California labor organizers were outraged on Wednesday after a Supreme Court ruling stripped back the power of PAGA, California’s hallmark worker-protection law.

California Govenor Gavin Newsom gives a speech in front of SEIU Local 721 members on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. [AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes] ...

Flanked by a group of unionized fast-food workers, Newsom signed the country’s most ambitious fast-food worker protection law that beginning in April 2024 increases the hourly wage from $15.50 ...

Democrats pared back one of the state's preeminent policies to restore trust with voters frustrated by the high cost of ...

California’s new emergency rule was adopted specifically to address concerns from worker advocates that Cal/OSHA lacked the authority to cite employers for failing to take COVID-19 safeguards.

Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn’t doing much to help push back.

The emergency temporary standard, which will likely be replaced by a permanent one, allows California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, to immediately shut down a ...

I am based in California. I own a small business. I have W2 employees, and I use independent contractors. I want to continue hiring both. And this law won’t stop me.

CalMatters reports how lack of enforcement of a gig-worker law is leaving many in limbo. California companies wrote their own gig worker law, but enforcement is minimal Skip to main content ...