California Department of Industrial Relations

Department of Industrial Relations- Media Room

News Releases

May 2012

May 23, 2012 IR#2012-23
Man to be arraigned for embezzling over $350,000 in employee wages from public works contracts and filing false tax returns to hide theft
May 23, 2012 IR#2012-22
Labor Enforcement Task Force Announces Public Hotline for Complaints and Tips
May 23, 2012 IR#2012-21
Cal/OSHA cites Southern California Recycling Company for multiple safety violations
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