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A new report from the Economic Policy Institute features California’s leadership in deploying innovative partnerships between labor enforcement agencies and community/labor partners to help workers understand and enforce their workplace rights. The report also calls for greater and sustained public and philanthropic support to fund these partnerships as labor enforcement agencies struggle to address widespread wage and safety violations with severely constrained budgets. “Power in Partnership: Communities Fill Gaps in Labor Law Enforcement,” was published today and authored by Rachel Deutsch and Terri Gerstein.

New research shows that almost 2 in 5 California workers have experienced a workplace violation, but few report it because they fear retaliation. Lawmakers could address those concerns by creating a retaliation fund, educating workers on their rights and reconsidering the “at will” employment model.

Retaliation against workers who speak up when they have had their workplace rights violated through wage theft, sexual harassment or other unlawful abuses is prevalent in California. It functions to undercut all of California’s labor laws, turning our strong, clear legal standards into an inconsistent mess in the reality of workplace interactions.

El reporte How California Can Lead on Retaliation Reforms to Dismantle Workplace Inequality (Cómo California puede ser líder en las reformas a las represalias para desmantelar la inequidad en el lugar del trabajo NELP encontró niveles alarmantes de represalias contra los empleadores cuando reportan violaciones laborales.

Housecleaners like Vicenta Martinez want California Gov. Gavin Newsom to extend workplace safety requirements to protect immigrant domestic workers.

La medida abrirá oportunidades bancarias para los trabajadores esenciales de primera línea.

Low-income communities have borne the brunt of systemic racism in our financial institutions – a public bank can help change that.

From fast-food workers to janitors to service workers, many already underpaid Californians pay as much as 10 cents on the dollar just to cash their paychecks.

“Work that happens inside the home deserves to be valued the same as any other job and ought to have the same protections. … I stand with domestic workers in their fight to win health and safety protections.”

Access to basic banking services is under new focus as California seeks to address economic and racial inequity during the pandemic.

Work that happens inside the home deserves to be valued the same as any other job and ought to have the same protections.

La AB 257 garantiza a los empleados la capacidad para mejorar los estándares en su lugar de trabajo.

This federal sea change in policy comes after years of efforts by Western states to reimagine their social safety nets.

De aprobarse la SB 231, el gremio tendría amparo de los lineamientos de seguridad proporcionados por CAL/OSHA, como lugares de trabajo seguros para su salud

One of California's most influential legislators has introduced a bill that would regulate warehouse productivity quotas from Walmart, Amazon, and other major retailers.