California Labor Code CHAPTER 7 - Appeal Proceedings

• Section 6600.
  Any employer served with a citation or notice pursuant to Section 6317, or a notice of proposed penalty under this part, or any other person...
• Section 6600.5.
  Any employer served with a special order or any action order by the division pursuant to Section 6308, or any other person obligated to the...
• Section 6601.
  If within 15 working days from receipt of the citation or notice of civil penalty issued by the division, the employer fails to notify the...
• Section 6601.5.
  If, within 15 working days from receipt of a special order, or action order by the division, the employer fails to notify the appeals board...
• Section 6602.
  If an employer notifies the appeals board that he or she intends to contest a citation issued under Section 6317, or notice of proposed penalty...
• Section 6603.
  (a) The rules of practice and procedure adopted by the appeals board shall be consistent with Article 8 (commencing with Section 11435.05) of Chapter 4.5 of...
• Section 6604.
  The appeals board may, in accordance with rules of practice and procedure which it shall adopt, direct and order a hearing officer:(a) To try the issues...
• Section 6605.
  The appeals board may appoint one or more hearing officers in any proceeding, as it may deem necessary or advisable, and may defer, remove to...
• Section 6606.
  Any party to the proceeding may object to the reference of the proceeding to a particular hearing officer upon any one or more of the...
• Section 6607.
  Before entering upon his duties, the hearing officer shall be sworn, before an officer authorized to administer oaths, faithfully and fairly to hear and determine...
• Section 6608.
  The appeals board or a hearing officer shall, within 30 days after the case is submitted, make and file findings upon all facts involved in...
• Section 6609.
  Within 30 days after the filing of the findings, decision, or order, the appeals board may confirm, adopt, modify or set aside the findings, order,...
• Section 6610.
  Any notice, order, or decision required by this part to be served upon any person either before, during, or after the institution of any proceeding...
• Section 6611.
  (a) If the employer fails to appear, the appeals board may dismiss the appeal or may take action upon the employer’s express admissions or upon other...
• Section 6612.
  No informality in any proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony shall invalidate any order, decision, or finding made and filed as specified in...
• Section 6613.
  The appeals board, a hearing officer, or any party to the action or proceeding, may, in any investigation or hearing before the appeals board, cause...
• Section 6614.
  (a) At any time within 30 days after the service of any final order or decision made and filed by the appeals board or a hearing...
• Section 6615.
  No cause of action arising out of any final order or decision made and filed by the appeals board or a hearing officer shall accrue...
• Section 6616.
  The petition for reconsideration shall set forth specifically and in full detail the grounds upon which the petitioner considers the final order or decision made...
• Section 6617.
  The petition for reconsideration may be based upon one or more of the following grounds and no other:(a) That by such order or decision made and...
• Section 6618.
  The petitioner for reconsideration shall be deemed to have finally waived all objections, irregularities, and illegalities concerning the matter upon which the reconsideration is sought...
• Section 6619.
  A copy of the petition for reconsideration shall be served forthwith upon all parties by the person petitioning for reconsideration. Any party may file an...
• Section 6620.
  Upon the filing of a petition for reconsideration, or having granted reconsideration upon its own motion, the appeals board may, with or without further proceedings...
• Section 6621.
  If at the time of granting reconsideration, it appears to the satisfaction of the appeals board that no sufficient reason exists for taking further testimony,...
• Section 6622.
  After the taking of additional evidence and a consideration of all of the facts the appeals board may affirm, rescind, alter, or amend the original...
• Section 6623.
  Any decision of the appeals board granting or denying a petition for reconsideration or affirming, rescinding, altering, or amending the original findings, order, or decision...
• Section 6624.
  A petition for reconsideration is deemed to have been denied by the appeals board unless it is acted upon within 45 days from the date...
• Section 6625.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the filing of a petition for reconsideration suspends for a period of 10 days the order or decision affected,...
• Section 6626.
  Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the appeals board, on petition of an aggrieved party or on its own motion, from...
• Section 6627.
  Any person affected by an order or decision of the appeals board may, within the time limit specified in this section, apply to the superior...
• Section 6628.
  The writ of mandate shall be made returnable at a time and place then or thereafter specified by court order and shall direct the appeals...
• Section 6629.
  The review by the court shall not be extended further than to determine, based upon the entire record which shall be certified by the appeals...
• Section 6630.
  The findings and conclusions of the appeals board on questions of fact are conclusive and final and are not subject to review. Such questions of...
• Section 6631.
  The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to writs of mandate shall, so far as applicable, apply to proceedings in the courts under...
• Section 6632.
  No court of this state, except the Supreme Court, the courts of appeal, and the superior court to the extent herein specified, has jurisdiction to...
• Section 6633.
  The filing of a petition for, or the pendency of, a writ of mandate shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of any...

Last modified: October 22, 2018