Many employees are unaware of their right to take leave under the California Family Rights Act. This act is administered by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing.Today's blog will highlight an important collateral right under this law; namely, the right to be free from retaliation for asking for or taki...

WRONGFUL TERMINATION Did this happen to me? California, like many other states in the United States, is an ‘at-will' employment state.  At-will employment is a term used in U.S. labor law for contractual relationships in which an employee can be dismissed by an employer for any reason (that is, without havin...

We are pleased to report a $1,7000,000 settlement of yet another case filed under the Federal False Claims Act. In this case, qui tam action on behalf of the United States was filed against a group of doctors and various "rehabilitation" clinics such as the Advanced Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc. The plainti...

Los Angeles Employment Attorney represents the working men and women throughout the state, many of whom are offered jobs here in California (especially Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County), and when they get here, find out that the job was not as advertised. This can also be true for employees simply moving from...

California employment law recognizes the concept of "cat's paw". This is essentially an argument that someone made the supervisor do it, even though the supervisor did not have a direct role in initiating the termination or other adverse action. At employmentattorneyca. com we come across this situation pretty ...

California employment attorneys generally rely on the California Government Code, starting at section 12940, to establish the elements of a termination or discrimination case. The first element in proving discrimination is that the plaintiff, or person suing, is entitled to hold the job that they have. So, the ...

We have blogged in the past in Los Angeles Employment Lawyer about punitive damages under California's Civil Code, Sections 3294 and 3295. Just to refresh, punitive damages are available if an "officer, director or managing agent engaged in "malice, oppression or fraud" in the conduct upon which the jury based ...

Ecolab,Inc., has settled a wage and hour class action lawsuit, alleging violations of the California Labor Code, the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) and the Unfair Business Practices Act, for $29,000,000. This is certainly one of the largest, pre-trial settlements to come along recently. What makes this rat...

Two significant wage and hour cases have just settled before trial. The violations that both cases alleged involved the usual categories of employer misdeeds, including failure to pay overtime, to pay all wages due, to provide meal or rest periods, provide accurate payroll stubs, failure to reimburse for busine...