There are numerous ways that businesses try to minimize what they pay for staffing. Oftentimes, they cap the wages they will offer for certain positions and even go so far as to limit how many people will be scheduled for specific shifts. Occasionally, companies go...
A reasonable accommodation is a modification or adjustment made by an employer to accommodate an employee or job applicant's disability or medical condition. It's all in the spirit of promoting equal working opportunities for all. In California, employers with five or...
Most employers are fair and will do anything to protect their employees, but some don't. For this reason, California workers are protected by labor laws that cover wages, breaks, benefits for injured workers and safety and health. These laws also protect employees...
California’s Depart of Industrial Relations, which includes the Labor Commissioner’s office, is suffering from a major staffing problem, and the backlog of wage claims has climbed into the tens of thousands. Even though there’s a proposed budget that would allow the...
In the twenty-first century, it is hard to think that sexual discrimination could still be an issue in any industry. Unfortunately, workplace discrimination due to gender remains alive and well in many sectors of the job market. From unequal pay between men and women...
An employer should not discriminate against an employee based on place of origin and ethnicity. National origin discrimination can be common in companies but can be overlooked. If your employer treats you unfavorably because of your ancestry, you can take action...
As an hourly worker, you should receive pay based on when you are present and performing work for your employer. Federal law entitles you to full compensation for the time that you work, as well as overtime wages in certain situations. Employers often resent how much...
Every worker has a right to a safe work environment. However, unfortunately for many people, this isn’t the reality. As a result, many employees become unwarranted targets of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment can be subtle. In many cases, people don’t realize...
Employment laws in the U.S. around family and medical leave – let alone paid leave – are far behind those of many industrialized countries. Here in California, our state laws are more employee-friendly than those in most other states. A couple of changes effective at...
The events of the last few years have wrought sea changes in the way that people live – and work. With many people taking a hard, long look at the way their work-life balance had become distinctly unbalanced over time, “quiet quitting” became a trend. Quiet quitting,...