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...
The advent of the ongoing health crisis has caused employers to take many steps to prevent the spread of the disease at work. One of the most significant steps adopted by employers is the requirement that all employees complete pre-shift screening questionnaires and...
After hours on the job and putting in time for one’s employer, a California worker may look forward to an uninterrupted period to enjoy some food and a break from their duties. Under the law, California employers are required to provide nonexempt workers who work at...
You may have heard that rideshare company Uber has a history of misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. It turns out that many other companies do the same thing, causing many workplace disputes between workers and their...
Different industries across San Diego structure their pay schedules in different ways, depending on the types of work their employees perform. Some may choose to pay their workers hourly wages and calculate their earnings based on the amount of time they spend doing...
Employment law and potential violations committed by employers can be problematic for workers. With the ongoing health challenges impacting people across the nation and currently worsening in California, it is easy to forget that employers are still required to adhere...
Many hourly workers in the retail industry, service industry and health care industry in California have employers that have these workers split shifts -- that is, their work schedule will be interrupted by non-paid non-work periods. For example, a server at a...