California Code of Regulations|§ 204 - Declaration of Policy. [Repealed]

There is no private right of action under section 204. Johnson v. Hewlett-Packard Co. (N.D. Cal. 2011) 809 F.Supp.2d 1114, 1136 ("Section 204 requires the payment of wages in a timely manner; it does not provide a right to wages."). Defendants' demurrer to the tenth cause of action for failure to pay earned wages pursuant to Labor Code §§ 204, 206, 216, 218.5, and 218.6 is sustained without leave to amend. As discussed above, there is no private right of action under section 204.

However, Plaintiff does not quote or 17 discuss the immediately preceding paragraph, on the same page, which specifically addresses 18 section 204: “[t]here is nothing in section 204 or 210 that indicates, in ‘clear understandable, 19 unmistakable terms,’ that a private right of actions [sic] exists for violations of section 204.” 20 This case does not support Plaintiff’s argument. 21 In Dunlap v.

Superior Court explained that there is no private right of action for violations of Section 204: “the sole purpose of [section 204] is to require an employer of labor who comes within its terms to maintain two regular pay days each month, within the dates required in that section.” (In re Moffett (1937) 19 Cal.App.2d 7, 14.) “Despite section 204 's use of the word ‘wages,’ section 204 does not provide for the payment of any wages nor create any substantive right to wages.