Continuing his recent embrace of liberal-backed policies to put more money in workers’ pockets, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation boosting the compensation of Californians taking paid family leave.
In signing the bill, Brown endorsed another policy high on the agenda of Democrats and their allies in organized labor. A week ago, he signed legislation pushing California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, a change Brown called morally justified despite an eventual cost to the state of around $4 billion annually.
At a signing ceremony in his office Monday, Brown cast the family leave legislation as part of a package of policies that embody a more “empathetic” approach shielding Californians from the vagaries of a global economy.
“We know California has benefited from globalization,” Brown said, but he argued it has brought “pressure on wages” and “pressure against providing benefits.”
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