(Subscription required) The Monday ruling found that employers who reasonably and in good faith think pay stubs they issue are complete and accurate don’t need to pay penalties that would otherwise accompany a “knowing and intentional” failure to follow wage statement law.
(Subscription required) Some of these disputes stem from a letter Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration sent to heads of state agencies last month. Cabinet Secretary Ann Patterson wrote that all state workers would need to return to the office for at least two days a week beginning on June 17.
Raj Singh Badhesha becomes the first ever Sikh to wear a judge’s robe in Fresno County and the first Sikh judge in California who observes the practice of wearing the Sikh headdress known as the dastar or pagri, Fresno city officials said.
San Francisco's Empty Homes Tax, a $38 million-a-year levy on owners of vacant property to fund new affordable housing in the city, was narrowly approved by city voters in November 2022 — but could be at risk again if a business-backed initiative is approved for the November ballot by the state Supreme Court, and passed by voters.