Posts tagged wage and hour protections
Gig workers in California must be treated as employees by WorkWhile in $7.2 million agreement
October 26, 2026 // The agreement ends a lawsuit filed in June 2024 by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu. His office said WorkWhile treated workers as independent contractors instead of employees, leaving them without the wage and hour protections employees receive.
CA requires public school unionization lessons, bans mandatory anti-union work meetings
January 2, 2025 // Two new laws — AB 800, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023, and now SB 399, signed into law by Newsom this year, are set to help maintain or even increase union membership in the state. AB 800, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023, requires California high school juniors and seniors to be taught about their workplace rights, the achievements of organized labor, and students’ right to join a union. Education site Chalkboard News used public records requests to discover what exactly this new law is having teachers cover.