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Proposition 11 sought to establish an exception to existing labor laws for private-sector ambulance employees. [3] It aimed to allow these employees to be reachable during their breaks and respond to emergency calls without violating labor laws. Critics of Proposition 11 argued that it undermined worker protections and labor rights. They ...
New workplace laws taking effect in January strengthening employees' health, safety and wage protections and ban corporate muzzling of discrimination victims. But many more mandates tagged "job ...
The California Labor Code, more formally known as "the Labor Code", [1] is a collection of civil law statutes for the State of California. The code is made up of statutes which govern the general obligations and rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the State of California .
When people "take leave" in this way, they are usually taking days off from their work that have been pre-approved by their employer in their contracts of employment. Labour laws normally mandate that these paid-leave days be compensated at either 100% of normal pay, or at a very high percentage of normal days' pay, such as 75% or 80%.
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 at work.
California workers and employers can look forward to an increased minimum wage, new salary transparency rules, higher family leave benefits and more in 2023.
In 2014, the median days away from work due to MSDs was 13, and there were 10.4 cases per 10,000 full-time workers in which an MSD caused a worker to be away from work for 31 or more days. [37] MSDs are widespread in many occupations, including those with heavy biomechanical load like construction and factory work, and those with lighter loads ...
Between 1980 and 2000, California's workforce grew by 48 percent, while the budget for California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) increased only 27 percent. [22] The budget for California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) decreased by 14 percent over the same period. [ 22 ]