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The law requires timely payments, on the date specified in the contract, or within 30 days of service completion if no specific date is set. The law gives freelancers greater ability to enforce ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 .
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 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.
Authored by State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, the California Fair Pay Act (also known as SB358) is an amendment to the existing California labor laws that protects employees who want to discuss about their co-workers' wages as well as eliminating loopholes that allowed employers to justify inequalities in pay distribution between opposite sexes.
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.