workers – California Globe

California Employment Training Panel

August 14, 2024 2:30 amAugust 14, 2024 2:31 am

California’s Unemployment Insurance Code in Division 3, Part 1, Chapter 3.5 contains the Employment Training Panel. Section 10200 contains five legislative findings and declarations, including that California’s economy is being challenged by competition from other states and overseas. In order...

NLRB Drops Joint Employer Rule: Blow to Big Labor

July 19, 2024 2:33 pmJuly 19, 2024 2:33 pm

In a “big win” for common sense, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling that its new “joint employer” was unconstitutional. If left standing, the rule would have drastically changed the rules...

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...

AB 1100: Shorter Work Week

April 2, 2023 9:08 amApril 2, 2023 10:05 am

Assembly Bill 1100 by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Palo Alto) would add and repeal Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 900) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Labor Code. Chapter 8 would be titled “The 32-hour Workweek Pilot Program” and...