You and your family may be excited over an expected new baby, but do you know how your superiors feel about the pregnancy? You probably don’t care if they approve, but some employers can make pregnancy more difficult through discrimination in the workplace. In...
A hostile work environment impacts employees in a variety of ways. It also hurts the organization’s bottom line as well as its reputation. Unfortunately, despite several laws and awareness campaigns, sexual harassment still happens at work. And one type of sexual...
The restaurant industry provides a lot of employment. What’s more, it offers a lot of part-time work ideal for students or parents of young children who cannot work full-time. The downside (apart from the low wages) is that the industry has a higher-than-usual rate of...
Finding yourself the victim of sexual harassment in the workplace can affect you personally as well as professionally. It’s a very personal and stressful thing to have to go through and to put it simply, it’s against the law. When you file a civil lawsuit against...
You perform a job, and you expect to get paid fairly. Still, some employees experience wage and hour theft, and sometimes it’s hard to recognize. Misclassifying an employee is an example of wage theft that may go unnoticed. If your paycheck is consistently short, it...
California is known for being an employee-friendly state. The laws in effect protect employees in a host of ways. For most workers in this state, meal periods are an important part of the workday. Employers sometimes try to skirt the law, but employees who know their...
Have you been victimized by sexual harassment in your workplace? You’re not alone. Employees in California are experiencing sexual harassment every day. Results from a recent study show that Californians are experiencing sexual harassment and assault more than the...
You went out with a few of your co-workers at the end of the day for a drink. One of them started aggressively hitting on you and wouldn’t leave you alone, so you were forced to leave. Maybe you went to your boss’s wedding, and a co-worker greeted you with an...
A paycheck is one of the main reasons most people report to work every day. In fact, most people rely on their wages to put a roof over their heads and bread on their tables. As such, it makes perfect sense that you earn fair pay for your labor. However, it is not...
Most fast food workers are employed by franchisees – not by the corporations that we all know by name and sometimes just by their logo. That means when they have a wage dispute or other employment issue, they (or the state) must take it up with the owner of the local...