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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 Supreme court ruled that employers satisfy their California Labor Code section 512 obligation to "provide" meal periods to nonexempt employees by (1) relieving employees of all duty; (2) relinquishing control over their activities and permitting them a reasonable opportunity to take an uninterrupted 30-minute break; and (3) not ...
In Division 2, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 in Division 2. Chapter 2.2., 1340 - 1399.864, [13] which is enforced by the California Department of Managed Health Care and regulates most health insurance in California, although some plans are regulated by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) with sometimes similar "companion" statutes in the California Insurance ...
4,000 workers across 10 different major cities for lunch-break data, nearly half of full-time employees, or 49%, admit to skipping lunch at least once a week.
As an attorney, Frances Slusarz is used to working 12-hour days and taking a 10-minute lunch break at her desk. Working during her lunch break can mean the difference between working late and ...
The problem with Cal-OSHA’s staffing shortage goes beyond holding employers accountable and keeping California workers safe. It also has a dramatic negative effect on its own workforce.
Cal/OSHA requires that qualifying organizations create illness and injury prevention programs meant to help identify and eliminate dangers before accidents and illnesses occur. [ 2 ] As of December 22, 2015, Cal/OSHA employed 195 field enforcement officers, 25 of whom received bilingual pay for using a second language at least 10% of the time ...
But given the severity of the staffing shortage, he suggested the idea that Newsom could issue executive orders that exempt Cal-OSHA from California’s arduous and lengthy merit-based hiring process.