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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]
California law and the FEHA also allow for the imposition of punitive damages [9] [10] when a corporate defendant's officers, directors or managing agents engage in harassment, discrimination, or retaliation, or when such persons approve or consciously disregard prohibited conduct by lower-level employees in violation of the rights or safety of the plaintiff or others.
Public agencies in California are not subject to a controversial law that gives workers the power to sue their employers over alleged labor violations, the state's Supreme Court has ruled.
Supreme Court supports mandatory arbitration, putting limits on California labor law.
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 suit alleged that Uber and Lyft denied their workers mandated "employee" benefits and protections such as minimum wage and overtime pay, reimbursement for business-related expenses, unemployment and disability insurance, and paid sick leave. [53] California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman issued his ruling on August 10, 2020, stating ...
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 state of California's overtime laws differ from federal overtime laws in many respects, and they involve overlapping statutes, regulations, and precedents that govern the compensation of employees in California. Governing federal law is the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 USC 201–219) California overtime law is codified in provisions of: