5.70.090 Remedies.

(A) Any person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter, any entity a member of which is aggrieved by a violation of this chapter, or any other person or entity acting on behalf of the public as provided for under applicable state law, may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the employer or other person violating this chapter and, upon prevailing, shall be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and shall be entitled to such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate to remedy the violation including, without limitation:

(1) Reinstatement, payment of back wages wrongfully withheld, liquidated damages, civil penalties, penalties payable to aggrieved parties, fines, the payment of an additional sum as a civil penalty in the amount of fifty dollars to each covered employee whose rights under this chapter were violated for each day or portion thereof that the violation occurred or continued, and fines imposed pursuant to other provisions of this code or state law.

(2) Interest on all due and unpaid wages at the rate of interest specified in subdivision (b) of Section 3289 of the California Civil Code, which shall accrue from the date that the wages were due and payable as provided in Part 1 (commencing with Section 200) of Division 2 of the California Labor Code, to the date the wages are paid in full.

(B) A covered employer found to have retaliated in violation of this chapter shall be subject to any additional remedy at law or equity including, but not limited to, front pay in lieu of reinstatement with full payment of unpaid compensation plus interest and punitive damages in an additional amount of up to twice the unpaid compensation.