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San Francisco raises minimum wage to $16.32
San Francisco’s minimum wage rose 25 cents to $16.32 per hour Thursday after the latest annual increase tied to the Consumer Price Index. The city’s voters in 2014 had...Read More
DA takes aim at DoorDash after Uber, Lyft ordered to classify workers as employees
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Wednesday that he has asked San Francisco Superior Court to order food delivery app DoorDash to immediately classify its workers as employees...Read More
Pelosi says ‘there will hell to pay’ if Senate doesn’t pass legislation
Pelosi ticked off a list of legislation passed by the Democrat-controlled House and sent to the Republican Senate, where it is likely to languish.Read More
Statewide minimum wage to rise Jan. 1
The minimum wage for workers in California is going up on New Year's Day, though wages in at least some cities in the San Francisco Bay Area are already...Read More
Higher wages lead to failed eateries, says study
Preliminary results of a new study based on data on SF Bay Area restaurants suggest that higher minimum wages increases the chance an eatery will close.Read More
Bay Area minimum wage hike begins Jan. 1
Minimum wage workers in three of the Bay Area's largest cities are set to get a raise in the New Year.Read More
Oakland minimum wage set to rise on Sunday
Oakland's minimum wage is set to rise 31 cents starting Sunday.Read More
SJ minimum wage to increase ten cents in 2017
Minimum wage workers in San Jose will be receiving a $.10 per hour raise in January, city officials announced Friday.Read More
SF minimum wage increases to $13
Starting Friday, the minimum wage in San Francisco will increase from $12.25 to $13 an hour.Read More
Janitors rally to support minimum wage hike
Hundreds of janitors gathered in downtown San Jose to mark Cesar Chavez Day in support of a higher statewide minimum wage stronger protections in the workplace.Read More
California targets $15 minimum wage by 2022
A new agreement announced by state lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 for most employees in 2022.Read More
VC firm owes $331k to unpaid interns
A San Jose venture capital firm has been ordered to pay more than $300,000 in back wages and damages to dozens of employees.Read More
Bay workers join fight for $15 minimum wage
Hundreds of fast food workers and their supporters participated Tuesday in a nationwide action to demand a $15 minimum wage. Read More
Minor league lawsuit seeks major league damages
A federal magistrate conditionally ruled in that a labor lawsuit by minor league baseball players against Major League Baseball and 22 clubs can proceed.Read More
UC system bumps minimum wage to $13
The University of California's plan to raise the minimum wage for all workers systemwide took effect Thursday.Read More
Berkeley bickers over $19 minimum wage
Plans to raise Berkeley's minimum wage to as high as $19 an hour by 2020 were put over Tuesday night.Read More
San Jose moves toward minimum wage bump
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to conduct a study that may lead to a regional minimum wage in Santa Clara County.Read More
El Cerrito looks to bump minimum wage
Taking cues from several Bay Area cities, the El Cerrito City Council is looking to raise the city's minimum wage.Read More
UC sets system-wide minimum wage at $15
The University of California Wednesday announced that it will raise the minimum wage for all workers systemwide to $15 an hour over the next three years.Read More
California jobless rate dips to 6.9 percent
California's unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in January as the number of people unemployed dropped by 31,000.Read More