Wage theft. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1003 on September 27, amending the Penal Code to establish criminal penalties for grand theft for an employer's intentional theft of wages, payments, or gratuities greater than $950 from any one employee or $2,350...
The duty to mitigate is a well-established contract principle. Simply put the duty to mitigate places a legal obligation on an injured individual to minimize the effects and losses resulting from the injury. The common example used to illustrate this is a homeowner...
The short answer is no, but to fully understand California’s leave laws, we must first look at California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and the Federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Despite the two covering similar issues, there are key differences. California Family...
A whistleblower is an employee who “tells” on their employer because an employee reasonably believed that the employer committed an illegal act. Many violations of the law, and many dangers to public health and safety, go unreported because people who know about them...
Standing up against sexual harassment in the workplace is a protected activity. It’s your right to expect that your workplace is free of sexual harassment, and your employer isn’t legally allowed to retaliate against you for reporting it. Under federal and California...