California Code, Government Code - GOV § 100033

(b)(1) The CalSavers Retirement Savings Board shall issue to each employer who fails to allow its eligible employees to participate in the CalSavers Retirement Program pursuant to this title a notice of penalty application.

(2) Each eligible employer that, without good cause, fails to allow its eligible employees to participate in the CalSavers Retirement Savings Program pursuant to Sections 100014 and 100032, after the CalSavers Retirement Savings Board serves a final notice of penalty application, shall be subject to a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per eligible employee and an additional penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) per eligible employee if noncompliance continues as described in Section 19287 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(d)(1) An eligible employer may appeal any penalty imposed under this section in writing to the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to Section 19288 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) The CalSavers Retirement Savings Board shall reimburse the Franchise Tax Board for the costs incurred by the Franchise Tax Board in administering the program authorized by this article.