One of the functions of the Department of Industrial Relations is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Cal. Lab. Code § 50.5
General Powers and Duties
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 14 Cal. 4th 557 - Tidewater Marine Western, Inc. v. Bradshaw (1996)
Most recently applied in Bautista v. State (December 2011)
Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 276.
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