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A Berman hearing is an administrative procedure under California law designed to resolve wage disputes between employees and employers efficiently and informally. Named after Howard Berman, the California State Assembly member who introduced the legislation, [1] these hearings are conducted by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office to adjudicate claims related to unpaid wages, overtime ...
The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) is a cabinet-level agency of the government of California.The agency coordinates workforce programs by overseeing seven major departments dealing with benefit administration, enforcement of California labor laws, appellate functions related to employee benefits, workforce development, tax collection, economic development activities.
A study by researchers at Harvard and UC San Francisco found that 91% of California service sector workers surveyed experienced at least one labor violation in the last year.
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) is a department of the government of the state of California which was initially created in 1927. [1] The department is currently part of the Cabinet-level California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, [2] and headquartered at the Elihu M. Harris State Office Building in Oakland.
California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]
The California Constitution mirrors the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude. However, both allow involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime.
UCLA faculty and graduate student research on labor-related topics in multiple academic disciplines. [11] The Working Papers series currently holds 71 publications published from 2006 to 2014. [14] From 2001 to 2004, the IIR published The State of California Labor, which examines the key developments in California labor. The journal includes ...
The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA) [note 1] is a landmark [2] statute in United States labor law that was enacted by the state of California in 1975, [3] establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers in that state, a first in U.S. history.