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California Lawmakers Can Lower Healthcare Costs

October 7, 2024 9:45 amOctober 7, 2024 9:48 am

This week I learned that the House Education and Workforce Committee considered an anti-competitive hospital contracting bill led by California Congresswoman Michelle Steele (CA-45)—the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act—that would massively boost healthcare affordability in the Golden State. The...

California Legislature Appears Poised to Pass Anti-Pharmacy Benefit Manager Legislation

July 15, 2024 11:31 amJuly 15, 2024 11:31 am

California legislators appear poised to sweep through the legislature anti-Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) legislation following unanimous passage by the Senate. PBM companies were created in the 1960s to help employers and insurers select and purchase medications for their health plans,...

Union Reps OK to Accompany OSHA Inspections

March 29, 2024 11:22 amMarch 29, 2024 11:22 am

A new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule will allow union reps to accompany agency inspections of worksites even if said worksite is non-union. On a media call Thursday afternoon, Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker said...

On-the-Job Training Programs under the California Labor Code

May 23, 2023 2:45 amMay 23, 2023 2:46 am

Labor Code Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 3 provides “other on-the-job” training programs. Section 3093 specifies that this section applies only when voluntarily requested by the parties to a collective bargaining agreement or by an employer, an employer’s association, or...

Labor Suits Against Employers

May 22, 2023 5:07 amMay 22, 2023 5:08 am

Labor Code Division 2, Part 3.5, Chapter 7 concerns suit involving employer and labor organizations. Section 1165 provides that suits for violation of contracts between an agricultural employer and an agricultural labor organization representing agricultural employees, or between any labor...

California Legislature Proposing Unemployment Benefits For Illegal Immigrants

May 16, 2023 4:06 pmMay 17, 2023 3:27 pm

The California Legislature is proposing a program to provide unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants coming to and residing in the state. Senate Bill 277 by State Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) proposes income assistance to unemployed “excluded workers” who...

Senate Democrats Praise Budget Raising Taxes on California Businesses

April 27, 2023 10:19 amApril 27, 2023 10:20 am

“Senate Democrats praise budget raising taxes on California businesses.” This is our headline. Here is how Senate Democrats spin their tax increase on California businesses: “Senate Leader Atkins, Budget Chair Skinner praise responsible budget plan to protect California progress, economy.”...