What’s stopping California lawyers from going back to work? Climate change, of course
California's public-sector unions are using environmental laws to resist returning to the office after COVID lockdowns. Governor Gavin Newsom has mandated a return to in-person work, but unions are threatening litigation under the California Environmental Quality Act. This situation highlights the complexities and challenges of California's environmental regulations in the context of labor policies.
- ▪California's unions are leveraging environmental laws to avoid returning to the office.
- ▪Governor Newsom's mandate for state workers to return four days a week has faced opposition from unions.
- ▪The California Environmental Quality Act allows lawsuits that can delay government actions, complicating the return-to-office process.
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It is bad enough that California’s stringent environmental laws have driven up the cost of energy, food, and housing. Now, public-sector unions are weaponizing the state’s most powerful environmental statute to avoid showing up for work. Getting California’s unionized state workforce back into the office has been a challenge ever since the COVID lockdowns ended. Until June 2024, state employees eligible to work remotely were not required to show up at their offices for even a minimum number of hours. Some departments imposed their own rules, but there was no statewide rule. Since then, state workers have generally been required to report in person two days a week.
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