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When an employer who's been cited for underpaying workers files an appeal, it often takes the state's labor agency years just to set a hearing, a delay that can be crushing for many lower-wage workers.
The California Labor Commissioner's office cited NGC Construction Inc. $7.2 million for wage theft violations affecting 724 workers. An investigation
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently completed final action on bills that were passed by the state legislature in 2021, and employers are once again faced with a raft of new...
Seyfarth Synopsis: Proposed California legislation, , would hold certain garment retailers known as “brand guarantors” (i.e. those that license their brand or name for manufacturing) responsible for labor violations occurring down the supply chain. We discuss the proposed bill’s provisions below, and its implications for companies operating in this area. “Abe Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, right? Well, who do you think made the silk stockings and powdered wigs worn by our early leaders? Mugatu!” (Derek Zoolander and J.P. Prewitt in Zoolander) Anchorman (the news industry), El...
A Century Later, Garment Workers Still Face the Unfair Labor Conditions That Sparked International Women’s Day Chelsey Sanchez © Art by Ingrid Frahm Over a century ago, striking garment workers inspired International Women's Day. Today, L.A. garment workers are still facing the same problems. On a November evening in 1909, hundreds of shirtwaist workers, many of whom were Jewish immigrants, packed the Great Hall of New York City’s Cooper Union. Local 25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union had organized a meeting that night to discuss the possibility of an ...