Many retail employees in California and elsewhere may be expected to work overtime to keep up with customer demands. During these long shifts, workers also expect to take breaks so that they do not burn out and can continue to do their jobs effectively. Unfortunately,...
Legal Protection For Workers
New bill aimed at narrowing woman-man wage gap in California
Studies have shown that, on average, women working full-time in California are paid 84 cents for each dollar earned by a man. In other words, it is estimated that full-time female workers in California lose about $33 billion a year.A new piece of legislation that is...
VXI Global Solutions to pay $600k for sexual harassment lawsuit
California-based VXI Global Solutions is being accused by a group of female and male employees of maintaining a hostile work environment. The workers, both past and present employees, turned to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to help them after they were...
Haggen’s accused of retaliation by a whistleblowing ex-employee
Many California readers may be familiar with the Haggen supermarket chain to do their shopping. A former employee of the grocery store claims that she faced retaliation and lost her job after she alerted her superiors to problems with pricing inside the store. She has...
Officers allege they were denied overtime for off-the-clock work
Technology has provided the convenience of keeping people in California and across the world connected; however, this can dramatically change the way employers manage hours worked by non-exempt employees on smartphones. Workers who spend time working on their mobile...