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Month: January 2022

California eyes giving 500,000 fast food workers more power

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly. Workers would be included alongside employers and state agencies on a new Fast-Food Sector Council to set statewide minimum standards on wages, working hours

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California eyes giving 500,000 fast food workers more power

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly. Workers would be included alongside employers and state agencies on a new Fast-Food Sector Council to set statewide minimum standards on wages, working hours

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California moves to toughen state’s nursing home oversight

BY DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are moving to strengthen the state’s oversight of nursing homes, barring anyone from operating a skilled nursing facility without a license. Democratic Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi said his bill would give the California Department of Public Health stronger authority to block unqualified and unethical owners

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