Labor

As we head into the new year, it’s important to take stock of what rights and protections California workers won – and lost.

Child care providers need the state of California, which is responsible for most of our pay and working conditions, to adapt – just like we have.

The battle has begun over billions of dollars allegedly stolen during the pandemic, pitting state officials against a web of scammers and their own private contractors. With another stimulus bill poised to inject more cash into a leaky system, taxpayers could be left holding the bag.

California employment law has become an electrified maze of regulations where walls shift without reason and once-safe paths are suddenly blocked.

After the Great Recession, California signed an exclusive contract with Bank of America to distribute unemployment benefits through prepaid debit cards. A CalMatters investigation reveals that to this day, no one knows how much the bank has made off the deal. Lawmakers are examining the bank’s role in mass account freezes and untold amounts of missing money for thousands of struggling jobless Californians — as well as where the bank may have failed to keep unemployment money safe from fraud.

Here are two regulation changes for Uber and Lyft that would decrease traffic congestion and carbon emissions, and increase drivers’ wages.

In the latest installment of the “Future of Work” series, California mayors explain their cities’ most pressing issues.

California voters have rejected Proposition 15, so what will advocates of higher taxes do now?

A lopsided victory for the measure to keep Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart drivers classified as contractors with limited job benefits puts labor groups on defense.

The Little Hoover Commission calls on California to improve efforts to prosecute labor traffickers and prioritize victim services.