California Code
Labor Code - LAB
DIVISION 1 - DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Powers and Duties

Section 50. - 50. There is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency...

Section 50.5. - 50.5. One of the functions of the Department of Industrial...

Section 50.6. - 50.6. The Department of Industrial Relations may assist and cooperate...

Section 50.7. - 50.7. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations is the state...

Section 50.8. - 50.8. The department shall develop a long range program for...

Section 50.9. - 50.9. In furtherance of the provisions of Section 50.5, the...

Section 51. - 51. The department shall be conducted under the control of...

Section 52. - 52. Except as otherwise prescribed in this code, the provisions...

Section 53. - 53. Whenever in Section 1001 or in Part 1 (commencing...

Section 54. - 54. The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers...

Section 54.5. - 54.5. The director may appoint an attorney and assistants licensed...

Section 55. - 55. For the purpose of administration the director shall organize...

Section 56. - 56. The work of the department shall be divided into...

Section 57. - 57. Each division shall be in charge of a chief...

Section 57.1. - 57.1. (a) The Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety...

Section 57.5. - 57.5. All duties, powers, and jurisdiction relating to the administration...

Section 58. - 58. The department shall have possession and control of all...

Section 59. - 59. The department through its appropriate officers shall administer and...

Section 60. - 60. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of Divisions 4...

Section 60.5. - 60.5. (a) The provisions of Part 1 of Division 5...

Section 60.6. - 60.6. All persons serving in the state civil service in...

Section 60.7. - 60.7. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall have...

Section 60.8. - 60.8. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health may expend...

Section 60.9. - 60.9. There is within the Division of Occupational Safety and...

Section 61. - 61. The provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1171)...

Section 62. - 62. The department may expend money appropriated for the administration...

Section 62.5. - 62.5. (a) (1) The Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund is...

Section 62.6. - 62.6. (a) The director shall levy and collect assessments from...

Section 62.8. - 62.8. Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated for transfer...

Section 63. - 63. The Director may authorize the refund of moneys received...

Section 64. - 64. The Labor Commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with...

Section 64.5. - 64.5. When requested by the State Board of Equalization, the...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Mediation

Section 66. - 66. The services of the department pursuant to Section 65...

Section 67. - 67. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the director may seek...

CHAPTER 2 - Industrial Welfare Commission

Section 70. - 70. There is in the Department of Industrial Relations the...

Section 70.1. - 70.1. The Industrial Welfare Commission shall be composed of two...

Section 71. - 71. The term of office of the members of the...

Section 72. - 72. The members of the commission shall receive one hundred...

Section 73. - 73. The Industrial Welfare Commission may employ necessary assistants, officers,...

Section 74. - 74. The Chief of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement,...

CHAPTER 3 - Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation

Section 75. - 75. (a) There is in the department the Commission on...

Section 76. - 76. The commission may employ officers, assistants, experts, and other...

Section 77. - 77. (a) The commission shall conduct a continuing examination of...

Section 77.5. - 77.5. (a) On or before July 1, 2004, the commission...

Section 77.7. - 77.7. (a) On or before January 1, 2021, the commission...

Section 77.8. - 77.8. The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation...

Section 78. - 78. (a) The commission shall review and approve applications from...

CHAPTER 4 - Division of Labor Standards Enforcement

Section 79. - 79. There is in the Department of Industrial Relations the...

Section 80. - 80. The headquarters of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement,...

Section 81. - 81. The employees of the division shall devote their full...

Section 82. - 82. (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement succeeds to,...

Section 83. - 83. (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement succeeds to,...

Section 87. - 87. All persons, other than temporary employees, serving in the...

Section 88. - 88. The personnel records of all employees transferred pursuant to...

Section 89. - 89. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall have possession...

Section 89.5. - 89.5. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement may expend the...

Section 90. - 90. The Labor Commissioner, his deputies and agents, shall have...

Section 90.2. - 90.2. (a) (1) Except as otherwise required by federal law,...

Section 90.3. - 90.3. (a) It is the policy of this state to...

Section 90.5. - 90.5. (a) It is the policy of this state to...

Section 90.6. - 90.6. (a) In the case of an investigation by the...

Section 90.7. - 90.7. When the division determines that an employer has violated...

Section 90.8. - 90.8. (a) As an alternative to a judgment lien, the...

Section 91. - 91. Any person who willfully impedes or prevents the Labor...

Section 92. - 92. The Labor Commissioner, his deputies and agents, may issue...

Section 93. - 93. Obedience to subpoenas issued by the Labor Commissioner, or...

Section 94. - 94. The office of the division shall be open for...

Section 95. - 95. (a) The division may enforce the provisions of this...

Section 96. - 96. The Labor Commissioner and the deputies and representatives authorized...

Section 96.1. - 96.1. (a) By March 1, 2022, and by that date...

Section 96.3. - 96.3. In cases where employees are covered by a collective...

Section 96.5. - 96.5. The Labor Commissioner shall conduct such hearings as may...

Section 96.6. - 96.6. The Industrial Relations Unpaid Wage Fund is hereby created...

