People ex rel. Harris v. Sunset Car Wash, LLC

Opinion

KRIEGLER, J.

Labor Code section 20501 et seq. established a regulatory scheme for carwash operators, motivated by a legislative concern that car-wash employees were not being paid in accordance with law. One component of the statutory scheme—section 2066—imposes liability upon a “successor” to a carwash employer for unpaid wages and penalties owed by a predecessor employer in four circumstances, including where the successor uses the same facilities to perform substantially the same services as the predecessor. We hold that the four circumstances of liability set forth in section 2066…