Labor Law

A lower court ordered the company to reinstate the ‘Memphis Seven’ who were fired for union organizing.

Besides minimum wage increases, employers now need to provide more sick leave days, expand bereavement leave to reproductive loss, and allow off-the-clock cannabis use.

Attorney general says the Department of Labor was withholding money to pressure the state into setting aside its new regulations.

The law is intended to help address pay inequity and discriminatory wage-setting and hiring practices, according to its proponents.

Uber’s arm’s-length relationship with its drivers just got a bit closer after the California Labor Commission ruled that one of the ride-hailing company’s motorists in San Francisco is an employee, not a contractor, as it contends.