California lawmakers approve changes to law allowing workers to sue employers over labor violations

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California lawmakers approve changes to law allowing workers to sue employers over labor violations
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The California Legislature has approved bills that would amend a 20-year-old law allowing workers to sue their bosses over labor violations.

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Under the 2004 law, employers who have violated California's labor code must pay a fine. A quarter of that money goes to workers and the rest to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency for worker safety law enforcement and education. Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra, who authored one of the bills, said the deal “demonstrates how things should be done when all sides come together to resolve a longstanding issue of division.”

The proposed ballot measure, which was backed by many business groups, would have repealed the 2004 law.

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