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What Constitutes Wrongful Termination?
What Constitutes Wrongful Termination?
As with many other jurisdictions across the US, California is an at-will employment state. Generally, this means that employers can let go of workers without providing them with a reason. This can also provide employees with a little more flexibility in terms of moving from one job to another.
Sexual Harassment Often Has Nothing to Do with Attraction
Sexual Harassment Often Has Nothing to Do with Attraction
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.
Do California Employers Always Need to Pay On-Call Employees?
Do California Employers Always Need to Pay On-Call Employees?
Some employers need to have employees on call so they can have them report in for work when they’re needed.
Do Your Tips Count Toward Minimum Wage?
Do Your Tips Count Toward Minimum Wage?
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.
Three Ways Employers Discriminate Against Breastfeeding Employees
Three Ways Employers Discriminate Against Breastfeeding Employees
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.
Bill Seeks to End Employer Discrimination Against Cannabis Users
Bill Seeks to End Employer Discrimination Against Cannabis Users
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.
How a California Supreme Court Ruling Affects Non-exempt Workers
How a California Supreme Court Ruling Affects Non-exempt Workers
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.
How Companies Try to Hide Wrongful Terminations
How Companies Try to Hide Wrongful Terminations
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.
Have You Suffered Age Discrimination in the Workplace?
Have You Suffered Age Discrimination in the Workplace?
Age discrimination can be hard to prove. Yet it is a reality for many employees who are starting to “show some age.”
An Important Rule That Impacts Your Right to FMLA/CFRA Leave
An Important Rule That Impacts Your Right to FMLA/CFRA Leave
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.