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Federal law establishes the right to overtime pay, and California has state laws that entitle workers to overtime wages in several additional scenarios. However, quite a few employees will work long hours and have weeks that extend well past 40 hours without any kind...
A coworker asks you if you’d like to go on a date sometime. You’re not interested and you tell them so, but it gets you thinking. Was that appropriate behavior for the workplace? You know that unwanted sexual advances are a form of harassment. The date was unwanted...
Workers get judged based on factors outside of their control all of the time. Employers discriminate based on appearance, sex and race, among other factors. Even if the company itself has a policy against discrimination, individual prejudices often rear their heads...
As a dedicated employee, you try to show up for your job even when you aren't feeling the best. However, there are likely times when forcing yourself to go into work is a mistake for both you and the people you love. Thankfully, even if your employer doesn't offer you...
If you are a worker in the State of California and you think you have suffered wage theft, then you need to file a wage claim. When you file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner’s Office, you are taking the first step in the process of collecting all unpaid wages...
When attempting to fill a vacant position, the human resources team will likely explore all avenues of marketing to cast a wide net. Unfortunately, the language used, and the type of ad could ultimately result in discriminatory hiring practices. In the last two...
In recent years, organizations have trended toward hiring practices that were designed to fill vacant spots with individuals who would be a good fit for the business. “Culture fit” became a buzzword that meant a particular candidate was a match for the environment,...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, known informally as the EEOC, received 67,448 workplace discrimination charges throughout the year 2020. Through these complaints, the EEOC secured $439.2 million for victims of discrimination in California and other states...
How each of us wears our hair is based on a combination of our hair type and personal taste. It has nothing to do with our job skills or abilities in most lines of work. Yet, for Black workers in Los Angeles, their hairstyles are often the subject of scrutiny,...
California laws protect employees against workplace sexual harassment. This type of harassment can include inappropriate comments, unwanted sexual advances, and unwanted physical contact. The inappropriate comments and behavior can target the victim's sex, gender,...