California state worker pay fails to cover the essentials

California state worker pay fails to cover the essentials - CalMatters

The vast majority of state employees in California receive sub-living wages, forcing many to seek a second job or public assistance.

RELEASE: State workers struggle to make ends meet throughout ...

Yet, the Labor Center finds that the state does not provide living wages to a significant portion of its workforce. This has resulted in many of ...

CA state workers say low wages mean no financial stability

Many California state employees struggle to afford basic needs, per a recent study. They say low wages erode the stability of jobs in civil ...

State Workers Say California Paychecks No Longer Cover the Bills

California state employees say their salaries leave them broke and benefits such as pension and health no longer make the trade-off worth ...

'Down to our last dimes': State workers say California paychecks no ...

The union is well aware it would be essentially a pay cut and is likely already raising this issue. For the state it would be a massive morale ...

State workers struggle to make ends meet throughout California

Yet even the state government, one of California's largest employers with more than 200,000 employees, has failed to provide living wages to a ...

Newsom gave COVID bonuses to CHP and prisons, but not others

All California state employees took base pay cuts of 9.23% from July 2020 to July 2021 when the state anticipated a deep recession early in ...

A California city raised essential worker pay — and their expectations

In January, the City Council in Long Beach voted to require grocery employers to pay frontline workers an extra $4 per hour for 120 days — an ...

Bargaining Team Proposes a More Realistic and Respectful ...

“Our proposal more realistically defines “essential worker” to include the hard-working employees at EDD, DMV, and at scores of other agencies ...

The Essentials - California Employment Law Update - K&L Gates

If an employer does not follow SB 1162's requirements, an aggrieved party may file a written complaint with the state Division of Labor ...

Essential Benefits and Services - CalHR - CA.gov

... pay for certain medical expenses that are not covered by your state health benefits. ... Employees who pay out-of-pocket medical and dependent care ...

Essential Worker Premium Pay (EWPP) - SEIU Local 1000

Our SEIU Local 1000 team met with the State on June 9, 2022, to bargain over the critical subject of essential worker pay.

California Is Actively Enforcing Its Pay Data Reporting Law - Trusaic

1, 2023, mandates that employers with employees or workers hired through labor contractors in the state are required to provide detailed pay ...

All Workers Have Rights in California

In California, workers are protected by labor laws. It does not matter where you were born or what your legal status is. Once you are hired, you have rights.

Higher minimum wage goes into effect for California health care ...

Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay bump Wednesday under a state law gradually increasing their wages to at least $25 an ...

Hazard Pay in California – What is it and is it required?

There is no state or federal law that requires an employer to pay this type of compensation. Workers typically receive it if they belong to a union and the ...

The COVID-19 hazard continues, but the hazard pay does not

Hazard pay is one way to immediately correct the financial injustice for frontline essential workers who risk their lives—and their families' ...

Which Wage and Hour Laws Apply to California Public Employees?

However, unlike California law, the FLSA does not require employers to provide meal or rest breaks. Nor does it require that employers pay ...

A Look at New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2024

Covered exempt computer professional employees must be paid a minimum of $55.58 per hour, or $115,763.35 in annual salary. On April 1, 2024, ...

CA Gov. Newsom Didn't Take Promised Pay Cut After ... - Deadline

California Governor Gavin Newsom promised to cut his own pay as he ordered state workers' checks to be cut by 10 percent. He didn't.