Section 96.7. - 96.7. The Labor Commissioner, after investigation and upon determination that...

Section 96.8. - 96.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, beginning 20 days after...

Section 97. - 97. The Labor Commissioner, his deputies and representatives shall not...

Section 98. - 98. (a) The Labor Commissioner is authorized to investigate employee...

Section 98.1. - 98.1. (a) Within 15 days after the hearing is concluded,...

Section 98.2. - 98.2. (a) Within 10 days after service of notice of...

Section 98.3. - 98.3. (a) The Labor Commissioner may prosecute all actions for...

Section 98.4. - 98.4. (a) The Labor Commissioner may, upon the request of...

Section 98.5. - 98.5. The Labor Commissioner shall have the right to intervene...

Section 98.6. - 98.6. (a) A person shall not discharge an employee or...

Section 98.7. - 98.7. (a) (1) Any person who believes that they have...

Section 98.74. - 98.74. (a) If the Labor Commissioner determines, after an investigation...

Section 98.75. - 98.75. The Labor Commissioner shall submit a report to the...

Section 98.8. - 98.8. The Labor Commissioner shall promulgate all regulations and rules...

Section 98.9. - 98.9. Upon a finding by the Labor Commissioner that a...

Section 98.10. - 98.10. (a) On or before June 1, 2017, the Labor...

Section 99. - 99. The division may file preferred claims, mechanics’ liens, and...

Section 100. - 100. The division may join various claimants in one preferred...

Section 100.5. - 100.5. Preferred claims for work performed or personal services rendered...

Section 101. - 101. No court costs of any nature shall be payable...

Section 101.5. - 101.5. No fees shall be payable for the filing or...

Section 102. - 102. The sheriff or marshal shall specify when the summons...

Section 103. - 103. The Labor Commissioner shall, to the extent provided for...

Section 104. - 104. The Labor Commissioner shall, upon the written request of...

Section 105. - 105. (a) The Labor Commissioner shall provide qualified bilingual persons...

Section 106. - 106. (a) The Labor Commissioner may authorize an employee of...

Section 107. - 107. (a) The enforcement of Section 14110.65 of the Welfare...

CHAPTER 4.3 - Discrimination and Harassment Prevention in the Construction Industry

Section 107.5. - 107.5. (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall develop...

CHAPTER 4.4 - Women in Construction Priority Unit

Section 107.7. - 107.7. For purposes of this chapter, all of the following...

Section 107.7.1. - 107.7.1. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall...

Section 107.7.2. - 107.7.2. The unit shall do all of the following: (a)...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrician Certification

Section 108. - 108. (a) The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall do...

Section 108.2. - 108.2. (a) Persons who perform work as electricians shall become...

Section 108.3. - 108.3. The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement shall do all...

Section 108.4. - 108.4. (a) An uncertified person may perform electrical work for...

Section 108.5. - 108.5. (a) The Electrician Certification Fund is established as a...

CHAPTER 5 - Division of Workers Compensation

Section 110. - 110. As used in this chapter: (a) “Appeals board” means...

Section 111. - 111. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, consisting of seven members,...

Section 112. - 112. The members of the appeals board shall be appointed...

Section 113. - 113. The Governor shall designate the chairman of the appeals...

Section 115. - 115. Actions of the appeals board shall be taken by...

Section 116. - 116. The seal of the appeals board bearing the inscription...

Section 117. - 117. The administrative director may appoint an attorney licensed to...

Section 119. - 119. The attorney shall: (a) Represent and appear for the...

Section 120. - 120. The administrative director and the chairman of the appeals...

Section 121. - 121. The chairman of the appeals board may authorize its...

Section 122. - 122. The administrative director shall appoint a medical director who...

Section 123. - 123. The administrative director may employ necessary assistants, officers, experts,...

Section 123.3. - 123.3. Any official reporter employed by the administrative director shall...

Section 123.5. - 123.5. (a) Workers’ compensation administrative law judges employed by the...

Section 123.6. - 123.6. (a) All workers’ compensation administrative law judges employed by...

Section 123.7. - 123.7. The appeals board may, by rule or regulation, establish...

Section 124. - 124. (a) In administering and enforcing this division and Division...

Section 125. - 125. The administrative director shall cause to be printed and...

Section 126. - 126. The Division of Workers’ Compensation, including the administrative director...

Section 127. - 127. The administrative director may do all of the following:...

Section 127.1. - 127.1. (a) The administrative director, with input from the Commission...

Section 128. - 128. The appeals board may accept appointment as deputy commissioner...

Section 129. - 129. (a) To make certain that injured workers, and their...

Section 129.5. - 129.5. (a) The administrative director may assess an administrative penalty...

Section 130. - 130. The appeals board and each of its members, its...

Section 131. - 131. Each witness who appears by order of the appeals...

Section 132. - 132. The superior court in and for the county in...

Section 132a. - 132a. It is the declared policy of this state that...

Section 133. - 133. The Division of Workers’ Compensation, including the administrative director...

Section 134. - 134. The appeals board or any member thereof may issue...

Section 135. - 135. In accordance with rules of practice and procedure that...

Section 138. - 138. The administrative director may appoint a deputy to act...

