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The Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) was established in 1913 to regulate wages, hours and working conditions in California. [1] It was defunded by the California legislature in 2004 [2] but its regulations consisting of 18 "Wage Orders" remain in effect, enforced by the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.
A lawmaker in California has proposed legislation that would give workers the right to ignore routine job messages outside of work hours. Assembly Bill 2751 would give workers the right to ignore ...
The strike was prompted by the poor working conditions in the match factory, including fourteen-hour work days, poor pay, excessive fines, and the severe health complications of working with yellow (or white) phosphorus, such as phossy jaw. 1888 (United States) United States enacted first federal labor relations law; the law applied only to ...
The California Policy Center, a state-focused think tank, says that its work is politics-focused and that its normal day-to-day meetings are now illegal under the law, Senate Bill 399.
Under the agreement, the workers would experience an increase in minimum pay from $23,250 to $34,000 for nine months of part-time work, which would provide the lowest-paid workers an 80% pay boost until May 31, 2025. [23] At UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco (UCSF), and UCLA, the minimum pay would increase to $36,500. [22]
California lawmakers on Monday advanced a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who ...
California AB5 was passed in 2019, intended to make app-based workers — such as those for Uber, Lyft and Postmates — full employees with a minimum wage, workplace protections and other benefits.
An unfair labor practice (ULP) in United States labor law refers to certain actions taken by employers or unions that violate the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 449) 29 U.S.C. § 151–169 (also known as the NLRA and the Wagner Act after NY Senator Robert F. Wagner [1]) and other legislation.