California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 6 - Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
Subchapter 15 - Public List of Certain Port Drayage Motor Carriers and Customer Sharing of Liability Under Labor Code Section 2810.4
Article 1 - Definitions Used in Subchapter
Section 13875 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 13875

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

In addition to the definitions provided in section 2810.4(a) of the Labor Code, the following apply to both section 2810.4 and to this subchapter:

(a) "Alleged conduct" as used in Labor Code section 2810.4(b)(2)(B) means an unsatisfied final court judgment, tax assessment, or tax lien, including the amount of such final court judgment, tax assessment or tax lien.

(b) "Division of Labor Standards Enforcement" as used in Labor Code section 2810.4 has the same meaning and is referred to as the "Labor Commissioner" or the "Labor Commissioner's Office."

(c) "Essential information" as used in Labor Code section 2810.4(b)(1)(A) includes the amount of the unsatisfied final court judgment, tax assessment, or tax lien, the date such liability was established (became final), identification of the court where any final judgment was entered, any applicable reference number used by the Labor Commissioner to identify the judgment, assessment, or lien, whether the port drayage motor carrier is listed as a successor of a predecessor port drayage motor carrier, any North American Industry Classification System code ("NAICS code") used by the Labor Commissioner. The NAICS code is excluded from the essential information provided by a public entity or private party stated in Section 13876(a)(2)-(3), will be provided by the Labor Commissioner and for purposes of posting only, and used solely for administrative tracking and shall not be interpreted as having any bearing on whether the defendant is a "port drayage motor carrier" within the meaning of Labor Code section 2810.4. For prior offenders, as defined and specified in Labor Code section 2810.4(a) and (b)(1)(B), respectively, "essential information" also includes identification of the Labor Commissioner case or superior court case where the final or non-final finding of a subsequent liability was most recently determined.

(d) "Notification by certified mail" as used in Labor Code section 2810.4(b)(2) means notification to the last listed address on the Notice of Entry of Judgment (or if judgment has not been entered, the last listed address in the tax lien, tax assessment, final citation, or Order, Decision or Award (or, ODA)) or any agent for service of process listed with the Secretary of State.

(e) "Successor" means a port drayage motor carrier, as defined in Labor Code section 2810.4(a)(5)(C), and shall be liable to the same extent as the predecessor, if one or more of the following criteria are met:

(1) Uses substantially the same equipment, facilities, or workforce to provide substantially the same services for substantially the same type of customers as the predecessor port drayage motor carrier.

(2) Shares in the ownership, management, control of the workforce, or interrelations of business operations with the predecessor port drayage motor carrier.

(3) Employs in a managerial capacity any person who directly or indirectly controlled the wages, hours, or working conditions of the drivers owed wages, damages, or penalties by the predecessor port drayage motor carrier.

(4) Is an immediate family member of any owner, partner, officer, or director of the predecessor port drayage motor carrier or of any person who had a financial interest in the predecessor port drayage motor carrier. As used in this subsection, "immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, sibling, child, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, grandparent, granddaughter, grandson, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, or cousin.

(f) "Tax assessment, or tax lien that may be released to the public under federal and state disclosure laws" as used in Labor Code section 2810.4(b)(1)(A) means a tax assessment or tax lien that is public.

(g) "Wages" as defined in Labor Code section 2810.4(a)(9) include:

(1) Any minimum, regular, overtime, or other premium wages that are due to the worker, including but not limited to any wages due under Labor Code sections 226.2, 226.7, 227.3, 246, and 2802;

(2) Any damages or penalties that are due to the worker or the state based upon any failure to pay wages, as provided by law, including but not limited to those set forth under Labor Code sections 203, 203.1, 210, 225.5, 226, 226.3, 226.8, 248.5, 558, 1194.2, and 1197.1; and

(3) Any applicable interest due for any sum described in this section.

(h) The phrase "court judgment, tax assessment, or tax lien" means a liability determination as to a port drayage motor carrier specified in Labor Code section 2810.4(b)(1)(A) or (B), and is further classified as either:

(1) "Final" which means a liability determination for which the applicable period for appeal has expired, as specified in:
(A) Labor Code section 2810.4(b)(1)(A); or

(B) Labor Code section 2810.4(a)(8) for an existing liability determination of a prior offender which arose from unlawful conduct relating to the misclassification of employees as independent contractors.

(2) "Non-final" which means a subsequent liability for which the applicable period for appeal has not expired, as specified in Labor Code 2810.4(b)(1)(B), against a prior offender for the violation of a labor or employment law or regulation.

(i) The phrase "final citation or ODA" means a citation or order, decision or award issued by the Labor Commissioner as specified in Labor Code section 2810.4(a)(8)(B) that was not appealed.

1. New subchapter 15 (articles 1-4, sections 13875-13888), article 1 (section 13875) and section filed 2-16-2022; operative 4-1-2022 (Register 2022, No. 7). (Transmission deadline specified in Government Code section 11346.4(b) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.)

Note: Authority cited: Section 2810.4, Labor Code. Reference: Section 2810.4, Labor Code.

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