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Did You Know About Paid Voter Time?

Posted by SamuelWong on

With California election season just around the corner, it is handy to be informed of California Election law, as it pertains to California Labor law.

As per California Elections Code §14000-14003, voters are entitled to paid time off to vote on election day if the voter cannot/does not have “sufficient time outside working hours.” A voter may only take more than 2 hours of time without loss of pay and should be taken either at the beginning of the shift or end of the shift, which allows for least time off to vote.

The employer must give at least two working days’ notice to his or her employer that he or she believes that time off will be necessary to be able to vote on Election Day.

These statutes are applicable to both private entity and public entity employees in the state of California.

When Your Boss Is A Real Terror(ist)

Posted by SamuelWong on

terrorist reviewEveryone knows the dread of a bad performance review, especially when you have a harsh boss.  It turns out, bad performance reviews are not just an American fear, but happen worldwide.

Al Qaeda – yes, that’s right, that Al Qaeda – recently gave a poor performance review to a ten-year member.  The performance review was ten pages long and listed more than 30 complaints against the member, including that he failed to answer the telephone when they called, failed to carry out any operations, and failed to submit expense reports, among other things.  As a result of his poor performance, the member was terminated, but not the way you might think: the member was fired.

So the next time you get grief from a mean boss about turning in expense reports late, just remember, it really does happen to everyone

Time to Find a New Job

Posted by Kashif Haque on

new job picFrustrated with the fact that his boss frequently showed up late when she was supposed to relieve him at the end of his shift, a worker at a gas station in Michigan decided he wasn’t going to put up with it any longer.  One day when his boss was more than an hour late – leaving him trapped at work and unable to go home – the worker wrote a note to his boss and taped it to the door, locked up, and just went home.

The note said, in part:

“Hey boss,

Learn to be on time or at least communicate when you are going to be late.  +1hr with no phone call is unacceptable.”

While many people have sympathized with the employee’s dislike of a tardy, disrespectful boss, the boss was not so understanding and fired the employee.  Even though if seemed harsh, the boss had the right to do so.

According to the at-will presumption, an employer can fire an employee for any reason or no reason at all, as long as that reason is not unlawful. It’s not unlawful for the boss to fire the employee for writing a passive aggressive note.

California Unemployment Rate Dropped in February

Posted by Kashif Haque on

The Employment Development Department (“EDD”) recently revealed California’s unemployment rate in the wake of February. The Los Angeles Times reported a net of 58,800 jobs added in the month of February particularly in the fields of education and health services. Despite significant losses in the manufacturing industry, this growth is said to be on par with the national unemployment statistics.

In February 9 out of 11 employment sectors reported payroll gains; California leading the rest of the nation in overall payroll increases (2.2% over the national 1.6%). This is good news for California residents who captured more than a third of all new jobs nationally according to the LA Times article.

Orange County’s unemployment rates led the rest of the region as it has held strong at 5.8% unemployment versus Los Angeles at 8.7%, San Diego at 7%, and Riverside and San Bernardino Counties at 9.4%.

What NOT to do in a Deposition- Lessons by Bieber

Posted by Kashif Haque on

In lawsuits, the people involved often have to answer questions by having their deposition taken.  A deposition is a chance for the other party’s lawyer to ask questions that the law requires be answered truthfully.  Because the deposition and the answers given at the deposition are very important in a case, the person answering the questions should always take the deposition seriously.

Recently, however, Justin Bieber did the exact opposite.  Bieber had his deposition taken in a case about one of his body guards hitting a paparazzo.  Instead of taking his deposition seriously, Bieber was disrespectful, refused to answer some of the lawyer’s questions, and apparently pretended to fall asleep.  Because of his bad choices at the deposition, Bieber came off as arrogant and, well, not that smart.

Watch clips from Bieber’s deposition below:

Source: TMZ