Tag: employee rights

Recently, a court held that an employer must be fully responsive to a disabled employee’s accommodation request when the request is for reassignment or risk workplace discrimination. The decision allowedRead MoreNurse’s Reasonable Accommodation: Example of Workplace Discrimination

In this segment of Danz’ Weekly Five Employee Rights Law Update, we aim to provide our subscribers with a healthy dose of educational and timely information from recent cases orRead MoreDanz’ Weekly Five Employee Rights Law Update

In this inaugural segment of Danz’ Weekly Five Employee Rights Law Updates to California Employees, we aim to provide our subscribers and with a healthy dose of informative and timelyRead MoreDanz’ Weekly Five Employee Rights Law Update

The boss is not always right, nor is he or she all-powerful. Though most workers are at-will employees, the law does not allow businesses to fire them for any reasonRead MoreWrongful termination in California explained

Some jobs are open-ended; the employee stays in his or her position until he quits, is fired or laid off, or the company goes out of business. On the otherRead MoreWhat are a worker’s rights under an employment contract?

In this day and age, it may feel like the employee is helpless and the employer is all-powerful. It may feel as though the employee must bend to the willRead MoreWhat are your rights before, during and after employment?

Employee rights in California have not always been clear about when an on-site employer (or customer of a contract/temp agency) is liable to you for unpaid wages or unsafe workingRead MoreCalifornia employee rights expanded to include on-site employer

Los Angeles Mayor Urges Neighbors to Adopt Minimum Wage Increase The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour and hasn’t seen an increase since July of 2009. California, apparently valuingRead MoreLos Angeles Mayor Urges Neighbors to Adopt Minimum Wage Increase

Employee rights, ignored.  All in a day’s work at California Car Washes. A few rushed minutes to scarf down some food, on a broken table sandwiched between buckets of dirty,Read MoreSexual Harassment, Abuse, and Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

Employee Rights: California employees misclassified as independent contractors seem to present low-hanging fruit to Calfiornia employers.As California’s largest employee-only law firm, we’ve seen just about all variations on this themeRead MoreEmployee Rights–Misclassification as Independent Contractor