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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 ...
Most citations are regarding wage issues in low-wage industries. [ 35 ] The report, "State of the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement," reveals that over $3 million unpaid minimum wages assessed in 2012, more than $13 million unpaid overtime wages assessed in 2012, over $51 million in civil penalties assessed in 2012.
A surprise objection by labor unions helped delay a state investigation into California's broken wage theft system, putting pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom to fix a backlog of worker claims and ...
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.
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the terms of a $20 million settlement that will benefit former Bitwise Industries employees who abruptly lost their jobs when the Fresno-based technology ...
In the latest sign that layoffs remain low, data from the Department of Labor released Thursday morning showed 211,000 initial jobless claims were filed in the week ending Dec. 27, down from ...
Additionally, a study by the U.S. Department of Labor estimated the existence of over 33,000 serious and ongoing wage violations in Los Angeles's garment industry, which employed over 100,000 workers, but the DIR was issuing fewer than 100 wage citations per year for all industries throughout the state. [21]
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.