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Are you confused about your annual holiday entitlement? Maybe you’ve started a new job and you’re unsure about the breaks they offer? Holiday Time, Rest ...

The past year has uprooted businesses and the way we work. With a mass shift to working from home, and many employees taking on contract or gig work, new employment issues

[co-author: Crystal Miller-OBrien] By any measure, 2020 presented novel, life-changing experiences for all of us. The resilience and focus required to endure the seemingly relentless wave of changes have helped to hone the skills of most workplaces and allowed them to pivot and survive. In line with our hope that 2021 will afford a bit more stability and considerable success, here are some of the significant, non-COVID-19-related legal changes applicable to California employers that human resou...

A new investigation by buzzfeed and propublica says amazon failed on numerous occasions to implement safety measures for its delivery methods instead emphasizing speed and growth. they have been involved in more than 60 serious crashes including 13 deaths. one of those deaths six years ago was amazons first ceo joy who was hit by an amazon van during a bicycling accident. another example highlighted in this report in 2013 was brought forward by giving longer rest breaks. which it would have only...

Legal right. and over a third dont get waume water. employers dont provide water on the work sites. >> how does that compare to other states? >> other states have rest breaks. only thing in austin, the city where one of our offices is lope kated, we have been able to get 60,000 workers through a local ordinance, the right to paid rest breaks. we are going to be freeing tryi it in dallas and houston. in dallas, 225,000 construction workers go out to work in the summertime, 100 degree heat, 112 ev...