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You have the right to report to your place of work every morning without the fear of being sexually harassed. In fact, both state and federal laws require employers to protect their employees from all forms of harassment—including sexual harassment. If you are a...
There are certainly cases in which sexual harassment does have to do with an attraction between the two parties – or at least a one-way attraction. For example, a CEO may be attracted to his secretary and make inappropriate comments based on that. But, in a lot of...
Some employers need to have employees on call so they can have them report in for work when they’re needed. From a federal standpoint, employees are only considered on-call if they have to remain at the place of business. California law provides a bit more protection...
You recently moved to California and you got a job in which you collect tips. Perhaps you work at a cafe, a restaurant or a bar. In other states where you've lived before, you know that the minimum wage for tipped employees can be very low. They still have to make the...
The medical implications of having a child do not end after the birth of the baby. Instead, the new mother will likely have health implications from her pregnancy for a month following labor. Lactation or the production of breast milk is one of the medical...
With marijuana legal for both medicinal and recreational use in California, adults are pretty much free to use it as they choose, as long as they don’t drive under the influence or partake somewhere it is prohibited. If you aren’t going to work while under the...
California has some of the most employer-friendly laws in the country. However, employers too often don’t fully understand and/or abide by them, and employees may not realize that they’ve been cheated out of money they earned. When employers don’t comply with the...
According to the current employment laws in California, every employment agreement in the state is an at-will arrangement. Workers can leave their job at any time with consequences, and a company can terminate a worker for any reason or sometimes for no reason at all....
Age discrimination can be hard to prove. Yet it is a reality for many employees who are starting to "show some age." The law only allows you to claim age discrimination against an employer once you turn 40 years of age. So while it could happen to you when you are...
Even if your life currently seems boring and predictable, that could change in a moment. Medical issues, car crashes and countless other situations could leave you or someone in your family in need of medical care. You could find out that you or your spouse are...