California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 7 — General Business Regulations, Part 5 — Independent Contractors, Section 18102
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a hiring party shall pay a freelance worker the compensation specified by a contract for professional services:
(1) On or before the date compensation is due pursuant to the contract.
(2) If the contract does not specify when the hiring party shall pay, no later than 30 days after the completion of the freelance worker’s services under the contract.
(b) Once a freelance worker has commenced performance of services under a contract, a hiring party shall not require as a condition of timely payment that the freelance worker do either of the following:
(1) Accept less compensation than the amount of compensation specified by the contract.
(2) Provide more goods or services or grant more intellectual property rights than agreed to in the contract.
Notes
Requires a hiring party, unless law provides otherwise, to pay a freelance worker by the contract due date or, if none is stated, within 30 days after services are completed. After work begins, timely payment may not be conditioned on accepting less compensation, providing more goods or services, or granting more intellectual-property rights than the contract requires.
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