UC Berkeley Labor Center report addresses workers’ technology rights

UC Berkeley Labor Center released a report Nov. 3 that provides a set of policy principles for workers’ technology rights in the United States.
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UC Berkeley Labor Center released a report Nov. 3 that provides a set of policy principles for workers’ technology rights in the United States.
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UC President Michael Drake extended the use of Emergency Paid Sick Leave to all UC employees, effective Oct. 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, two-thirds of the California labor force would be considered as being employed in occupations of close proximity, according to a Nov. 30 study from the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.
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A study released Thursday by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education found that $413 million in additional funding could be in California’s Unemployment Insurance Fund if Lyft and Uber classified their drivers as employees from 2014 to 2019.
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The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education released a report Tuesday highlighting the negative implications of a significant increase in contracted employees throughout California’s custodial and security workforces.
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The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education released a research brief this month that presents the high public costs that low wages bring, suggesting higher wages and increases in employer-provided health insurance as a way of lowering these costs.
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On Tuesday, several UC Berkeley researchers and faculty members presented to the Los Angeles City Council a study on the prospective impact of raising the minimum wage in L.A. The study was conducted by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment after being requested by the council. It
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Approximately half of California workers will retire in or near poverty, according to a study published Monday by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The study details the fiscal consequences of the decline in secure retirement plans offered by California employers. In the past, many employers offered
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