Labor

California's system of compensating workers for job-related disabilities is due for another decennial battle and it may be happening.

The state went deep into debt to keep jobless benefits flowing during the pandemic. And if it doesn’t fix its $48 billion unemployment problem, that could derail COVID-19 recovery.

Here’s why environmental justice experts and advocates from organized labor think California needs to go all in on offshore wind farms.

Codifying the ABC test of AB 5 in the PRO Act will increase nationwide unemployment at the worst possible time.

Massive shift to online services may threaten Bay Area job recovery.

Providing independent contractors access to labor protections and benefits would help businesses comply with labor laws and spread costs more evenly.

Here are three things policymakers must stop doing so California can create healthy employment growth for economic recovery.

Lawmakers must stand with workers and oppose efforts by gig companies that want legislation to further dismantle workers’ rights.

As farmworkers prepare for their second pandemic-era harvest, it is time the state does everything it can to ensure their safety.

As the state reshuffles vaccine distribution and reopening rules, lawmakers green-light a hard-fought plan to bring students back into schools. What does it all mean for economic recovery?