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California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman issued his ruling on August 10, 2020, stating that Uber and Lyft must treat their drivers as employees under AB-5, as their work in the context of the "ABC test" was not outside the usual course of their business, nor was a "multi-sided platform" as Uber and Lyft had argued but simply ...
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 lawmakers are considering a bill that would shorten the standard workweek to 32 hours for employers with more than 500 workers -- a move that would likely thrill most employees but is
These breaks are also required in the state of California; one 10–15-minute break for every 3.5 hours worked. A few other US states have similar laws, but most do not. [citation needed] Some employers allow employees to stop their work for short durations at any time to take care of these needs.
The ballot initiative was backed by gig-work companies that wanted to keep their workers classified as independent contractors and were resisting a 2019 state law that would have considered them ...
But this “one-size-fits-all” approach is impractical for some state workers, said Tim O’Connor, president of the California Attorneys Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State ...
The new law prohibits employers from implementing quotas that prevent workers from taking meal and bathroom breaks. California passes bill targeting Amazon's productivity quotas that can penalize ...
The term code three refers to any type of unscheduled break whether that being a toilet visit or the need to fill up a water bottle outside of the scheduled rest breaks. [17] Furthermore, the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1999 do not discuss access to toilets for workers but rather focus on the standard of sanitary ...