Whether you’re a consumer or a business owner, it’s important to learn about a breach of warranty and how the California courts handle lawsuits related to the matter. In legal parlance, a warranty is a contractual term pertaining to the quality, condition, or...
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Adverse Employment Actions: What They Are, What They Do
Too often, employees who observe or experience any wrongdoing or misconduct in the workplace are afraid to blow the whistle for fear of retaliation from their bosses or the company itself. If this is something that hits close to home for you, you should know that...
The legal nuances of cell phone reimbursement claims
Have you been working remotely during the pandemic? Do you use your mobile phone for work-related communications? Then your California-based employer should reimburse any expenses incurred just as they would reimburse you for other work expenses. This is true even if...
5 Signs That May Indicate You’re Underpaid at Work
Asking for a raise can be a difficult request to bring up to one's superiors. According to an annual national survey conducted by PayScale, a software company that gathers and analyzes compensation data, only 37 percent of US workers ask for a raise. The fear of...
Know How To Recognize Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment at Work
Under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act, quid pro quo harassment is one of two forms sexual harassment in the workplace; the other type being hostile work environment harassment. It occurs when a superior requests or demands a sexual favor from an employee...
Here’s How To Identify and Prove Discrimination in the Workplace
Workplace discrimination is one of the most unfortunate incidents that can happen during employment. While an instinct or gut feeling is often enough for a person to know they've been on the receiving end of disparate treatment in the workplace, proving it in court is...
What Can You Do After Being Misclassified as an Independent Contractor?
Workers who are misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees are at a severe disadvantage. From a legal standpoint, an independent contractor is not entitled to minimum wage standards, overtime pay, unemployment benefits, or even breaks. Additionally,...
What You Should Do When You Are Wrongfully Terminated?
About 55% of Americans get their sense of identity from their job. So imagine how devastating it would be if you were fired from it, especially through no fault of your own and under potentially unlawful circumstances. Unfortunately, this happens far too often in the...
Filing Class Action Claims for Unpaid Wages
Few things are as important to employees as their wages, the fruit of their hard labor. But what if your company has been intentionally trying to withhold pay that’s rightfully yours? In such cases, employees can file unpaid wage claims against their employers. To...
How To Know if You Have a Hostile Work Environment
If you’ve worked long enough, you’ve heard your fair share of workplace horror stories—the demeaning Miranda Priestly-esque boss, the manager who always cracks lewd jokes, the colleagues who act like schoolyard bullies. These are all classic signs of what California...
Federal Laws That Protect Employees in the Workplace
With the dawn of the industrial age, laborers—like the machines and tools they wielded—became just another tool of production. That’s why between the 18th and 19th centuries, employers could treat workers however they wished with few legal consequences. Luckily,...
Defining a class action lawsuit
When several people experience common injuries, damages, or financial harm caused by a company or an organization, they can band together and file a class action lawsuit. What is a class action lawsuit? A class action lawsuit occurs when multiple individuals have...