Latest California Department of Industrial Relations Stories
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Department of Industrial Relations released a press release on April 22 detailing the order requiring Icon Metal Works Inc., a Fontana-based company that willfully violated public works laws, to pay $129,562 in wages, $47,575 in prevailing wage fines and $28,700 in apprenticeship fines for work performed at California State University, Los Angeles. California Labor Commissioner Julie Su emphasized that the public...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered Ace Cooling & Heating Corporation, a heating and air contractor, to pay $824,570.63 in wages, $23,685.12 in training fund contributions and $114,300.00 in fines for failure to pay 10 employees the proper wage for their work on the El Camino Community College Bookstore Modernization project in Torrance. The Labor Commissioner issued a civil wage and penalty assessment in an...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In two separate investigations in the Southern California area, California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued wage and penalty assessments totaling over $1 million. In the first case, Commissioner Su ordered FTR International, Inc. (FTR) to pay $401,041 in wages and $185,725 in fines for labor law violations committed on the Los Angeles Union Station Platform 7 project. Southern California Regional Rail Authority hired FTR,...
MONTEREY, Calif., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su today filed a $1.6 million lawsuit in Monterey County Superior Court against a Greenfield farm labor contractor, Salvador Zavala Chavez dba Zavala Farms, for multiple violations including failure to provide minimum wage and overtime to approximately 150 workers covering more than 10 work locations, primarily in Monterey County. The lawsuit seeks $1.26 million in unpaid wages, overtime...
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a protracted heat wave in many regions of the state over the past week that is slated to continue through this week, the California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (commonly referred to as Cal/OSHA) is urging employers to protect outdoor workers from heat illness and allow for new workers to adjust to changes in weather (also known as acclimatization). "This is the...
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As temperatures soar into the 100s over the next several days throughout the state, the California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (commonly referred to as Cal/OSHA) is reminding all employers of outdoor workers to ensure they have effective procedures and equipment in place to prevent, recognize and appropriately handle heat illness. "During this heat wave it is crucial...
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With heat waves predicted across many California regions over the next week, the California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (commonly referred to as Cal/OSHA) urges all employers of outdoor workers to revisit their heat illness prevention process and their emergency response procedures to ensure they are thoroughly prepared. "Cal/OSHA's adoption of the nation's first set...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su yesterday submitted a lawsuit for filing with the Fresno Superior Court against farm labor contracting company, Javier Diaz, dba Diaz Contracting for multiple violations, including failure to provide minimum wage and overtime to employees. The lawsuit seeks in excess of $634,800 in unpaid wages, penalties and damages affecting 129 workers. The lawsuit stems from on-going...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- California's compliant contractors saw another victory in the recently released news by the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) on a settlement reached between the California Labor Commissioner and Tadros & Youssef Construction (T&YC) for unpaid wages. On a public works project in the Arcadia Unified School District, T&YC was investigated for not meeting the requirement to pay prevailing wages. According...
OAKLAND, Calif., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health, also known as Cal/OSHA, today issued fourteen citations totaling $168,175 to a Fremont-based construction and investment company, US-Sino Investments, Inc. The citations stemmed from Cal/OSHA's investigation into the death of Raul Zapata, a 37-year-old carpenter who was buried alive under a ten-to-twelve foot...
