THE PEOPLE ex rel. LILIA GARCIA-BROWER, as Labor Commissioner, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KOLLA'S, INC., Defendant and Respondent., 14 Cal. 5th 719

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HOLDINGS: [1]-An employee who was fired after she complained to the owner of the nightclub where she worked about unpaid wages made a disclosure protected by Lab. Code, § 1102.5, subd. (b), because a protected disclosure under § 1102.5, subd. (b), encompasses reports or complaints of a violation made to an employer or agency, even if the recipient already knows of the violation. The court disapproved to the extent inconsistent Mize-Kurzman v. Marin Community College Dist. (2012) 202 Cal.App.4th 832.