Is Your Bag Check Stealing Your Pay Check?
There has recently been a rising debate about the legality of employee bag checks. Not whether bag checks are legal (they are) but whether bag checks should be conducted on or off the clock. This may seem like a trivial manner unless you are one of the thousands of California employees standing in line for […]
California Domestic Caregivers Rights to Minimum Wage & Overtime Pay
The state of California takes a close interest in employee rights, especially when it comes to proper pay. There are a few exceptions, but you have a right to get paid at least the minimum wage for domestic work. As a domestic caregiver, you’re entitled to overtime pay and all the other rights associated with […]
Employee Expense Reimbursement Under California Law
There are so many different policies on the federal and state level regarding Employee Expense reimbursement, some of which appear to conflict. While the California labor law provides guidelines on what is reimbursable, there is also the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations that state what types of business expenses are deductible and are not related […]
What Your California Employer Can’t Make You Pay For
Some employers are insidious. They will find a way to pinch a penny out of anything, including the employees. If you’ve ever had a boss that liked to deduct things from your paycheck or make you pay for little damages, you know exactly what we are talking about. There are a number of things employers […]
How California’s Bill 1513 Changed Commissions for Salons and Spa Workers
California’s Bill 1513, originally signed into law in 2015, drastically altered the way salon and spa owners are now required to compensate their employees. Salon and spa owners may not be as compliant (though not necessarily intentionally) as they should be; these changes are causing much consternation among employees regarding their pay. Classifications of Employee […]
What are Unpaid Bag Checks?
Every now and then, an employer will feel it necessary to check employee bags before staff can leave the facility. This is often due to suspicion of theft and is sometimes a safety precaution to ensure hazardous materials or items don’t leave the workplace by accident. However, there is a current controversy over whether the […]
California Employees Should Be Paid While “On Call”
In California, “on call” employees should be paid for the time they wait to learn if they are working or not. If you haven’t been adequately compensated for hours you’ve spent “on call” you may be owed money. “On Call” Workers are Entitled to Pay While Waiting For the Call to Work in CA The […]
Driver Rights in California: If You Can’t Go Home, You Should be Getting Paid
Many delivery drivers and truck drivers are not being paid fairly. Here in the state of California, labor laws are extremely specific about when an employee should be getting paid and what time constitutes as on-work hours. However, each industry tries to define its worker’s hours in the most economically efficient (for the employer) way […]
How to Passively Insist on Your Right to Meal and Rest Breaks
The federal law requires that all employers provide reasonable rest and meal breaks. California has an even more refined definition of what those mandated meal and rest breaks should be. Specifically, you have a right to a 10-minute paid break for every 4 hours you work. For each 5 hours you work, you also have […]
California Employee Training: Should You Be Getting Paid for Your Time?
Employers love this one: Get a batch of new hires who haven’t received their first paycheck yet. Tell them their start-date is a week out, but they’re expected to show up for job training as a closer date. Provide mandatory training for days to a week before their “start date”. Only start paying the employees […]
