Recent Blog Posts
Defamation in the Workplace: Signs It Is Happening to You
Defamation can seriously damage your professional and personal reputation. If your current or former employer says derogatory things about you, impugning your moral character or professional integrity, you can find yourself unable to get a job or without any clients willing to work with you. You might even find your personal life impacted, depending… Read More »
How to Prove Wage Fraud and Violations in CA
California employers are required by law to pay employees fairly. Employers have many obligations, including paying employees a minimum wage, paying extra for overtime work, giving employees meal and rest breaks (or paying the relevant penalty), and paying employees for the hours of work performed. If an employer tries to skirt their responsibilities and… Read More »
Can an Employer Deny Severance?
Ideally, when you leave a job, you are doing so on your terms. You have a plan to move on to another job, higher education, another career, or pursue some other objective. Unfortunately, things are often less than ideal. You might lose your job because of layoffs, downsizing, “redundancies,” or termination for alleged cause…. Read More »
Can You Refuse to Work in a Dangerous/Unsafe Environment?
In California, workers are protected by workplace safety regulations and laws authorized by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and the California Occupational Safety and Health Act (commonly known as Cal/OSHA). What happens when an employee identifies a hazard in the workplace, but their employer ignores their concerns? Is the employee stuck… Read More »
How Older Employees Can File Age Discrimination Claims
Age discrimination is just as insidious and pervasive as other forms of workplace discrimination in California and nationwide. But age discrimination can be more difficult to identify, and many California employees do not even know that they have rights once they reach a certain age. Continue reading to learn about age discrimination in the… Read More »
National Origin Discrimination: Facts & Myths
National origin discrimination concerns unfair and discriminatory treatment targeted at certain workers because they are from a particular country or part of the world, or because of their ethnicity, accent, or ethnic background. The contours of the protections against national origin discrimination in the workplace can be somewhat unclear. Below, we address and debunk… Read More »
Equal Pay Violation in CA: Is My Employer Violating the EPA?
California’s Equal Pay Act (EPA) prohibits pay discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or gender. The EPA is intended to put a stop to unequal pay between men and women, as well as between workers of different races or ethnicities. If you are being paid less than your white or male counterparts, you might have… Read More »
Waiting Time Penalties: Can I Get Them From My Employer?
California law protects employees at all stages of employment, from interviewing to hiring and onboarding, all the way through termination. Among other things, California law requires employers to promptly pay their employees any wages still due upon termination of the employee. If an employer fires an employee and fails to pay out the wages… Read More »
Can I Sue My Employer for Defamation?
Not every job has a fairy-tale ending. Sometimes you and your boss simply do not get along. After working at the company for some time, either you get fed up or they do. You quit or you get terminated. Sometimes, you might not even be aware of the bad blood–you simply leave your job… Read More »
Can an Employer Require Me to Sign a Duty Meal Waiver?
California law guarantees workers certain benefits, including meal breaks every so often. Many employers, however, prefer to have workers remain on-site and at least partially attentive during their meal breaks. Having an employee stay on-site during their meal break allows the employer to, for example, avoid hiring a second person for the shift. Can… Read More »
