What Should You Do If You Were Fired?
It can be hard to move on when you get fired. Not only can it hurt your feelings, but it can also put your finances in jeopardy. Then, looking for a job after you get fired isn’t always easy. You are going to have to explain what happened when you get interviews. You also don’t […]
Should You Be a Contractor or an Employee with Benefits?
It should come as no surprise that employers are constantly looking for ways to cut corners. Especially when it comes to paying employees. Some businesses pinch pennies so tightly that they have started purposefully misclassifying employees. While you may have heard of this with exempt and non-exempt employees, the growing ‘contractor culture’ has brought to […]
What Your Employer Can’t Do if You Are “Exempt” – Part 2
[Continued from Part 1] Welcome back to the second half of our two-part article on how employers have misused the ‘exempt’ employment classification. Not all employers understand the rules for exempt employees, and many try to exploit the situation and actively defy employment law. Last time, we focused primarily on how employers cannot dock your […]
What Your Employer Can’t Do if You Are “Exempt” – Part 1
Most people (including employers) only know two things about “exempt” employees. First, that they are salaried instead of hourly. And second, that they don’t have to be paid overtime. However, the law is much more detailed in how employers must treat exempt employees in order for them to remain “Exempt”. Just as there are certain […]
Sexual Harassment: Why You Should Talk to a Lawyer
Sexual harassment is a serious offense, especially in the workplace. Though many believe that telling offensive jokes may be alright, there are times when it could really hurt someone’s feelings. However, sexual harassment doesn’t usually stop there. Many people continue to ask someone that they work without on a date or for sexual favors. If […]
5 Things You Shouldn’t Have to Be Afraid of In Your Workplace
Every workplace handles employee rights differently. Some are activists who make sure every employee has what they need. Some are complaint-based so that mostly only the “squeaky wheels” get requested compensation. Others are unbelievably hostile to the idea that employees are anything more than drones hired to do a job without complaint or anything more […]
When You Need Cheap Labor Can You Contact the Human Trafficking Labor Pool
If you have a slave working for you, you can really lower your labor costs. According to the“Verite-Humanity United Fair Labor Worldwide Report (Pdf),” “an underground system of labor brokerage consists of substantial well-organized companies in the labor supply chain. This system for the recruitment and hiring into the labor ‘supply chain’ increases the vulnerability […]
Should Your Employer be Paying for Your Uniform?
Should employees have to pay for their uniforms? This is a debate that has been going on for more than two hundred years of worker-employer relationship. So it’s no surprise that the laws regarding employee uniform costs vary from state to state. Fortunately, California laws tend to favor the employee and protect workers from being […]
Sexual Harassment: Steps to Take Before Hiring a Lawyer
Sexual harassment can be a big problem. It can make women (and men) uncomfortable at work. In fact, there are times when a person feels forced to leave a job that they love because of harassment. The worst part is that harassment often starts as jokes that might be funny yet offensive. If you don’t […]
Does Your Investment Loss Need To Be Scrutinized?
Investing your money is one of those smart money moves that everyone praises. However, it doesn’t always pay off. This is aggravating and scary enough when it happens in the normal course of doing business, but it becomes downright illegal when you lose money because your investment broker did something he or she wasn’t supposed […]
