College athletes in California could soon be getting paid, thanks to a proposed legislation introduced earlier this year. However, the money will not be coming from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). State Senator Nancy Skinner introduced Senate Bill 206 (SB 206), which would allow players to get compensated for sponsorship opportunities. The proposed legislation […]

In 2001, Los Angeles voters approved a controversial retirement program that pays Los Angeles police and firefighters their salaries and pensions simultaneously at the end of their careers that was promised to be “cost neutral.” However, a study earlier last year found that more than 1,200 participants who entered the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) […]

On Jan. 1, 2019, California moved one step closer to its ultimate goal of having the minimum wage set at $15-an-hour. The federal minimum wage is still $7.25, but the state supersedes it because it is a higher wage. Employers with 25 or fewer employees are now required to pay a minimum of $11 an […]

According to recent studies by finance website Magnify Money, six of the top 50 best cities in the United States for millennials are in California. These cities provide millennials plenty of job opportunities and higher pay. One of Magnify Money’s studies focused on America’s “top boomtowns,” and analyzed industry growth, population, housing and jobs. Another […]

Last month, a proposed bill was introduced by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers that will create a California work permit program for farmworkers and service industry employees without legal residency in the United Sates. The bill, Assembly Bill 1885 (AB 1885), was introduced by Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) and Assemblywoman […]

The union dues from hundreds of farmworkers will be diverted to pay off a $1.2 million judgment against the United Farm Workers over the union’s treatment of its organizers. On Friday, Monterey Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Wills ordered UFW dues, which are deducted from paychecks at four companies, be diverted to pay back wages […]

A new state audit that was recently released is claiming that the California State University system has unjustifiably hired more management personnel than is needed over the years and has been paying them raises more than needed. The Sacramento Bee reports: There were nearly 4,000 managers in the CSU system during the 2015-16 academic year, […]

Today, The Obama administration unveiled a new rule that would let full-time salaried employees earn overtime pay if they make up to $47,476 a year, more than double the current rate of $23,660 a year. The U.S. Labor Department estimates that this will impact 4.2 million workers, yet the plan was quickly criticized by nonprofit […]