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Cal. Labor Code § 50.5 (2026)

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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.

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Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2023 · leading case: Tidewater Marine W., Inc. v. Bradshaw, 927 P.2d 296 (Cal. 1996).

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Tidewater Marine W., Inc. v. Bradshaw, 927 P.2d 296 (Cal. 1996). “The Labor Code provides that “[o]ne of the functions of the Department of Industrial Relations [which includes the IWC and the DLSE] is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California .”

Bautista v. State, 76 Cal. Comp. Cases 1282 (Cal. Ct. App. 2011). “(Lab. Code, §§ 50.5, 50.7, subd. (a).) The DIR also administers the workers’ compensation system.”

MacHinists Auto. Trades Dist. Lodge No. 190 of N. California v. Peterbilt Motors Co., 666 F. Supp. 1352 (N.D. Cal. 1987). “” California Labor Code § 50.5. g. The policy of the State of California mandates that an employer “indemnify employees for losses caused by the employer’s want of ordinary care.”

Freeman v. Wells Fargo & Co. (N.D. Cal. 2023). “1 only apply to “California wage earner[s],” citing California Labor Code section 50.5, which states 2 that “[o]ne of the functions of the Department of Industrial Relations is to foster, promote, and 3 develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their…”

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