Today, we’ll take a look at certain situations where an employee may not be entitled to an uninterrupted meal break. In our previous post, we discussed that an employer must fully relieve employees of all duties during their meal breaks. Special Work Situations There...
In California, non-exempt hourly employees are generally entitled to receive overtime pay when they work beyond a certain number of hours per day or per week. The following guidelines offer a general overview of how overtime is calculated under California labor law....
Immigration Status Are you unable to exercise your workplace rights because of your immigration status? In some cases, employers threaten to report undocumented workers to immigration authorities in order to intimidate them and prevent them from asserting their legal...
Harassment As previously discussed, employers are prohibited not only from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, gender, gender identity, disability, or religion, but also from harassing them for those reasons. This protection applies not only to...
Immigration Status Are you unable to exercise your rights at work due to your immigration status? In some cases, employers attempt to intimidate workers by threatening to report their undocumented status to immigration authorities, preventing them from asserting their...
Have you ever experienced workplace discrimination because of your marital status? Have you ever felt treated unfairly during the hiring process because you are a woman or a man? Today, we will explain how California labor law addresses discrimination based on marital...