{"data":{"id":"us-ca/lab-1197","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"LAB § 1197","heading":"","body":"The minimum wage for employees fixed by the commission or by any applicable state or local law, is the minimum wage to be paid to employees, and the payment of a lower wage than the minimum so fixed is unlawful. This section does not change the applicability of local minimum wage laws to any entity.","path":["Labor Code - LAB","DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200. - 2699.8.]","PART 4. EMPLOYEES [1171. - 1413.]","CHAPTER 1. Wages, Hours and Working Conditions [1171. - 1207.]"],"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":"e6807b49f5be64c23963e77770094b279ba852ad2b18abea79befd4b4a41b668","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/lab-1195.5","next":"us-ca/lab-1197.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}