Department of Industrial Relations

California Local Agency Public Construction Act

November 24, 2024 2:30 amNovember 24, 2024 2:31 am

California’s Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 1, Article 1 sets forth the Local Agency Public Construction Act in California. Section 20100 names this chapter as the Local Agency Public Construction Act. Section 20101 provides that a...

Employer and Employee Duties and Responsibilities in California

March 7, 2024 5:35 amMarch 7, 2024 5:36 am

California’s Labor Code, in Division 5, Part 1, Chapter 3, contains an area of law entitled, “Responsibilities and Duties of Employers and Employees.” Chapter 3 was added in 1973 by Chapter 993. Section 6400 requires every employer in this state...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Fast Food Council: How to Kill Another Industry

March 6, 2024 8:13 amMarch 7, 2024 6:28 am

With California Governor Gavin Newsom mired in “PaneraGate,” after he exempted a billionaire buddy from California’s new $20 minimum wage law, people are asking about this new Fast Food Council the Governor just announced. Newsom’s friend, Billionaire Greg Flynn owns...

California’s Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation

January 20, 2024 1:19 pmJanuary 20, 2024 1:20 pm

California’s Labor Code, in Division 1, Chapter 3, creates the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC), which was enacted in 1993 by Chapter 227. Labor Code Section 75 provides that there is in the Department of Industrial...

Fast Food CEOs Warn Of Dire Consequences Coming over New $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage

October 31, 2023 11:55 amOctober 31, 2023 6:47 pm

A new $20 an hour fast food minimum wage law currently set to begin in April 2024 was blasted by several fast food company leaders in the last few days, who warned of huge consequences ahead, ranging from higher prices...

Gov. Newsom Signs New Law Raising Fast Food Minimum Wage To $20

September 28, 2023 4:05 pmSeptember 28, 2023 4:05 pm

A bill to raise the fast food minimum wage to $20 an hour in California was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday, with the new wage change to take effect in January 2024. Assembly Bill 1228, authored by...

California Unions and Fast Food Companies Compromise On $20 Minimum Wage

September 12, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 12, 2023 6:20 am

Fast food companies and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reached an agreement on Monday for a $20 fast food minimum wage that local governments could not increase until the agreement ends at the end of the decade. For the...