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May 2012

• May 2, 2012 IR#2012-20
  Confirmation of DIR Director & DWC Administrative Director approved by Senate Rules Committee

April 2012

• April 30, 2012 IR#2012-19
  DIR Launches Small Business Portal to Help California Businesses
• April 27, 2012 IR#2012-18
  DIR’s tribute to fallen workers and commitment to workplace safety. Commemorating Workers’ Memorial Day
• April 23, 2012 IR#2012-17
  California Labor Commissioner announces online system for minors’ entertainment work permit
• April 12, 2012 IR#2012-16
  Cal/OSHA launches 2012 heat illness prevention campaign at new Bakersfield office
• April 4, 2012 IR#2012-15
  Cal/OSHA joins agricultural groups to launch training on Heat Illness Prevention

March 2012

• March 28, 2012 IR#2012-14
  Los Angeles Fire Department joins Cal/OSHA’s confined space awareness campaign
• March 28, 2012 IR#2012-13
  Office of Self Insurance Plans (OSIP) launches audit web tools
• March 21, 2012 IR#2012-12
  Cal/OSHA Issues Citations to Community Recycling & Resource Recovery Totaling $166,890 Following Two Worker Deaths
• March 08, 2012 IR#2012-11
  California Labor Commissioner Reaches $235,835 Settlement for Unpaid Wages
• March 06, 2012 IR#2012-10
  CA Labor Commissioner sues L.A. carwash businesses for more than $2 million

February 2012

• February 27, 2012 IR#2012-09
  California Labor Commissioner Launches Criminal Investigation Unit
• February 15, 2012 IR#2012-08
  CA Labor Commissioner Reaches $316,000 Settlement for Unpaid Wages
• February 14, 2012 IR#2012-07
  Oakland Fire Department joins DIR, Cal/OSHA to launch initiative aimed at reducing confined space fatalities in California
• February 13, 2012 IR#2012-06
  Cal/OSHA issues $540,890 to three companies for violations in Sylmar explosion
• February 8, 2012 IR#2012-05
  Cal/OSHA Issues Hazard Alert and Launches Confined Spaces Emphasis Program
• February 1, 2012 IR#2012-04
  California employers reminded to post work-related injury and illness summary

January 2012

• January 18, 2012 IR#2012-03
  Cal/OSHA Issues $256,445 in Citations to Warehouse Operators
• January 11, 2012 IR#2012-02
  Cal/OSHA issues citations in first confirmed heat related fatality for 2011
  Farm labor contractors cited for violations of heat illness prevention regulations
• January 11, 2012 IR#2012-01
  CA Labor Commissioner introduces on-line system to obtain minors’ temporary entertainment work permits