Divisions of Labor Code by:Mark Dacanay
It is important for Los Angeles employers and employees to avoid California labor
law violations that lead to abuse, discrimination and other offences that usually result from ignorance of the law.
In California, labor law violations are caused by the lack of knowledge of the laws governing employment.
The California Labor Code covers most labor laws concerning employment in Los Angeles.
It has several divisions and they are the following:
The Department of Industrial Relations
The main function of this division is to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners in the state of California.
This includes improving the working conditions and advances the opportunities for wage earner's opportunities for profitable employment.
They are also the state agency that is responsible for administering the state plan for the development and enforcement of safety and health standards in accordance to the standards given under the federal Occupational and Health Act of 1970.
Employment Regulation and Supervision
This division regulates the compensation employees earn, hours worked, privileges and immunities, agricultural labor relations, wages and working condition, licensing of talent agencies, public work and agencies, unemployment relief in public works and health and sanitary conditions in employment.
They also regulate car washes, industrial homework, garment manufacturing, sheepherders and the private attorney general's actions.
Employment Relations
The Employment Relations division covers and regulates all employee and employer relationships including their employment contract, employee obligations, inventions by the employee, employment termination and employee investigation.
Under the California labor code, an employment contract is a contract by which one, that is called the employer, engages another, who is called the employee, to do something for the benefit of the employer or a third person.
Worker's Compensation and Insurance
This division regulates worker's compensation and worker's compensation insurance.
Worker's compensation is payment for workers who suffered either partial or permanent disabilities. This is given because of the lost earning power of the injured worker.
Worker's Compensation and Insurance: State Employees not otherwise covered
This covers worker's compensation and worker's compensation insurance of those who are employed by the state.
The purpose of this division is to ensure continuity in public service by raising the willingness of competent workers to assume risk of injury or death in being employed by the state and to restore experienced employees to work at the earliest possible date after an injury.
Retraining and Rehabilitation
This division states that all public agencies, its insurance carrier and the State Rehabilitation Department should form procedures in selecting injured full-time public or state employees to undergo rehabilitation services and be retained for another position.
Safety and Employment
This division regulates the conditions of a safe workplace as said under the California Occupational Safety and Health Act.
The Act was enacted for the purpose of assuring that all workers in California are provided with safe and healthy working conditions by enforcing effective standards, encouraging employers in maintain a safe and healthy working conditions and providing research, education and training in regards to the field of occupational safety and health.
This was a very general description of each division of the California Labor Code. Employees could consult an employment lawyer to know if any labor law violations have been made in their company.
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