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• December 26, 1996- IR#96-47
  DIR Releases Significant Legislative Changes for 1997
• December 17, 1996- IR#96-46
  Commission Initiates Report to Study Uninsured Employers
• November 21, 1996- IR#96-45
  Tropicana Named VPP Recipient by Cal/OSHA
• November 14, 1996- IR#96-44
  Standards Board Adopts Ergonomics Regulation
• November 1, 1996- IR#96-43
  Workers' Compensation Reform Credited for Further Insurance Premium Rate Reductions
• October 17, 1996- IR#96-42
  Healthy Future Ahead for Area Students in Apprenticeship Program
• October 17, 1996- IR#96-41
  Area Students Tune-up Skills with New Apprenticeship Program
• October 16, 1996- IR#96-40
  Agreement Forged on Regulations Governing Explosives and Pyrotechnics in Entertainment Industry
• September 27, 1996- IR#96-39
  DWC Reports on Construction Industry "Carve-Out" Programs
• September 27, 1996- IR#96-38
  Hotline With New Minimum Wage Information Established
• September 25, 1996- IR#96-37
  On-the-Job Deaths Decline in 1995
• September 23, 1996- IR#96-36
  Commission on Health, Safety and Workers' Compensation
  Releases 95-96 Report
• August 30, 1996- IR#96-35
  Cal/OSHA Cites Schuff Steel After Fatal San Diego Crane Accident
• August 23, 1996- IR#96-34
  Industrial Welfare Commission Adopts New Minimum Wage
• August 20, 1996- IR#96-33
  Commission Releases First Report on Workers' Compensation Medical-Legal Reforms
• August 15, 1996- IR#96-32
  Industrial Homework Investigation In LA Garment Industry Continues
• August 9, 1996- IR#96-31
  Redding Students Becomes Part of Apprenticeship Pilot Program
• July 26, 1996 - IR #96-30
  Aubry Pushes For Probe into U.S. Justice Department, Slave Camp Connection
• July 8, 1996 - IR #96-29
  Unique Online Link Battles Problem Sweatshops
• June 14, 1996 - IR #96-28
  Ten Months After El Monte Raid, California Awaits Answers on U.S. Justice Department Inquiry
• June 10, 1996 - IR #96-27
  AB 1961 Before Senate Industrial Relations Committee; Aubry Urges Support
• May 30, 1996 - IR #96-26
  Commission Contracts for A Video and Discussion Guide on Workplace Health and Safety for Adolescent Workers
• May 30, 1996 - IR #96-25
  Commission Contracts for Development and Distribution of Educational Materials for Injured Workers
• May 30, 1996 - IR #96-24
  Commission Contracts for Study of Pervasiveness of Unratable Medical-Legal Reports Used in the Permanent Disability Rating Process
• May 30, 1996 - IR #96-23
  Commission Funds California's Task Force on Young Workers' Health and Safety
• May 24, 1996 - IR #96-22
  Commission Contracts for Landmark Study of Workers' Compensation Permanent Disability
• May 22, 1996 - IR #96-21
  Pilot Milpitas Program to Boost Apprenticeship in State
• May 22, 1996 - IR #96-20
  Pilot Monterey County Program to Boost Apprenticeship in State
• May 21, 1996 - IR #96-19
  Precision Metal Trades and Education Form New Link Through Apprenticeship Pilot Program
• May 21, 1996 - IR #96-18
  Partnership in Health Care Apprenticeships Give Students New Path to Success
• May 17, 1996 - IR #96-17
  Industrial Welfare Commission To Convene Wage Boards
• May 16, 1996 - IR #96-16
  Pilot Riverside Program to Boost Apprenticeship Across State
• May 15, 1996 - IR #96-15
  Pilot Program for Apprenticeship Gives Students New Path to Success
• May 8, 1996 - IR #96-14
  State Targets Garment Industry Woes With 5-Point Plan
• April 16, 1996 - IR #96-13
  DIR Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Ruling to Restore Protection of California Apprentices
• March 15, 1996 - IR #96-12
  Grant for Evaluation of California's 24-Hour Care Pilot Projects Approved
• March 8, 1996 - IR #96-11
  Workers Held In Illegal El Monte Sweatshop Receive Payment of Unpaid Wages
• February 14, 1996 - IR #96-10
  Thai Workers Held In Slave-Like Conditions To Receive Settlement
• February 22, 1996 - IR #96-09
  MEDIA AVAILABILITY - California's Prevailing Wage
• February 14, 1996 - IR #96-06
  Statement by John Duncan, Chief Deputy Department of Industrial Relations - Prevailing Wage Reform: Truth vs. Fiction
• January 29, 1996 - IR #96-05
  Duncan Challenges Assemblymember 's Attack on Daily Overtime Reform and AB 398
• January 23, 1996 - IR #96-04
  MEDIA ADVISORY (Sacramento) - Governor Wilson's proposed 1996-97 Budgetand Its Impact on the Programs Administered by DIR
• January 16, 1996 - IR #96-03
  MEDIA ADVISORY (San Francisco) - Governor Wilson's proposed 1996-97 Budget and Its Impact on the Programs Administered by DIR
• January 10, 1996 - IR #96-02
  DWC Selected to Conduct New NIOSH Study of Return-to-Work Decisions by Physicians in Lower Back Injury Cases
• January 5, 1996 - IR #96-01
  Historic Reform of California's Prevailing Wage Rules Proceeds
  --Public Hearings Slated for February In Los Angeles and San Francisco