Category Archives: Employment
Signs That You May Have Been Fired Illegally
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 »
Amazon Gets Sued for Trying to Impose Noncompete Agreements on Employees
In California, it has long been the law that noncompete agreements are illegal. The federal government followed suit, banning them nationally as of 2024. But according to a recent lawsuit, one company, Amazon, may be doing its best to circumvent the bans, a practice that employees should look for. Lawsuit Alleges Noncompete was Disguised… Read More »
The Role of Temporal Proximity in Retaliation Cases
As an employee, you have an absolute right to assert your legal rights or to report wrongdoing by your employer. When an employee is punished at work by an employer for asserting rights that the employee has a legal right to assert, the employee may have a claim for retaliation. What is Retaliation? Just… Read More »
Associational Discrimination: The ADA is More Powerful Than You Thought
The Americans With Disabilities Act or ADA is a powerful law that protects workers with disabilities. But it does even more than that. It even protects otherwise healthy, non-disabled workers that have some relationship to others who have disabilities. The ADA, Generally The ADA generally says that if you have a disability, your employer… Read More »
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 »
