Time To Even The Playing Field
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...
Many of California’s 45,000 garment workers are paid based on how many items of clothing they make rather than the number of hours they work, which advocacy groups like the Garment Worker Center say has led to rampant wage theft in the industry. Ensuring that wage and...
The wage and hour laws in California are extensive, but they can be a little complicated. If you work in the state of California and think that your employer has violated your wage or overtime rights, then it is important to know what steps to take. Report the...