Labor

California wants to protect witnesses in workplace investigations from deportation, but the Biden administration program for undocumented employees is at risk with Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

California voters refused to raise the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour. Fast food and health care workers already get more.

Opponents of Proposition 32 to increase the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour are running ads focused on the cost of living. Proponents are not reaching out to voters very much. And polls show declining support.

California’s official unemployment rate remained unchanged in September at 5.3%. That doesn’t sound alarming, unless one dives more deeply into the data.

Proposition 32 would increase the statewide minimum wage to $18, and has the potential to change lives for California's working-class communities, a longtime laborer says.

The minimum wage ballot measure, Proposition 32, will hurt California businesses and local governments, increase costs for consumers and fail to improve affordability, argues a Sacramento business owner.

As a gasoline reserve bill faces a final vote today, labor advocates say the bill’s safety measures don’t go far enough.

The state Labor Commissioner sometimes struggles to get back pay to workers when it reaches wage theft settlements. It tries social media, TV and hotlines. But money owed to employees is still sitting in state accounts.

After delays and mishaps, California announces $450 million for high school career pathways.

A bill passed by the Legislature on its last day is a top priority for California labor unions, who say "captive audience" sessions intimidate workers. Business groups say the bill violates employers’ free speech rights.