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The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) is a cabinet-level agency of the government of California.The agency coordinates workforce programs by overseeing seven major departments dealing with benefit administration, enforcement of California labor laws, appellate functions related to employee benefits, workforce development, tax collection, economic development activities.
California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]
The H-2A program is a program that enables farm owners to apply to the Department of Labor (DOL) to bring in "low-skilled laborers" for agricultural work. [13] In contrast, the H-2B program is for all non-agricultural work. [14] In both cases, this work must be temporary; however, to qualify for the H2-A program, the work must also be seasonal.
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) is a department of the government of the state of California which was initially created in 1927. [1] The department is currently part of the Cabinet-level California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, [2] and headquartered at the Elihu M. Harris State Office Building in Oakland.
The Department of Labor will review and process all H-2B applications on a first in, first out basis. [2] Employers seeking to employ temporary H-2B workers must apply for Temporary Employment Certification to the Chicago National Processing Center (NPC).
Foster Farms and three temporary staffing agencies were fined $3.8 million collectively for allegedly failing to inform nearly 4,000 temporary workers of their COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave.
In California, the Employment Development Department (EDD) is a department of the state government that administers Unemployment Insurance (UI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Paid Family Leave (PFL) programs. The department also provides employment service programs and collects the state's labor market information and employment data.
Lastly, several departments are led by a constitutional executive officer who is elected separately from the Governor, e.g. the CA Department of Justice (Attorney-General) and the CA Department of Insurance (Insurance Commissioner). [1] Accountancy, California Board of (CBA) Achieving a Better Life Experience, California (CalABLE)