Employment Law

There was recently a story making the rounds on social media about a company that had three of its employees put in their two weeks’ notice relatively close together. This was a burden for the business, so the owner said that all employees in the future would have to...

Imagine that you work at a warehouse, in the shipping and receiving department. Every day, you help to ship products from the warehouse to customers who ordered them online. But your business has another location, and orders sometimes go through that warehouse. They...

You love your job, and one of the perks is that you get to travel around the world. The only thing that you haven’t appreciated is that you’re not paid for the time you spend traveling to the destination, only for the time you spend there after you arrive. To you,...

If you ask your California employer if you can breastfeed at work and they tell you no, you need to understand whether they are within their rights or breaking the law. Here are some things to understand: First, you need to differentiate between breastfeeding, with...

If you are planning to have a child, one of the things you may be wondering about is how long you can take for maternity leave. Your employer provides you with some paid maternity leave, but you want to stay out of work for longer than that. You’ve saved, so you want...

Regardless of what you receive as your base salary or hourly wage, a significant portion of your income will go straight to the government as taxes. Most employees can count on their employers to withhold taxes from their income, but some workers aren't technically...

Worried that a company won’t hire you because of your age? If they discriminated against you and you’re over 40, that’s illegal. You aren’t guaranteed to get the job, of course, but you cannot be denied on account of your age alone. Companies know this. There are very...

Workers in California generally work extremely hard for their employers. As a result, employers are expected to offer adequate rest times and meal breaks.  In fact, the law in California requires employees to be given a 10-minute paid break for each hour they work....

There are two approaches to negotiating a severance package: You can do it before accepting a work agreement and upon leaving a job. Most people are aware that severance packages can be negotiated before accepting a job, but many are surprised to hear that there is an...

California is home to numerous nationally-renowned businesses and small companies, but many out-of-state businesses also have branches or franchises in California. Those who work for a company started or run out of another state could face complications when it comes...