There is a lot of talk these days about employers not paying employees enough. Many feel that employers in California are not paying enough for their employees to live on. This has brought up the idea of a living wage. According to CNBC, a living wage is how much you...
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Can an independent contractor sue for wrongful termination?
If you are an independent contractor in California, it means that you are not an employee of a company but rather a consultant providing services to one or more companies on a contract basis by written or verbal agreement. As an independent contractor, you usually...
Across California, McDonald’s workers stage harassment strike
Another high-profile strike recently joined the growing number of major demonstrations in the #metoo movement. People are standing up against a work culture that encourages or tolerates inappropriate touching, sexual propositions and other forms of offensive behavior....
Your rights to reasonable accommodation for your disability
According to federal law, if you suffer from a disability, you deserve reasonable accommodation in your workplace. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 ensures that your employer must offer ways to modify your daily position to provide the best workplace...
Can employers retaliate by assigning you a bad parking spot?
Some California workplaces, in the interests of organization and efficiency, assign parking spots to their employees. You might work for a company that has assigned you a parking space that is reasonably close to the company's entrance. Then one day you are suddenly...
What should I do after I get fired?
Nobody likes to be on the wrong side of the table when jobs start getting cut. The trauma of getting fired could stir up many emotions — it can be difficult to know what to do next. The job market in California is relatively healthy at the moment, and, if you...
How workplaces should handle inappropriate workplace attire
On behalf of Jay S. Rothman & Associates posted in sexual harassment on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Some California workplaces have dress codes that dictate employees maintain a certain level of professionalism in their style of dress. However, sometimes a worker...
The process of determining back pay amounts
Sometimes, employers in California refuse to pay their workers. The reasons for this range from the personal to the financial, but the law rarely accepts a company's decision to withhold pay without a very convincing argument in favor of the action. However, since...
What to look for in proving workplace retaliation | Jay S. Rothman & Associates
What to look for in proving workplace retaliation On behalf of Jay S. Rothman & Associates posted in retaliation on Thursday, August 16, 2018. No California worker should be punished for blowing the whistle on discriminatory or harassment practices in the...
Is it sexual harassment?
Sexual harassment in the workplace is not a new phenomenon. However, it can sometimes be difficult to spot sexual harassment when it is happening to you. Not only is sexual harassment at work not a novel concept, it is happening at an extremely high rate. A recent...