California has very strict labor laws that are aimed at protecting workers. Despite these protections and the regulatory actions that can be brought against employers who violate them, businesses fail to adequately adhere to labor laws all the time. That means that...
After the fallout from last year’s standoff with state authorities over classification of their drivers, Uber and Lyft are in the news again, this time offering more incentives to entice those drivers back to work. As people are venturing out into daily life once...
The workforce, especially now, has become complicated. Gig and contractor work has become increasingly popular, and for employers, properly determining how employees are classified is increasingly important. This is because job misclassification is legally actionable...
If starting a family is in your plans, one of your concerns could be the security of your job. When your employer learns that you are pregnant, and that you plan on taking time off of work for maternity leave, what’s stopping them from simply firing you now so as not...
It probably seems strange to some people that employees would ever have disputes with their employers about the amount of their paychecks. After all, you know what you earn per hour, or what your salary is, right? Well, unfortunately, wage and hour disputes are quite...
They say that if one finds a way to get paid for what they love, they will never work a day in their life. However, regardless of whether a worker loves their job or not, every employee deserves and is entitled to a break. Unfortunately, not all employers honor this...
Many employers in California offer their employees bonuses. San Diego residents likely look forward to these bonuses every year and may even plan their budgets around them. Employers give bonuses for a number of reasons. Sometimes, a bonus is no more than a generous...
Sadly, too many employers in the San Diego still misclassify workers as independent contractors. But for the misclassification, these workers would receive the benefit of minimum wage laws and other valuable workplace rights and protections which California law offers...
Workers in California have a lot of protections provided to them by state and federal law. You might think that would deter employers from mistreating their employees, but that simply isn’t the case. Far too often employers take advantage of their employees simply...
In California, employers are required to allow nonexempt employees to take a rest break during the work day. A nonexempt employee is a worker who qualifies for overtime pay for every hour he or she works past a standard 40-hour work week. The rest break must be at...