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☆ Amazon was fined nearly $6 million over claims it violated a worker productivity law in California
  + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
California fined Amazon $5.9 million, saying it failed to inform employees about work quotas. A state law requires written quota details to prevent pressure and injuries among workers. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementCalifornia's Department of Industrial Relations announced Tuesday it had fined Amazon more than $5.9 million, saying the e-commerce giant had violated labor laws that require companies to inform warehouse employees of any quotas they must follow. According to the state's Warehouse Quotas law, which went into effect in January 2022, those quotas must be provided to workers in written form.
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☆ Court Pauses Implementation of California Fast-Food Wage Law
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Heather Haddon | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Fast-food workers went on strike in November to demand that restaurant groups drop their referendum seeking to overturn a California labor law that would raise hourly wages. A state judge Friday put on hold a California law that could raise minimum wages for fast-food workers until a hearing can determine whether it should take effect next month. Save Local Restaurants, a group of franchisee and restaurant business associations, filed suit Thursday against the state’s Department of Industrial Relations challenging its intention to implement the law Jan. 1.
☆ Restaurant Group Sues to Block California Fast-Food Wage Law
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Jacob Bunge | Ben Fritz | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Efforts to block the law have drawn support from restaurant companies including McDonald’s. A restaurant industry group sued a group of California state officials Thursday, alleging that they plan to illegally begin implementing a new law that would set minimum hourly wages for fast-food workers. The group, including franchisee and restaurant business associations called Save Local Restaurants, said it filed the lawsuit in California Superior Court after the state’s Department of Industrial Relations informed them that the law would go into effect Jan. 1.
☆ Elon Musk says Twitter employees must commit to 'hardcore' culture by 5 p.m. Eastern time
  + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
In this photo illustration, the image of Elon Musk is displayed on a computer screen and the logo of twitter on a mobile phone in Ankara, Turkiye on October 06, 2022. Elon Musk asked Twitter employees to commit to a "hardcore" culture, where they are expected to work "long hours at high intensity," or resign. The company shared a "frequently asked questions" document overnight with employees, telling them "If you do not click 'yes' you are confirming your decision to resign. The document answer questions raised after Musk sent a companywide email on Wednesday to remaining employees, demanding they agree to working "long hours at high intensity" or receive "three months of severance." Musk closed the $44 billion purchase of Twitter at the end of October and swiftly moved to cut about half of the company's workforce, amounting to roughly 3,700 jobs.
☆ Italian auto groups view 8.4% pay hike request as too high, union says
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
MILAN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Four auto groups believe pay increase requests proposed by Italian unions, including a 8.4% annual rise for next year, is too high, the UILM union said on Wednesday as talks got underway. The FIM-CISL, UILM, Fismic, UGLM and AQCF unions also requested wage increases of 4.5% for 2024 and 2.5% for 2025 to help workers recover purchasing power lost due to a Europe-wide spike in consumer price inflation. He added Stellantis considered the new contract it is discussing with unions a "valuable tool" to achieve its competitiveness ambitions in Italy. Unions and the companies have scheduled seven more meetings to be held between mid-November and mid-December. Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari Editing by Cristina Carlevaro, Mark Potter and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ A SpaceX engineer was knocked unconscious in January and placed in coma after conducting a routine rocket test
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Kate Duffy | Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A SpaceX engineer was injured while testing a rocket part, leaving him in a coma for months, sources say. The regulatory agency fined SpaceX more than $18,400 over two safety violations from the accident. OSHA fined SpaceX more than $18,400 over two safety violations from the accident in January. The attorney of Cabada told Semafor that an investigation into what caused the accident was underway. Semafor reported that former employees said SpaceX hasn't made a public announcement about the accident.
☆ California signed off a landmark new law that could pave the way for a $22 minimum wage for fast-food workers. Here's how the state's fast food council will work.
  + stars: | 2022-09-06 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
California has passed legislation to create a Fast Food Council that could pave the way for a $22 minimum wage. The council would create minimum standards for areas like health and safety, wages, and conditions. "Fast food workers are the largest and fastest growing group of low-wage workers in the state and lack sector-specific protections," it continues. Californian counties and cities with more than 200,000 residents would also be able to establish a Local Fast Food Council. The council's purposes would be to "establish sectorwide minimum standards on wages, working hours, and other working conditions," including training and health and safety standards.
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