{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-12253.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 12253.5","heading":"","body":"“Worker cooperative” or “employment cooperative” means a corporation formed under this part that includes a class of worker-members who are natural persons whose patronage consists of labor contributed to or other work performed for the corporation. Election to be organized as a worker cooperative or an employment cooperative does not create a presumption that workers are employees of the corporation for any purposes. At least 51 percent of the workers shall be worker-members or candidates.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES [12000. - 14707.]","PART 2. COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS [12200. - 12704.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions, Organization and Bylaws [12200. - 12340.]","ARTICLE 2. General Provisions and Definitions [12210. - 12256.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"63de91947b5b0b532b4dd6a6b763c55c46b4c4b14f7e06fc277e4ac26d3b8147","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-12253","next":"us-ca/corp-12254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}