Employment termination can be a slippery slope. One of the more confusing situations can arise when an employer asks an employee to work overtime. If you are an employee and you refuse to work overtime, it’s important to recognize what issues you may encounter.A refusal to work overtime hours upon request can create some...

As an employee in California, you should know about the at-will employment laws in place. The at-will employment laws are designed to allow employers to fire an employee for any reason at any time. Similarly, they allow an employee to quit his or her job without reason and without giving advanced notice.However, many employees...

All throughout California, many employers offer their employees holidays off with pay. Some may offer you hours that you can work on holidays, and they pay you additional holiday time wages as compensation. This arrangement sounds like a great idea, but it is not the case for everyone.Employees should recognize the state of California’s...

Wage inequality is a form of workplace discrimination, and while it is illegal on both a state and federal level in California, wage gaps continue to persist to this day. The good news is that recent California legislation has improved the rights of women workers across the state by strengthening laws that make it...

As many of us know, workplaces across the state and country were greatly impacted since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) began spreading earlier this year. Most nonessential businesses were forced to shut their doors and cease in-person operations for a time being, shifting thousands of employees to remote work from home.Workplaces in California have slowly...