California Attorney General Issues Fifth Labor Day Report, Listing Ten Rights Workers Should Know
On Labor Day, September 1, 2025, in Oakland, Alameda County, California, Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the California Department of Justice's fifth annual Labor Day Report, highlighting a year of work to protect workers and listing ten rights workers should know.
Bonta said California's rise this year to become the fourth-largest economy in the world was no accident, but the result of workers' hard work, dedication and ingenuity, and of the state's longtime commitment to ensuring workers are protected. He said that over the past year the Department of Justice ensured companies were paying minimum wage and overtime pay, providing breaks and sick leave, and reimbursing employees for business expenses, and stood up for federal workers, nurses, teachers, custodians, truck drivers and construction workers.
The report highlights work that includes standing up for nurses, construction workers and janitorial workers, cracking down on no-poach agreements and worker misclassification, and standing up for federal workers amid the federal administration's mass firing agenda.
The report also lists ten things workers should know about their rights: the right to organize and join a union; that a worker may be an employee even if called a contractor; wage-and-hour rights including the right to a minimum wage; that wages, tips and accrued vacation belong to the worker; that a worker may be entitled to time off, including parental leave, paid and unpaid; protection under California law from sexual harassment and discrimination; possible eligibility for unemployment insurance after being fired or quitting; possible entitlement to workers' compensation benefits; the right to reasonably refuse unsafe work; and protection from employer retaliation for exercising these rights.
(Source: California Department of Justice)
Source: California Department of Justice
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：加州总检察长 Rob Bonta 官方肖像。Douglas Despres 摄，加州总检察长办公室，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Official portrait of California Attorney General Rob Bonta. By Douglas Despres, California Attorney General's Office, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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