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California's legislature covered a wide array of labor and employment law topics in the 2024 legislative session. The laws discussed below were signed into law by Governor Newsom and will [...]

Following other states and cities across the nation, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 988, the Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA), into law on September 28, 2024. This new [...]

What do you get when you combine a business-backed ballot initiative, the state legislature and governor's office, and labor organizations? A deal. California style. By now you have heard of [...]

> We are in the final stretch of the California legislature's first year of a two-year session. One bill that sped through the legislative process-without any registered opposition-is Senate Bill [...]

It's been a busy spring at the California state capitol. Among the few thousand bills being considered by California's legislature this year, AB 1228 stands out. The bill would essentially [...]

New proposed legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives would require all employers nationwide - regardless of size or number of employees - to include the wage range in all [...]

On January 1, 2023, California's new pay transparency law requiring pay scales in job openings will go into effect. Although Senate Bill 1162 was passed in September, many employers were [...]

Pay transparency laws have gathered steam across the country. California follows Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island, Washington, New York City, Cincinnati, and Toledo, among other jurisdictions, in enacting legislation [...]

A bill with significant implications for California's fast food industry is on its way to Governor Newsom's Desk. On August 29, 2022, the State Senate passed the Fast Food Accountability [...]

Over the past few years, cities and counties have gotten into the business of regulating the workplace, an area previously reserved to federal and state governments. Many local jurisdictions have [...]

Over the past few years, cities have started to implement their own workplace regulations, an area previously reserved to federal and state governments. The hotel industry, which often is one [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Photo: Courtesy of Wilson Webb/CTMG, Inc. In 1868, 'Little Women' was a radical book. Spotlighting the independent, subversive imagination of ordinary teenage girls, it challenged both [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Photo: Austin Eder Over the past 127 years, Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker' has come to dominate the ballet world. Year after year, kids charm their grandparents in [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Michigan-born actress Emma Brock plays the iconic Michael Scott in 'The Office! A Musical Parody,' playing at the Boston Center for the Arts from Nov. 5 [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Photo: Courtesy of Alexandra Gavillet Lewis Capaldi began his set at the Boston Royale on Oct. 9 with drama -- drowning the empty with red light, [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Photo: Courtesy of Lana Del Ray/Polydor/Interscope A few weeks ago, professional sad-girl Lana Del Rey turned her melancholic fury on an unexpected victim -- not men, [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Due to a whirlwind of weather-induced scheduling changes, only 11 of the planned 27 acts in Governors Ball's Sunday lineup ended up being able to perform. [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Apparently, 'the best boyband since One Direction' is a genreless hip-hop collective out of San Marcos, Texas. At least that's what BROCKHAMPTON -- a 13-man conglomerate [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Photo: Courtesy of Charles Reagan / @charles.reagan At the Grammy Awards this year, the up and coming Texas-bred singer Kacey Musgraves shocked many by taking home [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford There's a singular kind of self-aware charm that surrounds the 5-man indie rock group Hippo Campus. Hailing from St. Paul, Minn., the band didn't take long [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Photo: Courtesy of The Governors Ball Music Festival There are certain emotions that can only really be expressed in a Florence + The Machine song. At [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Photo: Awnit Singh Marta Brian Appel is the co-founder of Boston Calling, an annual music festival hosted at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston. With this [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford shortcodes-description'> Steve Bannon in 'The Brink' (2019), directed by Alison Klayman. Photo: Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures Before Alison Klayman agreed to make a documentary about Steve [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Ballerina Isabella Boylston spoke at the Office of Career Services on Feb. 25. Photo: Courtesy of Isabella Boylston At 32, Isabella Boylston -- or 'Bella,' as [...]

Byline: Joy C. AshfordThis year's Hasty Pudding book writers, Michael Perusse ('20) and Max Weiss ('20), talk about their favorite lines from 'France France Revolution.' Photo: Chloe I. YuThis past [...]

Byline: Joy C. AshfordPhoto: Courtesy of Brad Heaton / Twenty One Pilots In the mainstream music world, Twenty One Pilots are famous for being chameleons. They weave in and out [...]

Byline: Joy C. AshfordTiffany Y. Lau '19 and Anna K. Antongiorgi '19 in a production still for 'figures;' which premieres on Dec. 7. Photo: Courtesy of: Fotini AnastopoulosThree years into [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga star in 'A Star Is Born' (2018), directed by Bradley Cooper. Photo: Courtesy of Neal Preston / Warner Bros. Whether she's [...]

Byline: Joy C. Ashford BoJack (Will Arnett) and Diane (Alison Brie) attempt to clear the air on Netflix's 'BoJack Horseman.' Photo: Courtesy of Netflix 'No one ever tells you when [...]

Boosted by lower fuel prices and strong domestic demand, Air China Ltd.'s net profit more than doubled to 2.93 billion yuan for the six months ended June 30, while revenue fell 13% to 2.41 billion yuan. Costs fell 16% to 21.85 billion yuan. Revenue from domestic air travel rose 8.3%, international-travel revenue fell 25.5%, and earnings from international cargo fell 50.%.

Pending approval from China's Securities Regulatory Commission, London-based Old Mutual PLC will buy a 49% stake in Chinese mutual fund company ABN Amro TEDA Fund Management Co. for 165 million euro. Old Mutual will buy the stake from Fortis Bank S.A. which has to sell to comply with government regulations. Separately, Fortis announces it will combine its private-banking business with the private-banking operations recently acquired from ABN Amro Holding N.V.

Taiwanese firm Macronix International Co. and Germany's Qimonda AG announced that they are jointly developing advanced technology for flash-memory chips. They will focus on 40 nanometer or lower process technologies over a five-year period, and will share research and development expenses.

Dutch bank ABN AMRO Holding N.V. will assume control of 32 branches of Taitung Business Bank after winning the Taiwanese government auction for the failed lender. ABN will be paid $209 mil by the state-run Central Deposit Insurance Corp. to take over Taitung.