During the "The Great Recession," nearly 8.7 million jobs were lost from late 2007 through mid-2009. The 18-month-long contraction of gross domestic product known as "The Great Recession" was the longest since "The Great Depression," 43 months, from 1929 to late 1933. #Lost Jobs #Job Security #Unemployment Rate

According to recently released census figures, the number of Californians working from home increased by about 290,000, or 36 percent, from 2008 through 2017. A decade ago, about 4.8 percent of California workers stayed home. By 2017, that figure had risen to 6 percent, or nearly 1.1 million workers. The counties with the highest rates of workers staying home are Marin, Placer and El Dorado counties. Roughly one in eight workers in Marin County stayed home. About 1 in 10 work

Just one year ago, Felahy Employment Lawyers were approved as Class Counsel in the matter of Karapetyan v. ABM Industries Incorporated, et al. (USDC Central District of Calif. Case No.: CV 15-08313-GW(Ex). Result: Wage & Hour Class Action Settlement in the amount of $5,000,000.00. Final Approval Granted on September 7, 2017.

The California Nurses Association announced Saturday (September 15th) that it has a tentative contract agreement with the University of California that would boost pay 15 percent over five years. If approved by union members, the new contract would cover 14,000 registered nurses working at five UC medical centers, 10 student health centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through October 2020. #Wages #Public Sector #Labor Agreement #Pay Increase #Labor Union

Nearly one in five Californians were living in poverty last year. According to just released US Census calculations, California's poverty rate is 19%. Statewide, nearly four in five working-age people in poverty were employed. California was statistically tied for first with Louisiana and Florida as having the highest poverty rate among the 50 states. Nationally, 14.1 percent of Americans were poor. In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area, renters with an income of $

Employment/Labor Law: The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") said it will put a notice of proposed rulemaking tomorrow in the Federal Register that will modify its joint-employer standard. On its website this morning, the NLRB said under the proposed rule: "An employer may be found to be a joint-employer of another employer's employees only if it possesses and exercises substantial, direct and immediate control over the essential terms and conditions of employment and

LA ranks second among US cities with longest average lunch breaks. Pursuant to California's wage and hour laws and regulations, hourly employees (“nonexempt” workers) must receive a 30-minute meal period if they work five hours or more. They are also required to get a 10-minute break for every four hours of work. Many California businesses offer hour-long lunches, although employees are often encouraged to take less than their allotted time away from work, which may result in

In a lawsuit filed on September 10, 2018, the EEOC has alleged that a grocery store allowed a manager to sexually harass and then fire female employees who resisted his advances. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating based on sex, and also from retaliating against workers who object to discrimination. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by the statute. The EEOC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the E