An employee who believes an employer violated wage or employment obligations may file a claim with which state office?
Explanation
The Labor Commissioner's Office, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, hears wage claims under Labor Code §98 and retaliation complaints under §98.7, free and without a lawyer. (b) is the one a contractor's employee might reasonably try, and it is the wrong door for the money: CSLB can discipline the license under B&P §7110 for labor law violations but cannot award the worker unpaid wages. (c) has no employment-claim jurisdiction, and pointing a worker there is itself the kind of conduct Labor Code §1019 punishes. (d) is unrelated. Cal/OSHA takes safety complaints, and the Civil Rights Department takes FEHA complaints - three state doors, each for a different wrong.
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