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 […]
Have Your Employee Rights Been Violated? – Part 1: Workplace Discrimination
Businesses have always done whatever they can to improve efficiency, performance, and bring down overhead. While these goals like perfectly normal and acceptable business practices, it also linked directly to a long history of taking advantage of and even abusing employees in order to achieve these goals. We’re not saying that every employer is a […]
Are You Vulnerable to Investment Fraud?
People who get bilked by investor fraud have certain common characteristics, according to recent studies. The American Association of Retired People (AARP) Fraud Watch Network completed a survey in 2016, looking at the demographics of fraud victims. Previous surveys have found that investment fraud victims are better educated, financially literate males, usually older than average […]
Consumer Beware: In a Class Action Suit, Some Customers are Taking Department Stores to Task for Fake Sale Pricing
A number of major department stores have been advertising sale prices that aren’t really sale prices, so called “false reference pricing.” In December, 2016, jcpenney, Sears, Macy’s, and Kohl’s were hit with lawsuits by the Los Angeles city attorney’s office. In February, 2016, these major department store chains had advertised big sales, claiming to be […]
Don’t Allow Unfair Labor Practices Hurt You Just Because You’re in America Illegally
Labor trafficking is a form of human trafficking that exploits people into bonded labor, forced labor, or child labor. When people from other countries want to come to America with a promise of a better life, they sometimes enter an agreement with people to bring them into America illegally. This illegal status automatically puts these […]
Sexual Harassment Against Men
If you think about sexual harassment in the workplace, you are probably picturing a woman. You might be thinking about a woman getting touched inappropriately, though there are times when it is suggested that, if they sleep with their boss, they may get a better title in the office. However, sexual harassment is not just […]
The Many Faces of Workplace Discrimination – 2 Examples of Unacceptable “Friendly” Workplace Harassment
Workplace discrimination comes in many shapes and sizes. It can be angry and prejudicial or friendly and well-meaning. It can be casual or targeted, have some specific goal or simply be floating around the company culture. The biggest problem with workplace discrimination and harassment is that the vast majority of cases don’t look like what […]
