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Una propuesta que habría establecido un salario mínimo sin precedentes para ciertos trabajadores de la construcción de viviendas en California ha quedado archivada este año ante la feroz oposición de una importante coalición de sindicatos de la construcción. El proyecto de ley 1751 de la Asamblea agilizaría la aprobación de nuevas casas...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters A proposal that would have set a first-of-its-kind minimum wage for certain housing construction workers in California is dead for the year in the face of fierce opposition from a major construction union coalition. Assembly Bill 1751 would fast-track the approval of new townhouses. In exchange for using the...
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California political analysts say inflation and voter confusion contributed to the failure of propositions to raise the minimum wage and allow stronger rent control. Proposition 33 would have allowed local governments to pass strict new rent-control ordinances. Christian Grose, professor of political science and public policy at the University...
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Nuevos datos muestran que los empleos de comida rápida han aumentado en los cuatro meses desde que el salario mínimo en el sector pasó de 16 dólares a 20 dólares la hora. La Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales encontró que California sumó 11,000 nuevos empleos en el sector de comida...
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New data show fast food jobs have been on the upswing in the four months since the minimum wage in the sector went from $16 to $20 an hour. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found California added 11,000 new fast-food jobs from April to July and showed increases year over year...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California promocionó una victoria para los trabajadores en 2016 cuando promulgó una amplia serie de aumentos mínimos, asegurándose de que los trabajadores con los salarios más bajos ganaran al menos 15 dólares por hora en 2022. El entonces gobernador Jerry Brown, al firmar la ley, habló de...
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Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers would earn at least $15 an hour by 2022. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown, while signing the law, spoke of “giving people their due;” then-Senate leader...
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The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace receive the same pay for the same work. The jobs do not have to be identical, but they must be substantially the same. That is, it is the content of the job (not the job titles)...
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At the US Department of Labor, we recognize the importance of restaurant and food service workers. These workers have been significantly affected by the pandemic and continue to play a vital role in our local economies. As we commemorate Labor Day on September 4, the department’s Wage and Hour...
Una propuesta que habría establecido un salario mínimo sin precedentes para ciertos trabajadores de la construcción de viviendas en California ha quedado archivada este año ante la feroz oposición de una importante coalición de sindicatos de la construcción. El proyecto de ley 1751 de la Asamblea agilizaría la aprobación de nuevas casas...
Ben Christopher CalMatters A proposal that would have set a first-of-its-kind minimum wage for certain housing construction workers in California is dead for the year in the face of fierce opposition from a major construction union coalition. Assembly Bill 1751 would fast-track the approval of new townhouses. In exchange for using the...
California political analysts say inflation and voter confusion contributed to the failure of propositions to raise the minimum wage and allow stronger rent control. Proposition 33 would have allowed local governments to pass strict new rent-control ordinances. Christian Grose, professor of political science and public policy at the University...
Nuevos datos muestran que los empleos de comida rápida han aumentado en los cuatro meses desde que el salario mínimo en el sector pasó de 16 dólares a 20 dólares la hora. La Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales encontró que California sumó 11,000 nuevos empleos en el sector de comida...
New data show fast food jobs have been on the upswing in the four months since the minimum wage in the sector went from $16 to $20 an hour. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found California added 11,000 new fast-food jobs from April to July and showed increases year over year...
Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California promocionó una victoria para los trabajadores en 2016 cuando promulgó una amplia serie de aumentos mínimos, asegurándose de que los trabajadores con los salarios más bajos ganaran al menos 15 dólares por hora en 2022. El entonces gobernador Jerry Brown, al firmar la ley, habló de...
Jeanne Kuang CalMatters California touted a victory for working people in 2016 when it enacted a sweeping series of minimum hikes, making sure the lowest-wage workers would earn at least $15 an hour by 2022. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown, while signing the law, spoke of “giving people their due;” then-Senate leader...
The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace receive the same pay for the same work. The jobs do not have to be identical, but they must be substantially the same. That is, it is the content of the job (not the job titles)...
At the US Department of Labor, we recognize the importance of restaurant and food service workers. These workers have been significantly affected by the pandemic and continue to play a vital role in our local economies. As we commemorate Labor Day on September 4, the department’s Wage and Hour...