Most people who call our office have never sued anyone before. They are not looking for a fight — they are looking for an answer to a simpler question: what would this actually look like if I did something about it? That uncertainty stops a lot of people from picking...
It usually happens at 2:00 a.m. You have just been fired. Or you finally reported the supervisor who would not stop touching you, and suddenly your shifts were cut and your performance reviews turned negative. You cannot sleep. You do not know a lawyer, you do not...
Laws Related to Compensation SB 1162 (Pay Data Report and Pay Scale Disclosure) In 2020, California enacted SB 973, requiring private employers with more than 100 employees to submit an annual pay data report to the California Civil Rights Department (“CRD”) by...
Home-bound employees must use their home internet to perform work, but is it reimbursable? In a handful of states, employers must reimburse employees for all expenditures incurred in performing their duties at home. In California, that can include home internet bills....
On February 9, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 114. The law requires covered employers to provide up to 80 hours of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (“SPSL”) to covered employees who are unable to work or telework due to certain reasons related to COVID-19....
It’s probably one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a new employee: being promised a “long term” job only to be laid off just a few months (or sometimes just a few days) after relocating to a new city or state. Being fired after relocating is hard...
California law operates to ensure employers provide employees with the equipment and resources necessary to work and protect employees by preventing employers from passing operating expenses on to employees. To that end, the Labor Code mandates that California...
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) is the primary law that provides employees with protection from discrimination, retaliation, and harassment in employment. All employment provisions of the FEHA anti-discrimination provisions apply to all employers...
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...