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California's Assembly Bill 1066, Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016, was authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher and was signed by Governor Jerry Brown on September 12, 2016. This bill allows farmworkers in California to qualify for overtime pay after working 8 hours in a single day or 40 hours in a workweek.
The California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA / ˈsiː.kwə /) is a California statute passed in 1970 and signed in to law by then-governor Ronald Reagan, [1] [2] shortly after the United States federal government passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to institute a statewide policy of environmental protection.
Status: Current legislation. (amended) The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA) [note 1] is a landmark [2] statute in United States labor law that was enacted by the state of California in 1975, [3] establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers in that state, a first in U.S. history. [4]
Waste Management Inc. (NYSE: WM) has applied for an hours of service exemption, asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to consider allowing its drivers to work extra hours without ...
The ANPRM is in response to a Congressional mandate and industry concerns that may lead to hours of service rule reforms concerning the air-mile "short-haul" exemption, modification to the 14-hour on-duty limitation, revision of the current mandatory 30-minute break for truck drivers after 8 hours of continuous driving, and reinstating split ...
April 3, 2024 at 9:36 AM. Getty Images. A new bill is aiming to give Californians more work-life balance by restricting when employers can contact them during off hours. So-called “right to ...
The Fosters Freeze team in Lemoore, California, felt "shock" as they learned of the restaurant's last-minute closure on Monday, following the state's newly enacted $20 minimum wage law.
California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. 2003