SECTIONS 150-156 - California Statutes

LABOR CODE

SECTION 150-156

150. The Division of Labor Statistics and Research, hereafter in
this chapter referred to as the division, shall collect, compile and
present facts and statistics relating to the condition of labor in
the state, including information as to cost of living, labor supply
and demand, industrial relations, industrial disputes, industrial
accidents and safety, labor productivity, sanitary and other
conditions, prison labor, and such other matters in relation to labor
as the Director of Industrial Relations deems desirable. Except for
statistics relating to internal administration, all statistical
functions of the department shall be performed by the division.

151. The division shall conduct an annual survey of the ethnic
derivation of the individuals who are parties to apprentice
agreements described in Section 3077 of this code. In conducting this
survey, the division shall use any pertinent data which the federal
government may provide to avoid duplication of effort.
The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall cooperate in the
accomplishment of the survey required by this section as the division
may request. The occasion of this survey may be used to gather such
additional current data as may be of benefit to apprenticeship
programs.
Data gathered pursuant to this section shall not be evidence per
se of an unlawful employment practice.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any state
agency to require an employer to employ a specified percentage of
individuals of any particular ethnic derivation irrespective of such
individuals' qualifications for employment.

152. The Chief of the Division of Labor Statistics and Research and
employees of the division authorized by him may issue subpoenas to
compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers
and records; administer oaths; examine witnesses under oath; take the
verification or proof of written instruments; and take depositions
and affidavits for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
code and performing the duties which the division is required to
perform. They shall have free access to all places of labor. Any
person, or agent or officer thereof, who willfully neglects or
refuses to furnish statistics requested by the division, which are in
his possession, or under his control, or who refuses to admit the
chief or his authorized employee to a place of labor, is guilty of a
misdemeanor. The Director of Industrial Relations may direct the
chief and the employees of other divisions of the department to
transmit to the Division of Labor Statistics and Research any
statistical information in their possession, or to conduct
investigations and otherwise assist the Division of Labor Statistics
and Research in the gathering of whatever statistics the director
deems desirable.

153. Except as provided in Section 151 no use shall be made in the
reports of the division of the names of persons supplying the
information required under this code. Any agent or employee of the
division who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

156. An annual report containing statistics on California work
injuries and occupational diseases and fatalities by industry
classifications shall be completed and published by the Division of
Labor Statistics and Research no later than December 31 of the
following calendar year. All of the reports and statistics shall be
available to the public.