Tag: Department of Industrial Relations News
California funding 51 projects across the state to boost apprenticeships for opportunity youth ages 16-24
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /CALIFORNIA NEWSWIRE/ -- On Wednesday (July 17) Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the Department of Industrial Relations awarded $31 million in California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship (COYA) grants to 51 projects across the state to increase pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships in healthcare, education, advanced manufacturing, information technology, public sector, transportation and more.
Calif. Senator Mendoza Calls for Review of State Workers' Compensation Anti-Fraud Efforts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- A series of news stories highlighting billions of dollars in workers’ compensation fraud in California over the last several...
Calif. Governor Brown Announces Appointments for Dec. 9, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -– Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Friday announced the following appointments. First, Christine Baker, 62, of Berkeley, has been appointed director of the Department of Industrial Relations. Baker has been the acting director and chief deputy director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) since April 2011.
