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Both federal fair pay standards and California state laws create financial obligations for employers. Companies must conform to fair pay laws that require minimum hourly wages for workers, overtime pay requirements for those with longer work weeks and other key...
Navigating the landscape of employment laws in California can be daunting for employees, especially when it comes to understanding particularly complex aspects of employment law. Yet, even when they aren’t so easy to understand at a glance, it can be comforting to...
There are many ways for employees to break the law at work. Oftentimes, employee lawbreaking occurs as a personal choice. Embezzlement is a common employee crime. Workers may even violate laws intended to keep them safe on the job for the sake of expediency. The...
California has relatively expansive employment laws. Many state statutes build on federal protections and enhance the rights of workers. However, California is still an at-will employment state. Companies can fire workers with little advance warning and for just about...
Some things that employers do to save money can directly harm their workers. Certain forms of employer misconduct have an obvious negative impact on workers. Safety violations, for example could lead to catastrophic workplace accidents. Cost-cutting measures could...
Although the law generally allows employers to terminate a worker's job at any point, even without a specific reason for doing so, there are still certain types of terminations that are against the law. For example, employers cannot fire a worker because of their...
Wage theft is pretty much at epidemic levels in this country. By dollars and dimes, wage theft deprives U.S. workers of roughly $50 billion every year – and about half a billion or so is owed to workers right here in California. Wage theft can include everything from...
California often leads the way when it comes to workers' rights. Lawmakers in the Golden State are known for creating new standards that exceed the federally-available rights of workers. For example, the state recently instituted a new law that protects workers by...
A whistleblower is a person who uses their position to expose corruption or other types of illegal activity. These could include public health risks, safety risks, abuse, financial fraud, waste and much more. Essentially, the person notices that the company or...
You get a new job working as a server at a local restaurant. It’s your first time working in this industry. You’re excited on the first day when you get a number of tips. You start to realize just how lucrative this endeavor could be. But that excitement fades when...