Japan PM Ishiba Calls on Businesses for Big Wage Rises Next Year
Ishiba, whose fragile coalition government is under pressure to increase spending on welfare and offset rising prices, vowed ...
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California Votes No On Proposition 32 But Minimum Wage Increases Still Coming
Voters in California rejected Proposition 32, which would have increased the minimum wage to $18 for all employers by 2026. Under the proposition, ...
California’s Republican caucus is growing and more diverse, but it’s a long way from power
The Republican caucus in California’s Legislature is growing more diverse as Latino and Asian American candidates apparently ...
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California AG charges construction firm with felony wage theft and tax evasion
A wood framing company is accused of stiffing workers and the state $2.6 million. Two employees could face penalties and jail ...
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SEIU won big on election night. Will Fresno County IHSS workers finally get a raise?
The union helped oust two incumbents on the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. But the two incoming supervisors have shown ...
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Responding to the Vacated FLSA Salary Threshold Rule
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas overturned the 2024 Department of Labor (DOL) rule (the 2024 Rule) ...
California's $20 minimum wage raised prices by just 3.7% and did not reduce jobs, per Berkeley study. Critics hit back saying taxpayer funds used to 'present a skewed …
A recent analysis by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research and Labor Employment concluded the economic impact of a $20 minimum ...
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California voters reject ballot measure that would have raised minimum wage to a national high, Locals react
Between going to UC Santa Barbara full time and working at Urban Flea Market on State Street, Devin Larsen doesn’t have much ...
‘Especially disgusting’: Former workers, patients, level accusations at California addiction treatment empire
The sober living homes has its defenders who say those who are critical ‘didn’t do what they were supposed to do or didn’t ...
California farmers were big Trump backers. They may be on collision course over immigrant deportation
If Trump's plans for mass deportations penetrate California's heartland, it almost surely would decimate the workforce ...
Marin boosts minimum pay for contractors, caregivers
Adopted in 2002, the living wage ordinance requires county contractors and subcontractors doing $25,000 worth of business or ...
How Will The 2024 Propositions Affect Silicon Valley?
Proposition 36 undid policies in Proposition 47, passed a decade ago to reduce overcrowding in prisons by reclassifying some drug and theft crimes as misdemeanors. Retail theft has spiked 28% across ...