Alejandra Jiménez

Sep 19, 2024 | noro.mx | Alejandra Jiménez

Baja California Sur has become a favorite destination for travelers, who visit this state throughout the year for its stunning beaches.

Apr 3, 2024 | lexblog.com | Jill L. Ripke |Alejandra Jiménez

Assembly Bill 1228 took effect on April 1, 2024, addressing, in part, the California fast food minimum wage law. However, on March 25, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 610 (AB 610), which added exceptions to the fast food minimum wage law. Effective upon enactment as an urgency statute, AB 610 exempts certain restaurants from the definition of “fast food restaurant” and, along with it, the $20 per hour minimum wage requirement.

Dec 12, 2023 | lexblog.com | Jill L. Ripke |Alejandra Jiménez

On January 1, 2024, California’s state minimum wage will increase to $16 per hour for all employers. This minimum wage rate applies to all employees, subject to a few limited exceptions. Correspondingly, exempt employees in California must earn no less than two times the state’s minimum wage, or an annual salary of no less than $66,560 (or $1,280 per week) to meet this threshold requirement.

Oct 12, 2023 | phenomenalworld.org | Kate Mackenzie |Tim Sahay |Lachlan Carey |Alejandra Jiménez

The energy transition is underway and the global North is putting up the cash. In our series, we have investigated questions about the international hierarchy of money, the distribution of economic power, and trade wars. Today, we turn to labor, which will determine whether the energy transition can develop a mass constituency—or whether it flounders as workers are left behind and rebel. In this new political and economic context, a raft of questions are emerging.

Aug 3, 2023 | phenomenalworld.org | Kate Mackenzie |Tim Sahay |Pálma Polyák |Alejandra Jiménez

This July has been the hottest in our recorded history and, most likely, over the last 120,000 years. Four “Heat Domes” across the northern hemisphere—over West Asia, North America, North Africa and Southern Europe—contributed to soaring temperatures, not just breaking but shattering records by degrees. High up in the Andes, winter has turned to a blazing summer. The sun has been blotted out by Canada’s enormous fires.