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You may have heard people say that those working in the service industry are often only paid $2.13 per hour. This applies to tipped workers, such as waiters and waitresses, along with many others in the service industry. To you, that seems like an absurdly low wage...
The short answer is probably. Employers with at least 15 employees must generally allow religious garb and grooming practices in California. If you are concerned about discrimination based on how you practice your faith (wardrobe, hairstyle, etc.), it is time to...
The decision to leave a job isn’t always an easy one. Instead, many employees go back and forth for a while before they make the decision to walk away from a company. California is an at-will employment state, which means that the employer or employee can terminate...
Workers with disabling medical conditions can often maintain gainful employment so long as the companies that employ them agree to offer them reasonable accommodations. Federal laws prohibit employers from discriminating against workers with disabling medical...
In some cases, when sexual harassment is reported, people ask why it wasn’t reported earlier. Maybe it comes out that a person was harassed on the job a year or two ago. Why didn’t they report it right away? In fact, some people will try to use this fact to minimize...
You’re the only one left at work one evening, at the end of the day, and there are still some tasks to get done. You believe that your boss would be frustrated if they came in the next day and found out that no one had accomplished these tasks. Once you go over your...
Your office doesn’t have a policy saying that employees cannot date each other, and so one of your coworkers asked you if you’d like to go on a date. Perhaps you saw it coming in advance, or maybe it took me by surprise. Either way, what you’re wondering is this: Is...
The structure and hierarchy of companies can be complex, particularly in larger organizations. Employees with different roles and contractual terms have to be managed, and this is where the Human Resources (HR) department comes in. The HR department of your company...
Social media makes it easy for users to follow their friends' accounts, people their friends know or people they may know but don’t follow yet. One such way companies do this is by tracking user locations and matching them up with other users around them through...
Many laws protect employees from discrimination and harassment in their workplace. When these laws are broken, typically, the offenders face some kind of repercussion, such as termination or legal fines. As a result of a discrimination or harassment claim, employers...
