Come September 2024, a significant shift in the employment landscape of the United States will take place: the federal ban on non-compete agreements. This groundbreaking change is set to redefine how businesses operate and how workers navigate their careers, marking …
Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez introduced a motion to provide more stable scheduling and paid time off for the city’s fast-food workers, aiming to expand the 2022 Fair Work Week ordinance.
Many fast food workers struggle with planning their …
Employment discrimination can take many forms and is illegal under various state laws, including the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Understanding what constitutes employment discrimination is crucial for both employees and employers to ensure a fair and equitable workplace.…
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided by a narrow 3-2 margin to prohibit noncompete agreements, which restrict millions of workers from joining competitors or launching rival ventures. These agreements affect fast food employees, hairstylists and top executives; employees …
Workers at a Pizza Hut franchise in Los Angeles’s Historic Filipinotown are staging a three-day strike to protest alleged wage theft by the franchise owner.
With support from a new union for California fast-food workers, six current and former employees …
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against Star Garden, a topless dive bar in North Hollywood, alleging that it violated terms of a settlement reached in May 2023 with Actors’ Equity Assn., the union representing the …
The mandatory minimum wage for fast-food workers in California is set to increase to $20 an hour, prompting major restaurant chains to assess their businesses to offset the higher labor costs.
In California, the minimum wage stands at $16 …
Under the name “Magic United,” employees within the Characters and Parades departments at the Anaheim resort announced on Tuesday their plans to unionize, joining the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents 51,000 professional actors and stage members across Broadway and live …
In October, Kyte Baby employee Melissa Hughes informed her employer of her decision to adopt and then waited for the call. After heartbreaking miscarriages, IVF and nearly dying during surgery for a miscarriage that failed to progress, she received the …
Every January hundreds of new laws take effect in California.
Here are a few that might actually affect your work life.
You can take time off for a reproductive loss: Senate Bill 848 mandates that companies with a minimum of …
