No recording in employee restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms
Lab. Code 435
Employees
Prohibits employers from audio or video recording employees in restrooms, locker rooms, or changing rooms without a court order, and bars use of any such recording.
- Where
- California
- Citation
- Cal. Lab. Code 435
- Status
- In force
- In force since
- 1999-01-01
- Enforced by
- Local prosecutors
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Infraction (435(c)).
- Applies to
- Private and public employers (except the federal government)
Practices it requires
- Do not record employees in restrooms, locker rooms, or designated changing rooms unless authorized by court order; do not use any such recording.Cal. Lab. Code 435(a)-(b)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Research reference, not legal advice.