Workforce Development

Standards for Mental Health in the Workplace

Standards for Mental Health in the Workplace

Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission

California has five voluntary standards that organizations may adopt to support the mental health of their employees. The standards can help organizations create policies and processes to address mental health in the workplace in ways that meet employee needs.. Learn more about how creating a positive workplace culture and supporting mental health improves job quality.

California Department of Civil Rights Complaint Process

California Department of Civil Rights Complaint Process

Department of Civil Rights

The California Department of Civil Rights investigates claims related to harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Read about how to file a complaint, responding to a complaint, possible outcomes, and more.

Technical Assistance Toolkit

Technical Assistance Toolkit

California Strategic Growth Council

This toolkit is designed to support California state agencies and other public and private funders in developing technical assistance programs that make a meaningful difference in under-resourced communities. Due to historic and continued under-investment, under-resourced communities often lack the staff capacity, partnerships, or resources to secure competitive funding and implement projects and policies. Technical assistance and capacity building support can be pivotal in leveling the playing field and ensuring that State resources go to the communities that need them the most.

Good Jobs Principles

Good Jobs Principles

United States Department of Labor

The federal Department of Labor champions job quality through this list of good job principles. These eight principles create a framework for workers, businesses, labor unions, advocates, researchers, state and local governments, and federal agencies for a shared vision of job quality.

Project Labor Agreements as Tools for Equity

Project Labor Agreements as Tools for Equity

United States Department of Labor

Labor agreements can be used to uplift underserved workers. Explore example project labor agreements across the US.

Project Labor, Community Workforce, and Community Benefits Agreements Resource Guide

Project Labor, Community Workforce, and Community Benefits Agreements Resource Guide

United States Department of Labor

Labor agreements build job quality into a project before starting work. Learn about project labor, community workforce, and community benefits agreements and how and if they are enforced.

DIR, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement

DIR, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement

Department of Industrial Relations

DIR oversees compliance with labor laws. Workers may report a violation to DIR. View laws, regulations, and policies and other resources for workers and employers.

Employer Responsibilities Under CalOSHA

Employer Responsibilities Under CalOSHA

Department of Industrial Relations

California employers have many different responsibilities under the California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 and Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. Learn about these employer responsibilities related to health and safety.

General Prevailing Wage Determinations

General Prevailing Wage Determinations

Department of Industrial Relations

The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) posts prevailing wage determinations twice a year that regulate covered workers. View determinations and find answers to frequently asked questions.

The California High Road: A Roadmap to Job Quality

The California High Road: A Roadmap to Job Quality

California Workforce Development Board

Learn about the elements of a high-quality job and how high road training partnerships approach is creating a workforce development system that ensures job quality and an ecosystem of economic prosperity.

The High Road Vision

The High Road Vision

California Workforce Development Board

The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) includes job quality as one of the three elements of its High Road vision. Ranging from transportation to healthcare, hospitality to construction, the High Road approach embodies the sector strategy championed by the Board: industry partnerships that deliver equity, climate resilience, and job quality. Along with these program investments, CWDB is producing a body of policies and principles to guide alignment across the workforce and education system.