Cal. LAB § 2012

This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 2012, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.

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Official statutory text

The department shall keep constantly advised of industrial conditions throughout the State as affecting the employment of labor. Whenever the Governor represents or the division has reason to believe, that a period of extraordinary unemployment caused by industrial depression exists in the state, it shall immediately hold an inquiry into the facts relating thereto, and report to the Governor whether, in fact, such condition exists.

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