Pregnancy Discrimination in the California Workplace
The laws governing pregnancy-related discrimination are very complex and challenging. There are federal laws and state laws that provide specific protections; the law that applies will usually depend on the type of harm alleged. Attempting to navigate these laws without an attorney who is practiced in these matters may cause you to lose benefits to […]
Driver Rights in California: If You Can’t Go Home, You Should be Getting Paid
Many delivery drivers and truck drivers are not being paid fairly. Here in the state of California, labor laws are extremely specific about when an employee should be getting paid and what time constitutes as on-work hours. However, each industry tries to define its worker’s hours in the most economically efficient (for the employer) way […]
How to Passively Insist on Your Right to Meal and Rest Breaks
The federal law requires that all employers provide reasonable rest and meal breaks. California has an even more refined definition of what those mandated meal and rest breaks should be. Specifically, you have a right to a 10-minute paid break for every 4 hours you work. For each 5 hours you work, you also have […]
What Happens To Your Vacation Pay When You Quit/ Are Fired
Vacation pay is a perk many companies use to attract good employees, but what happens when you haven’t used all your days off at the time that you are fired or quit? Here is what you need to know. How Vacation Pay Or PTO Treated In California, paid time off, vacation pay, floating holidays, and […]