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What's new archive 2005

December 2005

Robert Jones appointed Acting Chief, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
Electrician certification and electrician trainee information
Final car wash regulations sections 13680-13694 approved by OAL � Effective December 22, 2005

November 2005

Status of meal and rest period proposed regulations
Heat illness prevention emergency regulation and related information

October 2005

Apprenticeship Month � expanded web portal

September 2005

DWC Medical Unit moves to Oakland!
Injured on the job? Need to know your rights?
�Se h� lesionado en el trabajo? �Necesita saber sus derechos?
August 2005
DWC headquarters moves to Oakland!
Approved emergency heat illness prevention regulation ( pdf 66kb)

July 2005

Heat related illness prevention and information
Proposed regulation regarding car washes
Proposed regulation regarding meal and rest periods

June 2005

Application for electrician examination and certification

May 2005

Walnut Creek explosion: Cal/OSHA issues multi-employer citation
Media Advisory Cal/OSHA to issue citations on Walnut Creek explosion

April 2005

Section 3456 hand weeding, hand thinning, and hand hot capping operations in agriculture (non-emergency standard effective 4/29/05)
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Department of Industrial Relations post Proposed regulation regarding car washes
Workers' compensation reform under Senate Bill 899: news release - IR2005-17 Apr. 18, 2005
First annual report of progress - html version - version
May 2005 Safe Jobs for Youth Month
Child Labor Photo Exhibit
"Let Children be Children: Lewis Wickes Hine's Crusade against Child Labor"
Courtesy of the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, and
"Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change"

January 2005

DWC posts Workers’ Compensation Rate Study Commission report on line
Groups submitting proposals to study the effects of reforms on workers’ comp rates should review the study

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