New Minimum Wage OT Laws Affect the Agriculture Industry
California is one of the most regulated states in the country, creating a competitive disadvantage when it comes to agriculture. As the country’s largest producer of agricultural goods, California was the first state to address fair pay for agricultural workers by introducing overtime pay. The new wage and employment regulations are the top two issues […]
Hiring Discrimination from the Inside: How Hiring Managers can Make a Difference
We often talk about how employees can spot discrimination and protect themselves or their coworkers. We talk about making a change by pointing out the discrimination or taking legal action. But hiring managers are also responsible for upholding ethical hiring practices, even if it goes against your company’s stated policies. If you are a hiring […]
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 […]
What to Do When There’s a Mistake in Your Paycheck
Your paycheck is the single most important thing about working for your employer. After all, if you didn’t get paid to work then you’d be on a beach somewhere sipping fruity drinks or, more realistically, out there looking for a job that pays in money. So when something goes wrong with your paycheck, naturally you’re […]
What Do You Really Have a Right to as an Employee?
In the United States, a system of civil law defending the rights of workers has evolved over the last half of the 20th century, largely linked to the growth of the worker-driven labor movement and the civil rights movement. The laws regarding employee rights are relatively weak and rely on civil action to get satisfaction. […]
Are Your Company’s Employment Background Check Policies Legal?
One of the most horrifying experiences in a professionals’ life is the realization that your employer is breaking the law. And we’re not talking about a simple slip in regulation maintenance. Every now and then (more frequently than we like to admit) a manager or even an exec chooses a path that they must know […]
Is Your Employer Showing Signs of Marital Status Discrimination? (Part 2)
(Read Part 1 here) Welcome back to the second half of our two-part article on marital status discrimination in the workplace. Last time we talked about the challenge of spotting this type of discrimination and three ways that it appears in modern workplaces. Join us again today as we pick up with three more types […]
Is Your Employer Showing Signs of Marital Status Discrimination? (Part 1)
Not all types of discrimination are obvious. These days, we’re pretty vigilant for signs of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or religion. It’s pretty hard to miss the most typical types of sexism. We’re all working hard to identify instances of disability discrimination. But unless an employer is particularly obnoxious, marital status discrimination is incredibly […]
