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McDonald’s Agrees to $26M Settlement with California Workers

LOS ANGELES — McDonald’s has agreed to a $26 million settlement of a long-running class-action lawsuit over wages and work conditions at corporate-run locations in California, the parties said Monday. The agreement, which estimates the settlement covers about 38,000 individuals, requires the approval of a Los Angeles County Superior Court...

Trump Administration Issues Less-Generous Overtime Rule

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has issued a rule that will make overtime pay available to 1.3 million additional workers, though the proposal replaces a more generous one advanced by former President Barack Obama. The Labor Department said Tuesday that it is raising the salary level that companies will have...

Will New California Labor Bill Affect WWE Wrestlers?

A new California bill that would reclassify many independent contractors as employees passed both legislative chambers and awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature. While most of the media attention has been how this bill would affect "gig economy" workers like Uber and Lyft drivers, one California labor attorney thinks AB 5...

He Voted for Farm Worker Overtime. Farm Interests Try to Make Him Pay.

Agricultural interests have poured $420,000 in recent days into a push to unseat Bakersfield Democrat Rudy Salas Jr., who voted for a landmark bill in 2016 granting farm workers overtime. Justin Mendes, a Hanford city councilman, is the Republican challenger in one of the few Assembly seats in California where Republicans...

Raiders Steal Game From Browns With 45-42 OT Win

OAKLAND — As much as the Oakland Raiders felt like they might have let a couple of winnable games slip away to start this season, they might have stolen one away from the Cleveland Browns to spoil Baker Mayfield's first career start. Derek Carr led a game-tying drive in the...

You Have to See This Acrobatic Soccer Play to Believe It

With three minutes to go in the match Friday night, the Fresno State women's soccer team came up with a spectacular play to force overtime against Sacramento State. Chloe Chedester, a freshman out of Lemoore High School, delivered an acrobatic flip throw that is the talk of the nation. (Click...

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