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What are &quot;system design specifications&quot; as the California labor code refers to them?
<p>In California employment law, there is a term called "system design specifications." Attorneys have told me to ask technical I.T. people what this means as there is no legal definition for it.</p>

<p>An excerpt of the law (CA Labor Code Section 515.5) says this: "The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications."</p>

<p>I understand what it says except for "system design specifications." What are "system design specifications"?</p>

<p>If a word or phrase doesn't have a specific legal definition then it takes its simple English meaning.</p>

<p>"user or system design specifications" simply means working to a document (a specification) for the design of computer systems for back-end (systems) or front-end (user) uses.</p>
