Labor and Workforce Development
7350 Department of Industrial Relations

The Department of Industrial Relations protects the workforce in California, improves working conditions, and advances opportunities for profitable employment. The Department is responsible for enforcing workers' compensation insurance laws, adjudicating workers' compensation claims, and working to prevent industrial injuries and deaths. The Department also promulgates regulations and enforces laws relating to wages, hours, and conditions of employment, promotes apprenticeship and other on-the-job training, and analyzes and disseminates statistics which measure the condition of labor in the state.
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Workers' Compensation Reform Implementation - An increase of $152.9 million in the Workers' Compensation Administration Revolving Fund and 82 positions to implement the reforms prescribed in Chapter 363, Statutes of 2012 (SB 863). This includes a $120 million increase for permanent disability payments.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2013-14*
Positions
Dollars
10 Self-Insurance Plans
27.1
$6,258
20 Mediation/Conciliation
-
-
30 Workers' Compensation
1,085.8
197,968
36 Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
8.1
3,463
40 Division of Occupational Safety and Health
724.4
118,262
50 Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
520.9
72,352
60 Division of Apprenticeship Standards
55.3
10,363
70 Division of Labor Statistics and Research
-
-
80 Claims, Wages, and Contingencies
-
177,453
94.01 Administration
375.0
51,622
94.02 Distributed Administration
-
-51,622
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
2,796.6
$586,119
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
2,796.6
$586,119

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Industrial Relations Budget (pdf * - 70K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 29K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 17K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.