{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008-005",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008-005",
  "provision": "Labor Code Section 1526",
  "applies_to": [
   "Employers"
  ],
  "duty": "Do not discharge, threaten, demote, suspend or otherwise retaliate against an employee for using rights under the part, complaining to the Labor Commissioner, or helping enforce it.",
  "type": "Consumer rights",
  "status": "applies later",
  "applies_from": "2027-07-01",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-CA-0008-005/",
  "rule": {
   "record_id": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008",
   "id": "us-ca-sb947-no-robo-bosses-2026",
   "title": "Employment: Automated Decision Systems (SB 947, ‘No Robo Bosses Act’)",
   "jurisdiction": "US-CA",
   "jurisdiction_name": "California",
   "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/rule/us-ca-sb947-no-robo-bosses-2026/"
  },
  "penalty": "Civil penalty of $500 per violation (Lab. Code 1526.1(e)); enforced by the Labor Commissioner and public prosecutors, with injunctive relief, punitive damages and attorney's fees available in civil actions (1526.1(a), (b), (d)).",
  "scope_note": "Employer includes public employers, labor contractors and farm labor contractors (1520(d)(3)). ADS excludes spam filters, firewalls, antivirus, calculators and databases (1520(c)). Does not apply where a collective agreement expressly waives it, or to uses required by certain federal aerospace or defence obligations (1526.5, 1526.6).",
  "date_note": "SB 947, Chapter 859, Statutes of 2026, approved 30 Sep 2026; Part 5.5.5 operative 1 Jul 2027 (Lab. Code 1526.7).",
  "source_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB947",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-08",
  "citation": "WTA-R-US-CA-0008-005: Labor Code Section 1526, Employment: Automated Decision Systems (SB 947, ‘No Robo Bosses Act’). wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-US-CA-0008-005/ (checked 2026-10-08)."
 },
 "history": [],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}