1. Department of Industrial Relations

In California, ALL Workers are Protected.

California’s labor laws protect all workers, regardless of immigration status.

The Department of Industrial Relations provides services to all workers in multiple languages and our team does not ask about or track immigration status. If you need to leave California or the United States, you can still contact our office to file a claim.

Know Your Rights

If you are employed in California, your employer must provide a safe workplace and pay all the wages you are owed. If you think an injury or illness is work-related, you may be able to receive workers’ compensation benefits from your employer to pay for medical care and partial wages.

Your labor rights allow you to ask your employer about your pay and working conditions. When you exercise your labor rights, it is against the law for your employer to retaliate against you.

Learn more about your rights as a worker in California:

Claims, complaints and publications for workers

For access to information in other languages:

• Visit the Language Services web page and use Google Translate on any DIR webpage.
• Contact DIR to request an interpreter over the phone:

February 2025