(CA) Department of Industrial Relations
Responsibility: enforces the majority of California's labor laws; subordinate divisions listed below
Office: San Francisco Headquarters (415)972-8835 Web Site: www.dir.ca.gov

(CA) Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) (Labor Commissioner)
Responsibility: enforces California wage and hour laws.
Offices:
Fresno (209)248-8580
Long Beach(310)580-5044
Los Angeles (213)897-4037
Sacramento (916)263-2840
San Diego (619)637-5500
San Francisco (415)975-2080
Van Nuys (818)901-5312
24-Hour Information Service (415)557-7858
Minimum-Wage Hotline (888)275-9243
Publications (415)972-8844

(CA) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)
Responsibility: enforces California Occupational Safety and Health Act
Offices: San Francisco Headquarters (415)927-8500
Consultation Service: offers variety of employer services, including on-site evaluation of workplace health and safety hazards.
San Francisco Headquarters (415)972-8515
Anaheim (714)935-2750
Fresno (209)454-1295
L os Angeles (213)235-2187
Sacramento (916)263-2855
San Diego (619)279-3771
San Mateo (415)573-3864
Santa Fe Springs(310)944-9366

(CA)Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC)
Responsibility: enforces California Occupational Safety and Health Act
San Francisco Headquarters (415)927-8500

(CA)Employment Development Department(EDD)
Responsibility: collects employment taxes including unemployment insurance (UI), disability insurance (SDI) and individual quarterly tax deposits.
Headquarters (916)653-0707
Sacramento (916)979-2040
San Diego (619)557-5606
San Francisco (415)744-5580
Santa Ana (714)836-2156
Web Site: www.edd.cahwnet.gov/eddhome.htm

(CA)Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC)
Responsibility: enacts regulations and reviews certain claims regarding California's anti-discrimination, family leave, and pregnancy disability leave laws (for investigation and complaint filing see Department of Fair Employment and Housing)
San Francisco (415)557-2325

(CA) Health Insurance Plan of California (HIPC)
Responsibility: government-sponsored health insurance purchasing pool for small employers.
(800)447-2937

(FED) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Division of Workplace Programs
Responsibility: provides compliance information about the federal Drug Free Workplace Act
Office: Maryland (301) 443-6780

(FED) Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel
Responsibility: enforces the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), provides information on authorization of employment verification and discrimination and I-9 employment forms.
24-hour automated information hotline (800)255-8155 Web Sites:
www.usdoj.gov/crt/osc
www.usdoj.gov/ins/
(information on I-9 program, pilot employment verifications programs and frequently asked questions)

(FED) Department of Transportation (DOT)
Responsibility: enforces federal transportation safety regulations andrandom drug testing for commercial drivers and other transportation industry workers.
Washington, DC (202)366-5809
Free tax information on drug and alcohol testing for employees (800)225-3784

(FED) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Responsibility: enforces federal anti-discrimination laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Washington DC (202)663-4900
Local office/referral questions (800)669-5800
Publications: copies of regulations (800)669-3362
Web Site: www.eeoc.gov

(FED) Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Responsibility: collects payroll taxes, enforces independent contractor rules, and regulates tax treatment of pension plans.
Information, assistance, problem resolution (800)829-1040
Forms: Western Distribution Center (800)829-3676
Web Sites: www.ustreas.gov

(FED) Social Security Administration(SSA)
Responsibility: administers Social Security Benefits
Information (800)772-1213

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Responsibility: compiles information on wages and Consumer Price Index
Office: San Francisco(415)975-4350
Consumer Price Index Hotline:
San Francisco: (415)975-4406
Los Angeles: (310)235-6884

Employment and Training Administration
Responsibility: enforces the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requiring notice to workers in reductions in force or plant closings.
San Francisco (415)975-4655
Washington, DC (202)219-5577; Web Site: www.doleta.gov
www.doleta.gov/programs/factsht/warn.htm(for warn fact sheet)

Employment Standards Administration (ESA)- -see Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs or Wage and Hour Division, listed below
Web Site: www.dol.gov/dol/esa

Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC)
Responsibility: establishes minimum wage and work rules for private employers in California
San Francisco Headquarters: (415)975-0761; Publications: (415)972-8844

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Responsibility: enforces the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act
Washington, DC (202)219-8151
Sacramento (916)566-7470
San Diego (619)557-2909
Web Sites: www.osha.gov
http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/asbestos/compliance.html (for asbestos safety standards)

Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board
Responsibility: enforces and administers workers' compensation laws.
24-hour information and assistance (415)975-0700
Self-Insurance Plans (916)483-3392
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (415)975-2000
Sacramento Headquarters: (916)322-3540, Web Site: www.dir.ca.gov/dir/workers'_compensation/DWC

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Employment Standard Administration
Responsibility: conducts compliance reviews of federal contractors relating to affirmative action plans, the Rehabilitation Act, Executive Order 11246 and Vietnam-Era Veterans' Readjustment Act.
San Francisco (415)975-4720
Los Angeles (310)235-6800

Pension and Welfare BenefitsAdministration (PWBA)
Responsibility: enforces the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Combined Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
San Francisco (415)975-4600
Southern California (818)583-7862