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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 .
California lawmakers, by and large, are a labor-friendly bunch and, as in past years, they passed new workplace protections that take effect this year. In labor-friendly California, 2025 ushers in ...
The Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) is a California statute that authorizes aggrieved employees to bring actions for civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California against their employers for California Labor Code violations. [1]
California workers and employers can look forward to an increased minimum wage, new salary transparency rules, higher family leave benefits and more in 2023.
The reason given is: The information is accurate but obsolete. In 2020, AB 5 was extensively revised and reintroduced as AB 2257. That bill was written into California law, i.e., codified, late in the year. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (February 2021)
The California Labor Commissioner can issue fines of as much as $10,000 for failure to comply. The law was championed by first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a leader of a campaign to close the ...
Proposition 22 was a ballot initiative in California that became law after the November 2020 state election, passing with 59% of the vote and granting app-based transportation and delivery companies an exception to Assembly Bill 5 by classifying their drivers as "independent contractors", rather than "employees".
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.