Labor and Workforce Development Agency Archives

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...

Agricultural Labor Relations Board

August 21, 2020 6:22 amAugust 21, 2020 6:30 am

California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) was created in 1975. According to ALRB, they were created “to ensure peace in the fields of California by guaranteeing justice for all agricultural workers and stability in agricultural labor relations.” Among its duties,...

Auditor’s Findings Alleging Nepotism and Retaliation in Dept. of Insurance Audit Challenged

April 3, 2019 8:01 pmApril 5, 2019 7:46 am

A critical report by the California State Auditor alleging nepotism, retaliation, and other untoward acts was scrubbed clean of any individual names or the identities of the affected state agency. But the target of those allegations is challenging the veracity...