Labor

Experts doubt the effectiveness of ‘no tax on tips,’ especially for California workers who are facing cuts in other benefits.

For the refinery workers being laid off — most of whom lack a college degree — it’s unlikely they’ll find another job that pays as well, despite recent efforts by the state to help.

Fast food prices barely went up but jobs held steady after the wage increase, researchers in a union-friendly economic center wrote. But an industry-backed study said 19,000 jobs were lost.

Proponents of remote work for California state employees are celebrating a new state audit that finds having employees work from home could save the state hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and facilities costs.

Just as California removes the red tape, it may find itself caught in another bind: a lack of construction workers. And this time, the cause isn’t homegrown.

Gov. Gavin Newsom delayed his mandate that most state employees return to the office four days a week in a deal with unions. Labor leaders say his claim of “operational necessity” now rings hollow.

California’s landmark labor law aims to make nail salon workers, predominantly Vietnamese women, full employees rather than contractors in an industry known for labor violations.

California has a huge long-term debt to pay for the retirement health care benefits it promised to state workers. But today, Gov. Newsom wants immediate budget savings and public employees want money in their pockets.

A shortage of court reporters is leaving many Californians with no way to appeal their cases in the justice system. Will a new union-backed bill solve the problem or make it worse?

Gov. Gavin Newsom in May announced that he wanted state workers in the office four days a week. One union negotiated a pause on that policy.