“Oh Where, Oh Where Has Our Work Gone?”
To India, in the case of the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system, the mandatory delivery system for Food Stamps Benefits. Morgan Chase/CitiCorp, which has the contract to operate EBT in California, has sent its Customer Service work abroad, following the…
A workfare worker is an employee by any other name
Workfare, shmerk-fare. The Second Circuit federal court has held that working in exchange for welfare benefits brings you into the coverage of Title VII employment laws. The Court further held that the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reform Act did…
Just speak louder!
No, that’s not how to deal with a lack of English language skills! And neither is finding testimony inconsistent and non-credible when the examination is done in a person’s 2nd (non-primary) language, according to a recent 7th Circuit decision. Reversing…
Step Back Jack!
There are some bras left to burn in Pennsylvania! NOW Legal Defense filed a complaint against HHS, alleging that the federal government is fully and knowingly funding a marriage promotion program in Allentown, Pennsylvania that illegally discriminates against women. The…
Capping families, or capping welfare?
The Center on Law and Social Policy has issued a new paper, Lifting the Lid Off the Family Cap. It reviews recent research on the policy of not issuing public aid to children born to families on welfare. Some of…
Long live living wage!
Well, we know that “living wage” ordinances, which require above-minimum wages for government contracted jobs, are good for the workers pockets. But a new report by the Brennan Center finds that such laws also help community economic development, and cost…
Gone … and forgotten
What Happens After Welfare Recipients Leave CalWORKs? While California’s welfare caseload has dropped steeply since 1995, many former recipients are not working, and many who do work do not earn enough to make ends meet in California, says the California…
Show me the dollars!
Feeling short of money after the holidays? See who may not be hurting in The Distribution of Wealth in California, 2000, by the California Research Bureau. This report examines wealth as it relates to ethnicity, children, the elderly, homeownership, business…
New Social Services “respondent/defendant”
Effective January 1, 2004, Rita Saenz will be replaced by Tameron Mitchell, acting director of the California Department of Social Services. Tameron Mitchell previously worked for the Department of Health Services.
Who’s been naughty, and who’s been nice?
Well, there’s one employer who’s been very, very naughty! A federal jury found an employer who illegally trafficked someone into the US, and then reported him to the Immigration and Naturalization Services (now Citizenship and Immigration Services) when the worker…