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...
On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 3075, which amends the California Labor Code to allow employees to collect wage and hour judgments not only from their employers, but also from certain successor businesses that take...
The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, embodied in Labor Code Sections 245-249, requires employers of all sizes to provide paid sick days to eligible employees, among other requirements. Eligible employees who work in California for 30 or more days are...
Employees in California have the legal right to work in an environment that is free of aggravation, irritation and prejudice. A 56-year-old supervisor fired from a Jack in the Box restaurant in San Fernando Valley brought a lawsuit against her former employer alleging...
Sometimes it is easy to tell when a California employer has fired you without legitimate cause. However, in other cases, wrongful termination is harder to prove. One of the reasons could be because the evidence of the wrongful firing is circumstantial in nature....
The state of California has some of the most employee-friendly laws in the country. If an employer failed to pay you adequate wages according to state laws or an employment contract, you may have grounds to file a wage claim in Woodland Hills. Every employer in...
Having a disability should not prevent you from finding employment and having the same job opportunities as everyone else in California. The Americans with Disabilities Act was put into place to protect you from discrimination and help ensure that you have opportunity...
According to federal law, California employees cannot be discriminated against for many reasons. Those include race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability and pregnancy. When a pregnant employee, or even a pregnant applicant, is treated differently because of...
California employees are protected from any type of discrimination and harassment through both federal and state law. Sexual harassment is an issue that both women and men deal with every day in the workplace. When you fear your job is one the line, you may let...
There are many laws to help prevent discrimination in the workplace in California. Most of them are federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. Each law protects certain groups of people. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission explains the...