Labor
New California Laws Affecting the Workplace in 2022: What You Need to Know
JD Supra 1/5
As with every new year, California rolled out new laws affecting the workplace beginning January 1, 2022.
Inside the fight for an $18 minimum wage in California
The Highlander (UC Riverside) 1/5
California minimum wage workers might see another wage increase as soon as 2022.
Food Industry Policy
California to extend indoor mask mandate until mid-February
Associated Press 1/6
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s indoor mask mandate was extended into mid-February to help prevent the astonishing spike in coronavirus cases from overwhelming hospitals but the state’s health director said Wednesday additional restrictions are not being considered.
Some Sacramento businesses temporarily close as cases surge
Fox 40 Sacramento 1/6
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — Some Sacramento restaurants are temporarily closing their doors amid the rapid spread of the omicron variant.
On the Side
California can’t isolate itself, try as it might
CalMatters 1/5
The first Europeans to visit California were Spanish explorers who assumed it was an island and named it for a fictional island in a 16th century Spanish novel, occupied by a band of woman warriors led by a queen named Calafia.
Is the ‘Future of Food’ the Future We Want?
Eater 1/5
The conference room at the Bellagio hotel swelled with the horns of “Ride of the Valkyries.”
