The Department of Industrial Relations is providing detail about its request for an additional $8.7 million – paying for some 43 positions next fiscal year. It wants the money to …
The bill signing season is well underway. Governor Gavin Newsom put pen to paper on many bills, including measures increasing the number of exemptions to the Dynamex ABC test and …
The California Labor Commissioner says a Southern California construction company owes nearly 1,100 workers roughly $12 million in unpaid wages, interest, and penalties. The allegations include almost $3.5 million in …
The California Legislature, ever willing to do even more damage, is in the second half of its legislative year, and a handful of workers’ comp measures survived the June 1st …
Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed $179.5 billion state budget includes more funds next year to boost the number of field staff that enforce the state’s labor laws, including compliance with the …
The California Trucking Association is suing the Department of Industrial Relations and the California Labor Commissioner claiming that the agencies have routinely denied trucking companies their due process rights in …
A California auto shop is on the hook for a $179,000 fine for operating without workers’ comp insurance. A Court of Appeal rejected the statutory and constitutional challenges of the …
A Southern California roofing contractor received a one-year prison sentence for hiding payroll to avoid paying all the workers’ comp premiums he actually owed and for failing to provide workers’ …