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Can You be Punished for Testifying Against Your Employer?

By Costanzo Law Firm, APC |

Let’s say that you are at work, minding your own business, and then it comes: you get a notice that you are being called to testify as a witness. That’s not a problem, except for one thing: the Defendant being sued is your employer, meaning that someone has subpoenaed you to provide testimony against… Read More »

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What and Who Are Exempt Employees Under the FLSA?

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If you are a worker in California, you have the right to be paid for the hours that you work. And, most importantly, the right to be paid extra for any hours that you work as overtime, generally described as more than 40 hours a week. That is all pursuant to the Fair Labor… Read More »

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How Much Do You Need to Tell Your Employer About Your Disability?

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If you have a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and you need accommodations for your disability in the workplace, you may have a problem, or at least, a dilemma. On the one hand, you certainly need to tell your employer about your disability, and the nature of your limitations, so your… Read More »

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Salaried Workers and Overtime Pay: How Does it Work?

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires, among other things, that workers get paid overtime pay, for any hours worked weekly, over 40 hours a week. With per-hour, hourly paid workers, this is often easy to compute: Just see how many hours a worker has worked, see if it’s over 40 hours, and see… Read More »

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How Long Can Your Employer Wait to Pay You?

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For many employees, their relationship with their employer is a good one. This is especially true in smaller companies, where the company can seem like a “family,” and where supervisors or owners may also be friends or people that employees have grown close to. When these kinds of companies fall on hard or slow… Read More »

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The Supreme Court is About to Answer a Big Question on Reverse Discrimination

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Most of us already know that discrimination or harassment in the workplace based on a protected classification such as race or nationality or religion, among other categories, is illegal. But does that include all races, nationalities and religions—even so-called “majority” ones? What is Reverse Discrimination? That’s the issue that the Supreme Court is set… Read More »

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The ADA and the Essential Functions Test

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The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) generally says that if you have a disability, your employer must make accommodations in your workplace to allow you to do your job. You can’t be punished, fired, harassed, or discriminated against because of your disability. When Accommodations Won’t Help But sometimes, an employee is disabled so severely,… Read More »

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Understanding Medical Disclosure Requirements Under the ADA

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Do you need accommodations at work because of a medical condition? The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) protects you. But many employees don’t understand what they can be asked and when, and what medical information they have to tell their employers. Time to Disclose Information There is no time limit on telling your employer… Read More »

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Sexual Harassment When a Workplace Relationship Ends

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For many of us, we will spend more time at work, and with our co-workers, than we do at home, or than we do socially. That means for those who are single, there is a high likelihood that you may meet that special someone at work, and start a consensual relationship with that co-worker…. Read More »

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Signs That You May Have Been Fired Illegally

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One day you’re at work, doing your job, without issue. Then it happens. You’re called into a supervisor’s office, and you’ve been let go. But it’s not that simple—you suspect that you were let go, for an illegal reason. How can you prove that’s the case? What’s Illegal? Before we get to that, let’s… Read More »

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