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The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) is a department of the government of the state of California which was initially created in 1927. [1] The department is currently part of the Cabinet-level California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, [2] and headquartered at the Elihu M. Harris State Office Building in Oakland.
Cal/OSHA's mission is to protect public health and safety through research and regulation related to hazards on the job in California workplaces as well as on elevators, amusement rides, and ski lifts, and related to the use of pressure vessels such as boilers and tanks. Cal/OSHA requires that qualifying organizations create illness and injury ...
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) is a cabinet-level agency of the government of California.The agency coordinates workforce programs by overseeing seven major departments dealing with benefit administration, enforcement of California labor laws, appellate functions related to employee benefits, workforce development, tax collection, economic development activities.
Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (DIR, OSHAB) Occupational Therapy, California Board of (BOT) Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Optometry, Board of; Osteopathic Medical Board of California (OMBC) Parks and Recreation, California Department of; Parks and Recreation Commission, California State (PARKS) Parole Hearings, Board of (CDCR, BOPH)
The employment agencies were an existing legacy program launched by the Legislature in 1915 to match unemployed job seekers with employers; they were briefly part of the Department of Industrial Relations (created in 1927) before the Department of Employment was created. [citation needed]
The Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) was established in 1913 to regulate wages, hours and working conditions in California. [1] It was defunded by the California legislature in 2004 [2] but its regulations consisting of 18 "Wage Orders" remain in effect, enforced by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
The Division of Industrial Safety, one of the eight divisions within the California Department of Industrial Relations, gained the administration of the "Workmen's Safety" provisions of the Labor Code. [10] Section 6604 was added in 1949 to prohibit the discharge of employees who refused to work in hazardous environment. [11]
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (also known as CalRecycle) is a branch of the California Environmental Protection Agency that oversees the state's waste management, recycling, and waste reduction programs. CalRecycle was established in 2010 to replace the California Integrated Waste Management Board.