Types of Securities Fraud Consumers Should Recognize
Usually, when consumers think of securities fraud, they imagine someone that provides misleading information about a company and the valuation of its stock. Investors outside of the trading inner-circle begin making decisions and taking actions based upon corporate misconduct. It’s as bad as it sounds. However, securities fraud is not just limited to lies regarding stocks. […]
Your Rights As A Temporary Worker
Temporary work has many benefits. It lets you sample different industries, pads your CV, and keeps money coming in when you are looking for a permanent position. However, it’s not always so rosy a situation. Too often, companies take advantage of temporary workers. They will try to weasel out of meeting their obligations by misclassifying […]
How to Sue Harassing Debt Collectors for Breaking the FDCPA Rules – Part 2
Welcome back to the second half of our two-part article on all the rules written by the FDCPA to stop debt collectors from ruining people’s lives with dirty tactics. Every one of these rules was written to protect you and others like you from harassment and you have the legal right to defend yourself. If […]
How to Sue Harassing Debt Collectors for Breaking the FDCPA Rules – Part 1
Debts happen to everyone. Houses, cars, school, large financial decisions and family disasters that must be paid for all create debts along with hundreds of unique situations in between personal and business life. Unfortunately, even if your debt started with a reputable company or financial firm, at some point that debt was ‘sold’ to a […]
What Makes Human Trafficking for Labor Possible
The word “Labor” can mean a whole range of different things. Often when people who are under great economic pressure are offered a job, they wake up to find the word means something very different from what they expected. Victims of human trafficking are often lured by false promises of a lucrative job, stability, education, […]
Tips for Women in the Construction Industry
Being a woman in a mainly male-dominated career has some problems. Often, you feel like you have to work twice as hard to get any form of recognition. However, there are many perks to it. You should be proud of the work that you do. It is hard manual labor, yet it also takes a […]
5 Ways that Employers Unlawfully Deny Meal and Rest Breaks: Are Your Rights Being Violated?
Here in California, the laws about rest and meal breaks are undeniably clear. For every eight hours of work, an employee is entitled to two paid ten-minute rest breaks and one unpaid 30 minute meal break. These laws were put in place for a reason and proof of violation is clear grounds for a lawsuit, […]
When Retaliatory Workers Comp Harassment is Legally Disability Discrimination
Every employee in America and in most first world countries has the right to a hostility-free work environment. Even and especially if you get injured on the job. Companies have had a bad history of harassing injured workers for either getting injured, filing a workers compensation claim, or both. Worse, because they often force employees […]
Can You Be Legally Fired for Dating a Coworker?
Relationships in the workplace are on the rise. Recent research from the Discovery Health Channel suggests that nearly half of modern professionals now meet their future spouses at work and over 80% of professionals below the age of 30 were found to have no problem with the idea of dating their coworkers. This makes perfect […]
Have Your Employee Rights Been Violated? Part 2: Fair Work and HR Violations
Over the course of a long and interesting career, most people will have a wide variety of bosses and employers. Some are incredibly hands-off and prefer for teams to handle everything independently while others micro-manage compulsively. Some employers let their staff decorate their desks up to the point of actually bedazzling them while others are […]
