Protecting The Rights Of Workers
Throughout California
Any time an employment law violation affects many employees, there may be grounds for a class action lawsuit or another type of representative action. A class action or representative action may arise for multiple reasons, including wage and hour violations, illegal...
Wage and hour laws in California protect workers from being taken advantage of by employers, and California has some of the strongest worker protections in the world. Following are some basic things to understand about California wage and hour laws: Minimum wage The...
Many types of workers are required to miss meal and rest breaks or work overtime hours due to the conditions of their jobs. This is a serious problem when workers are not properly paid for missed breaks and overtime hours. In some cases, employers require workers to...
When it initially became law, the California Equal Pay Act was designed to protect the rights of employees whose employers engage in discriminatory wage practices based on gender. Since the Act became law, it has been updated several times, most notably in 2015 when...
It's an increasingly common tactic for employers to ask employees to sign an arbitration agreement that bars the employees from filing a class action lawsuit. However, in California, it is illegal to bar all representative actions, and many arbitration agreements are...
In California, workers are generally entitled to compensation for non-compliant meal and rest breaks. That means, if your employer fails to provide you with required meal and rest breaks that are free of work duties, you are entitled to compensation for those missed...
Many employees in California are under the impression that if they are paid a salary — rather than an hourly wage — then they are not entitled to overtime pay. But that simply is not the case. In California, employees cannot be exempt from overtime pay if their salary...
In many cases, managerial positions are classified as "exempt" in terms of employment law. That means an exempt, managerial employee may not receive overtime pay the way a non-exempt, hourly employee would. Sometimes employers try to take advantage of an employee —...
Layoffs and furloughs are often used interchangeably in everyday conversations, but there is a key difference between being furloughed and being laid off. The main difference between the two is the potential to return to work. Laid-off employees are entitled to final...
If you work remotely in California, you are generally protected by the same wage and hour laws that protect employees who work on the job site itself. That is, if you are a nonexempt employee, you should be paid at least the minimum wage; you should be paid the...