SF News Owner of East Bay Popeyes Who Allegedly Hired a 13-Year-Old Fined For Child Labor Violations and Wage Theft The owners of a Popeyes franchisee, which ran three fast food restaurants in Oakland, Tracy, and Newark, had to pay $212K after a federal investigation revealed numerous labor law offences.
SF Politics Three-Day Weekends Could Be the New Norm in California, Thanks to Bill Pushing for 32-Hour Workweek Two California Assemblymembers are looking to make a four-day workweek the law of the land in the state, responding to the "Great Resignation" and post-pandemic malaise about work.
SF News Cleaning Service Startup Homejoy Shuts Down Over Worker Classification Lawsuits In what could be the first of several shakeups in the "on-demand" / "gig economy," San Francisco-based startup Homejoy is calling it quits on July 31. The primary reason: It's fighting four lawsuits over
SF News Uber Drivers One Step Closer To Being Called Employees After CA Labor Commission Ruling While federal lawsuits are still pending against Uber and Lyft seeking to reclassify the companies' fleet of drivers as employees rather than independent contractors, a new ruling Tuesday by the California Labor Commission
