Cal. LAB § 6413.2
This is the official text of Cal. LAB § 6413.2, part of California’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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(a) With regard to any report required by Section 6413, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health may make recommendations to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of ways in which the department might improve the safety of the working conditions and work areas of state prisoners, and other safety matters. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall not be required to comply with these recommendations.
(b) With regard to any report required by Section 6413, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health may, in any case in which the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has not complied with recommendations made by the division pursuant to subdivision (b), or in any other case in which the division deems the safety of any state prisoner shall require it, conduct hearings and, after these hearings, adopt special orders, rules, or regulations or otherwise proceed as authorized in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of this part as it deems necessary. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall comply with any order, rule, or regulation so adopted by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
(b) With regard to any report required by Section 6413, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health may, in any case in which the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has not complied with recommendations made by the division pursuant to subdivision (b), or in any other case in which the division deems the safety of any state prisoner shall require it, conduct hearings and, after these hearings, adopt special orders, rules, or regulations or otherwise proceed as authorized in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 6300) of this part as it deems necessary. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall comply with any order, rule, or regulation so adopted by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
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