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Grocery Workers Under the Labor Code

May 17, 2023 5:56 amMay 17, 2023 5:57 am

Labor Code Division 2, Part 9.5 provides for grocery workers. Labor Code Section 2500 provides that supermarkets and other grocery retailers are the primary points of distribution for food and other daily necessities for the residents of California and are...

SB 725: Grocery Workers Bill Amended

March 21, 2023 2:48 pmMarch 21, 2023 2:56 pm

Senate Bill 725 by Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) was amended to address grocery workers and successor establishments. Section 1 would amend Labor Code Section 2502 in order to add the words “purchase” and “acquisition” to the definition of “change...

AB 853: Grocery Workers in a ‘Food Desert’

March 3, 2023 7:47 amMarch 3, 2023 7:54 am

Assembly Bill 853 by Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (D-San. Diego) was introduced to address successor grocery store employer. AB 853 would add Labor Code Section 2516.1 to the Labor Code. First, the bill would provide that, in the case of a...

AB 647: Grocery Workers

February 24, 2023 12:19 pmFebruary 24, 2023 12:41 pm

Assembly Bill 647 by Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) was introduced to impose requirements on successor entities and grocery workers. AB 647 would amend Labor Code Sections 2504 and 2506, and would add Labor Code Section 2516.1. Section 1 of the bill...

SB 725: Grocery Workers

February 20, 2023 10:50 amFebruary 20, 2023 10:53 am

On February 16, 2023, Senate Bill 725 by Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), was introduced to address grocery worker relocations, terminations, and mass layoffs. SB 725 would add Labor Code Section 1401.1. SB 725 would prohibit a grocery establishment, when a merger...