{"data":{"id":"us-ca/lab-221","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"LAB § 221","heading":"","body":"It shall be unlawful for any employer to collect or receive from an employee any part of wages theretofore paid by said employer to said employee.","path":["Labor Code - LAB","DIVISION 2. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION AND SUPERVISION [200. - 2699.8.]","PART 1. COMPENSATION [200. - 452.]","CHAPTER 1. Payment of Wages [200. - 281.]","ARTICLE 1. General Occupations [200. - 244.]"],"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":"c8e196341065a41c19274f547a6052e4f61a720a271f6c1885a9bf0c9c660777","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/lab-220.2","next":"us-ca/lab-222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}