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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...
California is a diverse state and one that generally prides itself on being welcoming to people of all backgrounds. The majority of workplaces also do their best to try and assert the same standards. Sadly, there are occasions where workplaces fail in this regard....
Employers have a duty to create and maintain a work environment that is devoid of all forms of harassment, including workplace harassment. Consequently, California and federal laws require employers to respond to any complaints of sexual harassment at work. If you...
When you leave each day for work, you do your best – and you expect your employer to pay you fairly. However, it’s not uncommon for employers to subject their employees to wage discrimination. Wage discrimination happens when you are paid less than your team members...
California Fair Employment and Housing Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for workers with a disability. Yet, as every employee and every company is different, it can be hard to pin down how far this goes. Making accommodations can cost time and...
If you are Black, you may well have come across employers who took exception to your hairstyles. They may have expressed it directly or subtly, but the message was clear: They wanted you to change your hair to conform to their standards. The problem is those standards...
California state law and federal employment regulations protect the right of hourly workers and some salaried employees to receive overtime wages when they work long hours. California extends more comprehensive overtime protections to workers than the federal...
