The University of California, Berkeley Labor Center reported in 2019 that, of low-wage workers in California, 53% are Latinx compared to 39% for all workers. Latina women account for 49% of Latinx workers. Of those low-wage workers, it is no surprise that the majority...
AB 1513 significantly changes the requirements governing payment of piece-rate compensation and non-productive time in California beginning January 1, 2016. AB 1513 creates Labor Code section 226.2 which sets forth requirements for the payment of a separate hourly...
SB 358 by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) – Conditions of employment: gender wage differential Existing law regulates the payment of compensation to employees by employers and prohibits an employer from conditioning employment on requiring an employee to...
Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act of 2014 (AB 1522) An employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for 30 or more days within a year from the beginning of employment, is entitled to paid sick leave. Employees, including part-time and temporary...
