The Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act of 2014 (AB 1522) provides that nearly all California employees are entitled to paid sick leave if: (1) they work 30 or more daysRead MoreNew Paid Sick Leave Law Effective July 1, 2015
Employee Rights: Must Employees Be Paid For On-Call Time?
Does a company have to pay security guards for on-call time, including sleep, they are required to spend at construction worksites where they are subject to their employer’s control? Yes,Read MoreEmployee Rights: Must Employees Be Paid For On-Call Time?
Employee Rights Update: Medical Leave and Outside Employment
Imagine the following scenario: You are working for a company. Before you were hired, you signed an agreement in which you agreed to submit any disputes arising out of yourRead MoreEmployee Rights Update: Medical Leave and Outside Employment
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS: EMPLOYEES CAN BE SOLICITED BY EMPLOYERS’ COMPETITORS
Companies frequently compete and try to hire away each other’s employees. While such competition is healthy, it can also result in lawsuits, as companies accuse each other of trying toRead MoreEMPLOYEE RIGHTS: EMPLOYEES CAN BE SOLICITED BY EMPLOYERS’ COMPETITORS
Employee Rights Update: Sex Discrimination, Immigration, & Hiring
In this segment of Danz’ ‘Weekly Employee Rights Update’, we aim to provide our subscribers with educational and timely information from recent cases and laws. Enjoy. (1) Have you beenRead MoreEmployee Rights Update: Sex Discrimination, Immigration, & Hiring
Danz’ Weekly Employee Rights Update
In this segment of Danz’ ‘Weekly Employee Rights Update’, we aim to provide educational and timely information from recent cases and laws. (1) If you’re used to waiving your secondRead MoreDanz’ Weekly Employee Rights Update
Employment contracts protect workers from at-will firings
Most average jobs do not have a set end date. The employment ends when the worker quits, retires or is fired. Unless the employer terminates the worker for an illegalRead MoreEmployment contracts protect workers from at-will firings
Workplace Discrimination Update; Changing Landscape of Pregnant Worker Discrimination and Employer Designation
In a recent Supreme Court decision, the workplace discrimination field of Pregnancy Discrimination changed overnight. The Court in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. held that the burden shifting analysisRead MoreWorkplace Discrimination Update; Changing Landscape of Pregnant Worker Discrimination and Employer Designation
Danz’ Weekly Five Employee Rights Update
In this segment of Danz’ ‘Weekly Five Employee Rights Update’, we aim to provide our subscribers with a healthy dose of educational and timely information from recent cases and newRead MoreDanz’ Weekly Five Employee Rights Update
How employees can sue on the government’s behalf
One of the government’s duties is to stop businesses from harming the public, whether through illegal dumping, fraud, negligence or so on. Since much illegal corporate activity takes place behindRead MoreHow employees can sue on the government’s behalf