California Employment Law Blog

The Supreme Court of California recently ruled that missed meal and rest break premiums are wages. Additionally, unpaid wages must be paid retroactively to the employee, or else the employer can face fines and other consequences. The ruling helps to ensure that employees who work through scheduled meal and rest…

California saw new wage laws take effect in early 2022. However, in spite of them, which result in hefty penalties against employers for wage theft, fast food workers claim they are owed thousands of dollars. What’s the situation with the fast-food industry? The fast-food industry is one of the fastest-growing…

The California Equal Pay Act was enacted decades ago to help women fight back against wage discrimination. Historically, women have been paid less money compared with men in similar jobs. The California Equal Pay Act has been amended over the years. At its core, the Act prohibits employers from paying…

The state of California has updated some important laws regarding wages and employment. These new updates are designed to give employees more leverage to collect wage and hour awards. The updates will also make it much harder for employers to resist paying workers what they are owed under California law.…

Opportunities for ridesharing and food delivery jobs continue to increase, and rideshare drivers make up a growing portion of the American workforce. Rideshare drivers are generally classified as independent contractors, but in California and other parts of the country, there has been a significant push to make rideshare drivers employees.…

Wage theft is a widespread problem in California. The California Labor Commissioner’s Office is a watchdog agency that has conducted lengthy investigations into wage theft by interviewing employees and reviewing payroll records. The agency has cited many companies for failing to pay workers, but in many cases, the workers have…

Arbitration agreements are a way that employers try to avoid being sued by employees for employment law violations, such as wage and hour violations or sexual harassment. Historically, if an employee or a job applicant signs an arbitration agreement, that person essentially agrees to let an out-of-court arbitrator, rather than…

Wage theft occurs when an employer refuses to pay the correct amount of wages that an employee has earned. In California and across the country, this type of theft has affected the livelihood of millions of workers. There are certain types of workers who are impacted the most by wage…

California Governor Gavin Newson has signed Assembly Bill No. 1003 into law. It’s a statute that makes intentional theft of wages a felony. As of January 2022, perpetrators of the crime could find themselves charged with grand theft. AB 1003 California Penal Code Section 487(m) sets the guidelines for the…