4 Facts About Sexual Harassment Against Men in The Workplace
According (EEOC), Sexual harassment at work is defined as “Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, […]
Guidelines for Choosing a Class Action Attorney and Why You May Need One
Often, when listening to the radio or television, you hear announcements about hazardous products that have caused harm to a group of people who’ve used them. These warnings are intended to caution people who may have been victims of defective merchandise or have been scammed by deceitful lending schemes. But thanks to class action attorneys, […]
What California Labor Law Says About Uniforms in the Workplace
For Abercrombie & Fitch, 2003 was not a great year. The international retail giant had some very definite ideas about how their California employees should look—and dress—and some very definite penalties for employees who didn’t toe the line. Female employees were permitted to have no more than two earrings per ear—male employees weren’t allowed to […]
Sexual Harassment and Women in the Tech Industry
The Tech Industry has a reputation for not treating women as equals and peers who bring as much to the industry as their male counterparts. While some may find it difficult to believe that a double standard still exists, recent allegations of sexual harassment at two tech giants – Tesla and Uber – show that […]
What You Need to Know As a Temporary Employee in California
For businesses in California and throughout the nation, temporary workers translate into cost savings. For one thing, those businesses don’t have to pay temp workers medical or dental benefits, vacation and sick pay or contribute to their retirement plans. In addition, employers who need workers with particular skill sets can hire skilled temporary workers, saving […]
Investor Fraud: What Can You Do When Someone Makes Off With Your Money?
Investor fraud can come in a wide variety of forms, but the central theme is basically the same: you entrust your money to another party who you believe to be making the best investment decisions with it, but instead they betray your trust and take it from you. The Financial Fraud Research Center estimates that […]
7 Tips to Find the Best Employment Lawyer to Handle Your Case
If you’ve been wrongfully terminated, or you feel you’re the victim of workplace discrimination, harassment, unsafe working conditions, or wage and hour violations, you might want to just let it go—but that would be a mistake. In recent years, many victimized California employees decided not to let it go, sued their employers, and won multi-million dollar settlements. To […]
What You Should Know Before Signing a California Employment Contract
The best part of job hunting is, without a doubt, receiving a job offer and no longer having to keep job hunting. So, if your job offer comes with an employment contract, the impulse to rush forward, sign and put interviewing in the rearview may be hard to resist. However, you may come to regret that haste, and wish you […]
Defrauding the Consumer
Consumer fraud refers to a wide range of crimes that revolve around purchases, where people pay money for things they don’t want or don’t get what they paid for, both products and services. Fraud against consumers can take place in person, by telephone, or online. It can come in forms of false and misleading advertising, misleading […]
Are You Getting Paid on Commission? What About Your Rest Breaks?
If you are paid in commission, you may be entitled to unpaid wages for rest breaks. Even if your employer provides breaks, you may be entitled to receive back wages if you are paid only in commission. Transcript Hi, I’m Randall Aiman-Smith , one of the partners here at Aiman-Smith & Marcy. We are always […]
