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California moves one step closer to five paid sick days, with unions banking on COVID lessons
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA bill passed by the California Legislature would require employers to provide five days of paid...
Paid sick leave for workers could prevent 40% of restaurant food poisonings
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoEvery year in the US, nearly 50 million people are affected by food-borne disease, according to the...
Food industry led California in COVID violations, but paid fewer fines, report says
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoCalifornia food industry employers racked up more than four times the number of coronavirus...
Uber and Lyft pay $328M to settle wage-theft complaints in New York
TechCrunch· 7 months agoUber and Lyft have agreed to pay drivers in New York a combined $328 million to settle wage-theft...
Why can't WA rail workers use state sick leave?
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRail workers across America were barred from going on strike after Congress voted on Dec. 1 to require 12 unions to adopt a new contract despite the unions’ objections. The Congressional intervention ...
California COVID cases are increasing, again. Here’s the latest on boosters and more
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAnother COVID-19 wave is hitting California as the summer ends and kids head back to school. It’s a...
How Gavin Newsom cooled California labor's hot streak
Politico via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be known as a friend to labor unions. But every...
Insurance looms as California Legislature nears end of session
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe California Legislature reconvened Tuesday for the final fortnight of its 2023 session with...
I’ve been a full-time Lyft driver since 2017. Here’s how ‘flexibility’ and ‘choice’ just don’t apply...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoCongress recently introduced the Worker Flexibility and Choice Act (WFCA), which would do quite the...
California’s international contract workers could gain some protections through bills awaiting Gov....
Visalia Times-Delta | Tulare Advance Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo bills awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature — or veto — would broaden protections for an...