Time To Even The Playing Field
State and federal regulations help establish baseline protections for workers. Workers paid on an hourly basis have a right to a minimum wage. California's employment regulations expand on federal statutes. The state minimum wage is substantially higher than the...
Businesses in many different sectors need a baseline amount of worker coverage. Hospitals and nursing homes need to have a minimum number of staff members on hand based on the patients or residents in need of care. Retail establishments and restaurants may need a...
Employees in California have state-level rights that are better than federal rights. Some of these have to do with rest breaks, meal periods and sick pay. These concerns aren’t generally addressed in federal laws. It’s up to employers to ensure they’re providing these...
Hourly workers expect to receive appropriate wages after they perform work for a business. Unfortunately, some companies try to pad their profits by intentionally denying workers the compensation that they have earned with their labor. Frustrated employees who have...
In general, hourly workers in California and around the country begin to be paid as soon as they clock in or report for duty, but the rules are different for most of the nation’s flight attendants. The pay mechanism in place for flight attendants only requires...
California businesses that rely on contractors to provide labor are held responsible when those contractors violate state labor laws. This means that they can be ordered to compensate workers who have been the victims of wage theft. On April 26, the California Labor...
Falling afoul of California’s wage and hour laws can be costly. On Dec. 19, the Labor Commissioner’s Office announced that a Bakersfield construction company has paid more than $1.3 million to compensate workers who were cheated out of their wages while employed on a...
People understandably expect to receive payment for the work they perform. Unfortunately, one large employer operating a chain of car washes in California allegedly did not abide by this rule. However, California's Labor Commissioner's Office recently took a new...
An agreement issued in early May between LinkedIn and the U.S. Department of Labor will result in the social media company paying $1.8 million in back pay and interest to female employees in California who alleged that their pay practices discriminated against them. A...
As an employee in California, you are entitled to certain protections under the law. One of these protections is that your employer must pay you for all the hours you work. Unfortunately, wage theft is a problem in California, and many employees don't provide their...