Category Archives: Employment
Are You Owed Reporting Time Pay?
It often happens that you show up for work, and there is simply little or nothing for you to do. Whether because of overscheduling, or a slow day, depending on your job, you could end up being sent straight back home by your employer. But you took the time and effort to show up… Read More »
LGBTQ Rights in the Workplace
If you are LGBTQ, you may have questions about your right to be protected in the workplace. Specifically, whether or not you have the same protections as women, minorities, the disabled or the elderly at work. The answer is yes–and those protections are stronger than you may think. Who the Law Applies to Remember… Read More »
Does the ADA Protect Workers With Temporary Disabilities?
If you have an illness or an injury, and you need an accommodation at work, the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) protects you and requires that you be given the accommodations that you need to allow you to do your job with your disability. But the ADA doesn’t apply to all disabilities. As a… Read More »
Paid and Unpaid Paternity Leave for New Fathers
We have often written about maternity leave and the protections that women get for pregnancy, and any complications related to pregnancy. But fathers actually have rights as well. Both Federal and California law provide paternity leave rights to fathers of newborn children—rights that employers must provide. Requirements for Paternity Leave. You obviously need to… Read More »
Valuing Lost Stock or Equity as Damages in Wrongful Termination Cases
If you are wrongfully terminated at work, one of the major remedies the court can award you is the value and amount of any lost monetary damages that your wrongful termination may have cost you. But lost pay can be more than wages. In many cases, employers pay employees in stock options, which sometimes… Read More »
Understanding Your Rights to Severance Pay
If you take a job, one of the benefits of that job may be getting severance pay if you are terminated. Severance pay is provided to an employee when their employment ends. It usually is only payable when an employee is not fired for cause—that is, when there are layoffs, or company restructuring, or… Read More »
Can an Individual Be Liable to a Worker for Wage and Hour Law Violations?
It is a general concept in American law, in any state, that when a company does something wrong, it is the company that gets sued, and pays whatever is owed—not the individual owners or managers or wrongdoers of the company. This is a primary reason that people start companies in the first place. But… Read More »
Can Credit Card Processing Fees be Deducted From Tips You Have Earned?
If you are a tipped employee, and your customers pay by credit card, look at your pay stub, or whatever other document reflects the tips you have earned as a result of customers paying by credit card. Are you getting everything that you have earned—that is, the entirety of whatever amount customers have tipped… Read More »
California May Enact Captive Audience Bill in the Workplace
The California governor has not yet signed, but is expected to sign, a measure passed by the California legislature, which is designed to avoid workers being discriminated against or indoctrinated. It’s called the Employer Intimidation Act, and if passed it could provide not only protections for workers—but a private right of action, allowing workers… Read More »
Pregnancy Protections for Workers May Not Extend to Fertilization Procedures
Pregnancy, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, are protected in the workplace. That means that your employer must accommodate your medical needs related to pregnancy and cannot discriminate against you for being or becoming pregnant in any way. But the wording of the law, which falls under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA),… Read More »
