Certified payroll records on a California public works project must generally be made available for inspection and, when requested, furnished to:
Explanation
Labor Code §1776(b) makes certified payroll available for inspection and furnishes certified copies on request to the employee, to a representative of the body awarding the contract, and to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which the Labor Commissioner heads inside the DIR. Designers and inspectors administer the work, not the payroll. The public may request records, but §1776(e) requires the worker's name, address and social security number to be obliterated first, so unredacted public access is wrong. The county recorder takes recorded notices; payroll is never filed there.
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