Details About What Is Independent Contractor Law In California?
Learn about California Independent Contractor Law. Experienced attorneys explain worker misclassification, labor rights, and the California Labor Code.
California Doesn’t Take Workplace Retaliation Lightly.
Workplace retaliation, while unfair and stressful for an employee, can be difficult to protect against. The important thing to know is that while the law can’t prevent employers from retaliating against their employees, it can offer restitution should you fall victim to retaliation. Knowing how to look out for workplace retaliation can help you seek […]
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Recognize the Signs
Majority of employees and employers view sexual harassment from the perspective that it only entails a worker asking for sex from another worker. This is not the case. Sexual harassment in the workplace is a form of sexual discrimination based on both verbal and non-verbal behavior such as uncalled for sexual gestures and indecent sexual […]
Paycheck Deductions: Where is Your Money Going?
Money gets deducted from each paycheck for various reasons, but are all of them legal? Most employees know that the federal law mandates deductions from his or her paycheck for Social Security and federal income tax. These are normal deductions that the employee must authorize. Other deductions, except when a deduction is required to comply […]
California’s New Bills: Sexual Harassment
California state legislation has been at the forefront by passing several bills that prevent sexual harassment in the workplace as well as within the state legislature. The package of bills was signed by the Governor of California, Edmund G. Brown on September 30th, 2018. These bills were put in place in support of women, children, […]
According To The ADA Is Color-Blindness A Disability?
The ADA is an act that was first passed in 1990. It’s a Federal Civil Rights Law that allows people to be protected against discrimination that is based solely on their disability. It would be nice if everyone could take advantage of the ADA, unfortunately, if you work at a job that has less than […]
Can My Employer Read My Personal Email?
If you’ve ever read a personal email before at work, you might have wondered if it was possible for your boss to see what you see. Let’s be honest, with the way technology is today, instead of wondering about it, you should know that they probably are. When it comes to email privacy, most courts […]
Is Your Employer Mistreating You Because of Age?
Age discrimination happens all too often in the workplace. The bad thing is that most of the time when it happens to someone they think it was just their time to go – they have no idea their boss just let them go or fired them because of their age! What Is Ageism? When talking […]
Can You Sue Your Boss For Being A Bully?
We all know what bullying is, but in the news lately, it always involves children at school. But, what about adults? Is workplace bullying actually a thing? Can you do anything about it as an employee? What defines bullying? What Is Workplace Bullying? According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, bullying in your place of work […]
What Are My Right As An Employee When A Job Ends?
Leaving your job is never an easy thing to do. It doesn’t matter if you’re moving on because you found a better paying job, you were laid off or fired, you might be wondering about employee rights San Francisco and what happens after you leave. There are things that you need to be aware of […]