )
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, )
) Los Angeles County
Respondent; ) Super. Ct. No. BC 284690
)
L'OREAL USA, INC., )
)
Real Party in Interest. )
__________ )
Section 201 of the Labor Code[1] provides that if an employer â€
Description
Labor Code Secs. 201--providing that if an employer "discharges" an employee, wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately--and 203--under which an employer's willful failure to pay wages to a discharged employee in accordance with Sec. 201 subjects the employer to penalties--are not limited to the situation in which an employee is terminated from an ongoing employment relationship but also apply when an employer releases an employee after completion of the specific job assignment or time duration for which the employee was hired.