Labor Commissioner

The Labor Commissioner administers enforcement under existing Labor Code procedures and can investigate alleged violations, order temporary relief, issue citations, and file civil actions. AB 1331 uses this existing enforcement structure rather than creating a new agency.

The California Labor Commissioner would have investigated complaints, determined whether retaliation or discrimination occurred, ordered temporary relief, issued citations, and filed civil actions under the worker-protection article. The bill used existing Labor Code enforcement procedures rather than creating a new agency.