A hostile work environment can create several challenges and prevent workers from doing their jobs. This represents a serious problem for employers since it often impacts things like productivity, worker engagement and job satisfaction. Understanding what a hostile...
If you have teamed up with a friend to open a new business, it is crucial to have a formal business agreement. Running a business can test even the closest friendships, and it is best if everything is spelled out beforehand. When everyone understands their position in...
If you are an hourly employee or a non-exempt salary employee, what you receive in each paycheck is a reflection of your time clock records. Your employer either pays you on an hourly basis or sometimes has to pay overtime wages if you put in extra hours. Federal...
By: Kyle D. Kring and Kerri N. Kramer On June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, holding that state law rules excluding from arbitration claims under the California Private...
Both state and federal laws protect workers across California from discrimination. Crucially, these laws protect individuals from discrimination based on age, on top of any other protected characteristics. Occasionally, age discrimination is viewed in a less serious...
When a business owner tells an employee that they're fired, it's very natural for that employee to wonder why this has happened. Certainly, there are situations in which the employee may already know, but a lot of employees are going to ask for the reason on their way...
Not all employees going into a job have the skills to survive the work given to them. An unqualified employee may cause an employer to feel they need to fire them to maintain their business. But what if you feel that your termination wasn't related to your ability to...
Women employees make up a large percentage of the workforce in California. Many of these women are new mothers that breastfeed their children. Finding a private place to express milk in the workplace can be challenging for families. Under the federal Fair Labor...
A hostile workplace makes for an unhappy and unproductive employee. Unfortunately, employee discrimination is a common problem in most workplaces throughout the U.S. One of the most common forms of discrimination in the workplace is racial discrimination. Racial...
Classifying employees correctly is beneficial for both employees and employers. If you are an employee and your employer misclassifies you, you could lose out financially. If you are an employer and you misclassify an employee, you might be paying them more than you...
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