Legal Protection For Workers
Though no franchises from the popular doughnuts chain are currently located in California, other bakeries within the state would do well to avoid following in the footsteps of Shipley Do-Nuts when it comes to the alleged treatment of their employees. Four former...
Domino's Corporate, the popular pizza-restaurant chain with franchises in California and across the nation, now finds itself the sole remaining defendant in a lawsuit in another state. The worker's rights lawsuit involving wage disputes originally named three former...
The car rental company Hertz Corp. is already facing a string of lawsuits in California accusing them of failing to pay their customer services employees for working through their breaks and off the clock. A class-action suit filed in 2015 claims the company refused...
There are distinct differences between exempt and nonexempt employees. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act governs workers in California and determines whether employees are entitled to be paid according to minimum wage standards, including overtime pay, or whether...
When people searching for a new job are offered a position, it is understandably an exciting time. Many employers in California offer a contract and then apply pressure to the recipient to commit quickly. However, most employment contracts have boilerplate...
Any time new wage laws go into effect, there will typically be a transitional period while employers move toward compliance. This invariably can lead to wage disputes, as many employers may not implement the new policies in a timely manner. A new law in Los...
As the Obama administration enters its final months and Congress winds down for the summer, several bills are pending which may be interesting to California employees. Specifically, up to 146,000 workers in the state could be affected positively by...
Last year, California passed one of the most progressive measures to create gender wage equality. As many employers are starting to implement this law, another law is currently being considered to add additional language that will protect workers from racial wage...
In one of the most populous and expensive states to live, many celebrate the deal struck recently between lawmakers and labor unions to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022. However, there remain many questions about how this decision will affect the economy...
Being a part of making movies and television shows may be a dream of many California residents, but those who are doing the job feel much differently. A group of parking production assistants filed lawsuits against major studios, including Lionsgate, Sony...