On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Aug 13, 2020 | Employment Law
News out of California may have the higher-ups at Google a bit alarmed: Four women, all former employees, are now seeking class-action status for their gender discrimination claim against the tech mega-corporation. According to the plaintiffs, Google routinely paid...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Jul 20, 2020 | Employment Law
You have always had a 9-to-5 job, and every other employer has paid you on time and with overtime when you worked over 40 hours a week. You even took extra time from others, so that you could earn as much as possible. Your employer didn’t approve the hours, and when...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Jul 8, 2020 | Employment Law
Cisco System, headquartered in San Jose, is facing a lawsuit brought by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing regarding the treatment of an employee. The engineer at the center of the lawsuit is a Dalit Indian, which is considered an untouchable in...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Jul 7, 2020 | Employment Law
If your company offers paid maternity leave, they will likely have explained the conditions you must meet in order to secure that leave when you first got hired. However, paid maternity leave is an employer benefit. Even if you don’t have any paid leave, you...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Jun 5, 2020 | Employment Law
Oh, it’s Mexican theme day at work, so everyone is encouraged to wear sombreros and ponchos and your co-workers seem to think that putting on a fake accent that sounds roughly Hispanic is great fun. Or, maybe you’re an African-American and you have a white co-worker...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | May 22, 2020 | Employment Law
An employee in the Los Angeles County library system has filed suit against his employer, contending the library system put staff members and patrons at personal risk. The whistleblower lawsuit is asking for unspecified damages. The whistleblower states in the suit...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | May 15, 2020 | Employment Law
The terms of severance agreements are usually the result of negotiations between the employee and employer. If you’re in the process of negotiating a severance contract, there are some important points you need to think about because they can have a great impact on...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Apr 28, 2020 | Employment Law
One of the biggest problems that employees run into is being misclassified. Sometimes, their employers act like they are not actually the boss, but they still hold the workers to the standards of any other employees. They may control them or tell them what to do. They...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Mar 11, 2020 | Employment Law
You hope it never happens, but there could come a point when you need to take time off of work for medical treatment. It’s your hope that your employer understands your situation and makes life easy on you, but this doesn’t always happen. In the back of your mind,...
On behalf of Barrera & Associates, Attorneys | Jan 23, 2020 | Employment Law
Could your employer be quietly shortchanging you? Wage and benefit theft is a common problem in many industries (to the tune of about $3 billion per year). Whether you’re working for minimum wage or you’ve got your own office, there are several different ways your...
