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...
Santa Barbara Employment Law Blog
3 examples of wrongful termination
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...
Uber lawsuit in California could make wage enforcement harder
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...
Is sexual discrimination still a problem in the workplace?
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...
Did you experience national origin discrimination at work?
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...
How time-shaving reduces weekly paychecks
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...
5 signs you’re being sexually harassed
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...
California employees gain more rights to sick, bereavement leave
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...
Is “quiet hiring” a new way for employers to cheat employees?
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,...
How the new pay transparency law can expose systematic inequities
The new year has brought in a number of new laws that benefit California employees. One that affects a wide swath of employees was authored by Santa Barbara State Sen. Monique Limon. Known as the “pay transparency” or “pay equity” law, it requires employers in the...