California Labor Code 1785 – (a) The director shall establish and maintain a strategic …
(a) The director shall establish and maintain a strategic enforcement unit focused on construction, alteration, and repair projects. The unit shall enhance the department‘s enforcement of this code in construction, alteration, and repair projects, including projects funded pursuant to § 50675.1.3 of the Health and Safety Code and other publicly funded residential construction projects. The unit shall have primary responsibility for enforcement of this code in construction projects subject to § 50675.1.3 of the Health and Safety Code. Any funds appropriated to the department for purposes of this section shall be administered and allocated by the director.
(b) The strategic enforcement unit described in subdivision (a) shall provide technical assistance to local public entities related to both of the following:
Terms Used In California Labor Code 1785
- construction: includes work performed during the design, site assessment, feasibility study, and other preconstruction phases of construction, including, but not limited to, inspection and land surveying work, regardless of whether any further construction work is conducted, and work performed during the postconstruction phases of construction, including, but not limited to, all cleanup work at the jobsite. See California Labor Code 1720
- Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
- Director: means Director of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 20
- paid for in whole or in part out of public funds: means all of the following:
California Labor Code 1720
(1) Best practices for monitoring and enforcing requirements pertaining to construction, alteration, and repair projects paid for in whole or in part out of public funds, including, but not limited to, this chapter.
(2) Outreach and engagement with workers, employers, and state certified apprenticeship programs connected to construction, alteration, and repair projects.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 111, Sec. 26. (AB 140) Effective July 19, 2021.)