Labor and Workforce Development Agency

Veteran Farmers or Ranchers in California

March 13, 2025 2:30 amMarch 13, 2025 2:31 am

By Chris Micheli The California Military and Veterans Code, in Division 4, Chapter 8, concerns veteran farmers and ranchers. Section 1008 contains 11 legislative findings and declarations, including that agriculture is a major industry in California, and that 8% of...

California’s Employment Development Department

September 7, 2024 2:29 amSeptember 7, 2024 2:30 am

California’s Employment Development Department is set forth in Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 2, Article 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. Section 301 provides that there is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Employment Development Department, which is...

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...

AB 1516: Minimum Wage

March 24, 2023 9:31 amMarch 24, 2023 9:47 am

Assembly Bill 1516 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) would add Labor Code Section 1182.14 in order to require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to convene, until July 1, 2024, a working group consisting of representatives from the Labor Commissioner’s...

SB 646 Creates PAGA Exemption for Unionized Janitors

September 28, 2021 2:01 pmSeptember 28, 2021 2:03 pm

On September 27, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 646 by Sen. Robert Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles), to provide another narrow exemption from California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) statute. Section One of the bill adds Section 2699.8...

Newsom Taps Johns Hopkins Senior Advisor Natalie Palugyai For Labor Secretary

July 15, 2021 10:53 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that Natalie Palugyai, currently the Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has been appointed as the next Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA). Pulugyai will replace...

Governor Newsom Issues New Executive Orders: Zero Emission Vehicles, COVID

September 24, 2020 6:26 amSeptember 24, 2020 6:36 am

Governor Gavin Newsom issued two Executive Orders (EO) on September 23. Both are detailed with important guidance to the California business community. The following summarizes the two EOs. Governor Executive Order 79-20 Governor Newsom issued his Executive Order N-79-20. It...