Section 138.1. - 138.1. The administrative director shall be appointed by the Governor...

Section 138.2. - 138.2. (a) The headquarters of the Division of Workers’ Compensation...

Section 138.3. - 138.3. The administrative director shall, with respect to all injuries,...

Section 138.4. - 138.4. (a) For the purpose of this section, “claims administrator”...

Section 138.5. - 138.5. The Division of Workers’ Compensation shall cooperate in the...

Section 138.6. - 138.6. (a) The administrative director, in consultation with the Insurance...

Section 138.7. - 138.7. (a) Except as expressly permitted in subdivision (b), a...

Section 138.8. - 138.8. (a) On or before January 1, 2024, and annually...

Section 139.2. - 139.2. (a) The administrative director shall appoint qualified medical evaluators...

Section 139.21. - 139.21. (a) (1) The administrative director shall promptly suspend, pursuant...

Section 139.3. - 139.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, to the extent those...

Section 139.31. - 139.31. The prohibition of Section 139.3 shall not apply to...

Section 139.32. - 139.32. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following...

Section 139.4. - 139.4. (a) The administrative director may review advertising copy to...

Section 139.43. - 139.43. (a) No person or entity shall advertise, print, display,...

Section 139.45. - 139.45. (a) In promulgating regulations pursuant to Sections 139.4 and...

Section 139.47. - 139.47. The Director of Industrial Relations shall establish and maintain...

Section 139.48. - 139.48. (a) There is in the department a return-to-work program...

Section 139.5. - 139.5. (a) (1) The administrative director shall contract with one...

Section 139.6. - 139.6. (a) The administrative director shall establish and effect within...

CHAPTER 6 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board

Section 140. - 140. (a) There is in the Department of Industrial Relations,...

Section 141. - 141. (a) The terms of office of the members of...

Section 142. - 142. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall enforce...

Section 142.1. - 142.1. The board shall meet at least monthly. The meetings...

Section 142.2. - 142.2. At each of its meetings, the board shall make...

Section 142.3. - 142.3. (a) (1) The board, by an affirmative vote of...

Section 142.4. - 142.4. (a) Occupational safety and health standards and orders shall...

Section 142.7. - 142.7. (a) On or before October 1, 1987, the board...

Section 142.7. - 142.7. (a) On or before October 1, 1987, the board...

Section 143. - 143. (a) Any employer may apply to the board for...

Section 143.1. - 143.1. The board shall conduct hearings on such requests for...

Section 143.2. - 143.2. The board, acting as a whole, may adopt, amend,...

Section 144. - 144. (a) The authority of any agency, department, division, bureau...

Section 144.5. - 144.5. (a) The Division of Occupational Safety and Health in...

Section 144.6. - 144.6. In promulgating standards dealing with toxic materials or harmful...

Section 144.7. - 144.7. (a) The board shall, no later than January 15,...

Section 144.8. - 144.8. (a) As used in this section the following definitions...

Section 145. - 145. The board may employ necessary assistants, officers, experts, and...

Section 145.1. - 145.1. The board and its duly authorized representatives in the...

Section 146. - 146. In the conduct of hearings related to permanent variances,...

Section 147. - 147. The board shall refer to the Division of Occupational...

Section 147.1. - 147.1. In connection with the development and promulgation of occupational...

Section 147.2. - 147.2. (a) As used in this section, “Hazard Evaluation System...

Section 147.3. - 147.3. (a) When the Division of Occupational Safety and Health...

Section 147.4. - 147.4. (a) By January 1, 2016, the department shall convene...

Section 147.5. - 147.5. (a) By January 1, 2017, the Division of Occupational...

Section 147.6. - 147.6. (a) By March 1, 2018, the Division of Occupational...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board

Section 148. - 148. (a) There is in the Department of Industrial Relations...

Section 148.1. - 148.1. Each member of the appeals board shall serve for...

Section 148.2. - 148.2. The appeals board may employ necessary assistants, officers, experts,...

Section 148.4. - 148.4. All decisions and orders of the appeals board shall...

Section 148.5. - 148.5. A decision of the appeals board is final, except...

Section 148.6. - 148.6. A decision of the appeals board is binding on...

Section 148.7. - 148.7. The appeals board, acting as a whole, may adopt,...

Section 148.8. - 148.8. The appeals board and its duly authorized representatives in...

Section 148.9. - 148.9. Decisions of the appeals board shall be made by...

Section 149. - 149. The chairman of the appeals board may authorize its...

Section 149.5. - 149.5. The appeals board may award reasonable costs, including attorney’s...

CHAPTER 7 - Labor Statistics and Research

Section 150. - 150. (a) The department shall collect, compile, and present facts...

Section 151. - 151. (a) The department shall conduct an annual survey of...

Section 152. - 152. The Director of Industrial Relations and authorized employees of...

Section 153. - 153. Except as provided in Section 151 no use shall...

Section 156. - 156. An annual report containing statistics on California work injuries...

Section 157. - 157. (a) The Department of Industrial Relations shall provide the...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Division of Occupational Safety and Health

Section 175. - 175. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health shall be...

Section 176. - 176. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...