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Understanding Your Rights to Disability Accommodations in California Workplaces
In California, workers with disabilities have strong legal protections that require employers to provide reasonable...
Religious Accommodations in the Workplace: Understanding Your Rights Under California Law
California law recognizes that the freedom to worship as one believes is a basic human right. Employers in California...
Off-Duty Cannabis Use
California law prohibits employers from discriminating against employees for using cannabis outside of work hours and...
Your Right to Wear Pants at Work: Understanding California’s Gender-Based Dress Code Protections
California law protects your right to wear pants in the workplace regardless of your sex. If your employer has denied...
Your Right to Breaks: California’s Meal and Rest Break Requirements
California law guarantees most workers the right to meal and rest breaks during their workday, yet these fundamental...
Is That Severance Package Really Worth It? What It Could Cost You
If you were recently laid off and offered a severance package, your employer may be asking you to sign away valuable...
California’s New Intersectionality Law: Understanding and Protecting Combined Identities in Discrimination Cases
California recently passed Senate Bill 1137, a groundbreaking law that explicitly recognizes "intersectionality" in...
Your Employer Doesn’t Need to Tell You to Take a Lunch Break, But They Must Make It Possible
In California, employers aren't required to specifically instruct employees to take meal breaks, but they must provide...
When are California Computer Professional’s Entitiled to Overtime Pay?
If you work in software development or another computer-related position in California, you might be misclassified as...
Understanding ‘Reporting Time Pay’ in California: When You’re Entitled to Pay Despite Not Working
If you show up to work in California but are sent home early or aren't given your full shift, you may still be...
Are You Getting Paid for All Your Working Time?
Many California workers may be missing out on wages they've rightfully earned because their employers aren't properly...
Just Because They Call You a “Manager” Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Get Overtime
Many California workers classified as "managers" may be wrongfully denied overtime pay. Your job title alone doesn't...
Know Your Rights: Live-In Domestic Workers and Personnel Attendants in California
If you work as a caregiver, nanny, housekeeper, or certain other domestic worker in California, you have important...
California vs. Federal Overtime Laws: What Workers Need to Know
California's overtime laws provide significantly greater protections for workers than federal standards, entitling...
California’s Tool Wage Requirement: Protecting Workers from Hidden Costs
Typically, in California, if your employer wants you to provide and maintain your own work tools, they must pay you at...
Understanding California’s Minimum Salary Requirements for Overtime Exemptions
If you're a salaried employee in California, you may have wondered whether you should be receiving overtime pay. While...
Victims of Sexual Harassment at Work Can Have Their Day in Court: Employer Cannot Force Arbitratation of Sexual Harassment Claims in California
If you've experienced sexual harassment at work in California, you have the right to take your case to court - even if...
Court Upholds Workers’ Right to Recover Attorney Fees When Appealing Labor Commissioner Decisions
FEHA and Single Incident Harassment: What Employers Need to Know
In Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorney's Office (2024), the California Supreme Court addressed crucial questions...
PAGA Prelitigation Notices: Clarifying ‘Aggrieved Employees’ Requirements
The Private Attorney Generals Act (PAGA) was enacted to address the under-enforcement of labor laws due to limited...