Legal News Articles

California Labor Law: "I was Wrongfully Terminated"

Gilroy, CA Three days ago, Colleen's boss phoned, ostensibly to drop by her clinic for a site visit. "Instead she came over to fire me," says Colleen, who is still in shock. "I talked with my brother??" he is the head of labor law for the state of California and said I have a California Labor Law case if I want to pursue it."

September 18, 2008

California Labor Law: Pause for Pregnancy

San Mateo, CA Federal laws regarding pregnancy discrimination have changed since 1992, thus making it easier to bring cases to trial, but pregnancy bias claims are growing: in 2006, almost 5,000 pregnancy discrimination complaints were filed with the US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Pregnancy discrimination is a violation of the California Labor Law, and "strikes its victims at a time when they are quite vulnerable," said Joan Ehrlich, EEOC's San Francisco district director.

September 8, 2008

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California Labor Law: A Double Dose of Discrimination

Calimesa, CA: "It's been a hard blow on my self-esteem to be discriminated against on two separate occasions, first one job and then another," says Patricia. The California Labor Law does not tolerate discrimination; Patricia believes she was fired because she is short and overweight and over 50 years old.

August 27, 2008

California Labor Law: No Promotion Spells Discrimination

Los Angeles, CA Alice, an African-American, says she was overlooked for promotion on six occasions and believes she was discriminated against??"a California Labor Law violation. "Each time I was up for promotion my employer hired young, white males," she says, "and they were much less qualified than me."

August 15, 2008

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California Labor Law: Taking a Bite Out of Apple

San Diego, CA The California computer giant has long been accused of working their employees to the bone??"but this time Apple allegedly has a new worm. The mother of the iPod and the iPhone has been accused of violating California labor laws by mis-classifying employees in a bid to evade the payment of overtime.

August 11, 2008

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California Labor Law: Caution: Pregnant Women at Work

Paradise, CA The following accounts are about two pregnant women: Nancy refused to work around toxic chemicals and after much bickering and paperwork back and forth, she is still at working at the pizza parlor, on her terms. Tiffany wasn't so fortunate and believes she was fired because her employer didn't want her to take maternity leave and rehire her. She was unfairly discriminated against, which is contrary to the California labor law.

July 21, 2008

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Worker Denied Tips Contrary to California Labor Law

San Diego, CA: All the service staff at the restaurant where Tuyen worked pooled their tips in the 'tip box' and the money was divided equally amongst all employees, including the hostesses and busboys, and the manager, at the end of the week. But when Tuyen gave her notice and asked for her share, her employer denied her any tip money??"two violations against the California labor law.

July 15, 2008

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California Labor Law: Heat Stress Regulation Designed to Prevent Death

Santa Clara, CA Although many employees consider labor law violations stressful, they do not consider that some violations put people's lives at risk. However, a lawsuit filed recently in California argues that a company's failure to obey the law cost a young, pregnant woman her life. California has enacted a heat stress regulation designed to prevent exactly this situation.

June 29, 2008

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Overtime in California: Employees Expected to Work During Vacations

San Diego, CA Troy D (not his real name) has been working for a wireless internet service provider for a few years and says that the company has a habit of failing to pay employees for overtime work. Many angry employees are investigating lawsuits against their employers, alleging that they, too, are not being paid properly for overtime work.

June 25, 2008

California Labor Law: Contractors Who Don't Play By the Rules

Los Angeles, CA So you're a construction worker in California. And you've been following the news reports about the construction crane accidents in Manhattan, and even though you're not working on, or anywhere near a crane you wonder if everything is on the up-and-up with your employer. Well you have California Labor Law on your side.

June 5, 2008