One of the most common lawsuits employees take to court happens when their employers fail to pay them the proper overtime. Depending on how long the worker went overtime, the employers could be denying some much-needed extra money to the…
Continue reading How California’s Overtime Laws Work For Salaried Workers
Sexual harassment is an age-old problem and something that is not as uncommon as some people may think. This form of sex discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under Title VII, sexual harassment describes "unwelcome…
Continue reading What You Need To Know About Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
Navigating a new work situation is difficult, especially if you are a minority in the workplace. Unfortunately, discrimination at work still happens but sometimes it may be hard to recognize. There are a variety of categories and types of discrimination.…
Continue reading What Can Be Considered Discrimination In The Work Place?
There are various bases of valid workplace discrimination lawsuits. We commonly hear about sexual harassment or religious discrimination. But there is a protected class of workers, a class we will all become part of someday, that also faces illegal hardships…
Continue reading In This Age Of Technology, Does Age Work Against Older Workers?
In a capitalistic society where companies hold an exceeding amount of power over not just their workers but the world in general, it is no wonder that those companies will try to push the limits of what they can get…
Continue reading Employers Don’t Always Follow The Rules
The Contra Costa County Public Employees Union Local 1 has had a rough few years, and things have just gotten rougher. The recently ousted general manager has served the union and 11 of its board members with a lawsuit, alleging…
Continue reading Bay Area Employees Union Faces Discrimination Suit
Being terminated from a job, whether it was a firing or as part of lay offs, is never fun. Anyone in that situation is going to be upset and have thoughts centered on whether they were treated fairly or not.…
Continue reading How A Termination Can Be Deemed ‘Wrongful’
The following story deals with a specific restaurant with four locations in a small area outside of California. But the location isn't the crucial part of this story -- it is the wage and hour violation the restaurant committed, and…
Continue reading Wage & Hour Lawsuit Yields Major Windfall For Affected Employees
Everybody wants to perform and act in a setting where they are being treated fairly, regardless of what they are doing. You could be playing sports, raising a child, hanging out with friends or, yes, working at your job --…
Continue reading On Workplace Discrimination, And How Victims Should Proceed
A couple of months ago, we wrote a post about wrongful termination and how there are certain circumstances where a company fires or terminates an employee that leads to a lawsuit. This is an important subject, and today, we have a…
Continue reading Woman Sues Nursing Company For Wrongful Termination