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Labor Commissioner Cites Garment Maker for Wage, Registration Violations

LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su issued citations totaling $282,582 to a Los Angeles garment maker that moved a ... View More


Terrific Results for Letter Carriers' Annual Food Drive

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The annual food drive of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) collected more than 74 million pounds of food to help restoc ... View More


Report Reveals Record-breaking Results for Labor Law Enforcement in California

LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a report released today, Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su announced that labor law enforcement under Governor Brown in the first two years of ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Fines Contractors more than $1.8 Million for Public Works Violations at UCLA, Saddleback Community College in Orange County and G3 Charter School in San Fernando Valley

LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2013 ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Reaches Settlements Totaling over $600,000 with Four General Contractors on Public Works Jobs in Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Fines Garment Contractor for Wage Theft

LOS ANGELES, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued citations against O & K Apparel Inc. to pay $113,785 in overtime wages for 110 ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Investigation Leads to Criminal Indictment of Restaurant Owners for Wage Theft: Employees Worked but Didn't Get Paid, Additional Victims Sought

SAN DIEGO, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Califor ... View More


Cal/OSHA Issues High Heat Advisory as Temperatures Rise Across the State

OAKLAND, Calif., March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers to protect their outdoor workers from the risk of heat illness, as temperatures in the Central Valley ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Issues over $500,000 in Citations to Restaurants

OAKLAND, Calif., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued citations totaling nearly $505,000 to three restaurants for minimum wage, over ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Investigation Results in Criminal Forgery, Fraud Charges against Restaurant Owners

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The owners of a restaurant in San Marcos have been charged with felony counts of workers' compensation ... View More


California employers to post annual work-related injury and illness summary

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DIR/DOSH), also known as Cal/OSHA, is ... View More


Cal/OSHA Cites Chevron Nearly $1 Million for Richmond Refinery Fire

Imposes Highest Penalties Allowed Under State Law OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Division of Occupational Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA) today ... View More


Labor Commissioner Cites Southern California Warehouse over $1 Million for Wage Theft

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su today issued citations to Quetico, LLC, a Chino warehouse and distribution company, for ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Issues a Public Works Assessment for Nearly $1 million Against a Los Angeles Contractor

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered Ace Cooling ... View More


California Labor Commissioner investigation results in charges against Santa Monica car wash

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A criminal complaint for conspiracy and grand theft was filed today against Wilshire West Car Wash LLC and its parent company, Maxxam ... View More


Reverend Luis Cortes To Offer The Opening Prayer At The 2013 Presidential Inauguration Luncheon

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On January 8th, it was announced that The Reverend Luis Cortes will offer the invocati ... View More


DIR Launches New Landscape Apprenticeship Program with Alameda Point Collaborative, San Leandro Adult School

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California's Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Apprenticeship Standards ( ... View More


California Labor Commissioner assesses contractor over $1 million in penalties for public works violations

STOCKTON, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered Nicodemus Plumbing & Mechanical to pay ... View More


Labor Commissioner Announces Changes to Enhance Labor Law Enforcement on Public Works Projects

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Industrial Relation's (DIR) today introduced the new electronic Public Works PWC 100 system which allows awarding ... View More


California's Alternative Security Program puts $6.17 Billion in Capital Back into Businesses

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), today approved the implementation of the 2012/1 ... View More


Department of Industrial Relations partners with Watsonville Law Center to provide medical services to low-wage workers with job injuries

  OAKLAND, Calif., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the ... View More


New Hampshire Approves Meridian Health Plan Medicaid Contract

DETROIT, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A contract to provide managed health services to Medicaid beneficiaries between Meridian Health Plan and the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human ... View More


Michigan's Young Adults Tell Grassroots Organizers That the Poor Economy, Joblessness, and Skyrocketing Gas Prices Are Top Concerns

Generation Opportunity Visits Thousands of Young Americans Across the State WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire ... View More


Upcoming Alabama and Mississippi GOP Primaries Beg Oil Spill Question: If BP had to Clean up Gulf Coast, why Doesn't Chevron Have to Clean Larger Spill in Ecuador?

NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The upcoming A ... View More