[Source: The National Law Review] The Department of Labor (DOL) has informed a federal court in California that it did not wish to defend the proposed prevailing wage rule, which would impose steep wage hikes, “at the same time that is internally evaluating the propriety of that Rule” in the challenge to stop the agency Read More…
Tag: minimum wage
California minimum-wage jump to hit virus-battered companies
[Source: Associated Press] Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday the state would keep in place a planned jump in the state’s minimum wage to $14 an hour next year for larger businesses, saying it would help hard hit lower-income workers even as many companies struggle to survive amid the coronavirus crisis. The Democratic governor had the Read More…
Here are important California labor law changes for 2019
[Source: North Bay Business Journal] With the new year around the corner, now is the time to prepare for new labor laws that will impact North Bay businesses in 2019. Among those includes a law, signed in 2016, which raises the minimum wage incrementally, boosting it on Jan. 1 to $11 per hour for employers Read More…
What you need to know about California’s new minimum wage
[Source: LA Biz] One thing is always certain for California employers at the start of each year — a number of significant employment-related laws will go into effect. One such area is the continued increase in the state’s minimum wage. Although there are some exceptions, almost all employees in California must be paid the minimum Read More…
Why does California have the nation’s highest poverty level?
[Source: CalChamber] With all the recent hoopla about California’s record-low unemployment rate and the heady prospect of its becoming No. 5 in global economic rankings, it is easy to lose sight of another salient fact: It is the nation’s most poverty-stricken state. So says the U.S. Census Bureau in its “supplemental measure” of poverty that Read More…
One-fifth of Americans find workplace hostile or threatening
[Source: Associated Press] The American workplace is grueling, stressful and surprisingly hostile. So concludes an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and the University of California, Los Angeles. Among the findings: Nearly one in five workers – a share the study calls “disturbingly high” – say they face Read More…
Here’s why the Legislature’s moderate Democrats see the ‘Mod Squad’ growing on election day
[Source: The Los Angeles Times] Late last year, after a group of self-described moderate Democrats successfully watered down a landmark climate change bill pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and fiercely opposed by the oil lobby, a flurry of headlines trumpeted the rise of the so-called Mod Squad in Sacramento. But 2016 has not been as kind to Read More…
Most new jobs in L.A. County will be low-paying, report warns
[Source: Los Angeles Times] Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created in L.A. County over the next four years, most of them low-paying, according to a report released Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. Most of the jobs added in the county by 2020 will pay below the median wage, the Read More…
Ahead of $15 minimum wage, one company leaves California for Texas
[Source: 89.3KPCC-So Cal Public Radio] California’s $15 minimum wage does not go into effect until 2022, but one Santa Fe Springs-based manufacturing company has already decided to leave the state this year to take advantage of cheaper wages in Texas. “This is the last thing I want to do, but I don’t see that I Read More…