Employment law and consumer protection, explained by the attorneys who litigate it. Straight answers on your rights at work and in the marketplace.
Employment Law
An academic report released in October says that California’s restaurant industry is so discriminatory against female and minority workers that it resembles the worst days of racial segregation in the American South. Based on the title alone, which reads in part, “Ending Jim Crow in America’s Restaurants,” the report certainly does not pull any punches. […]
Employment Law
A recent scandal at the University of California-Berkeley may have exposed the issue of sexual harassment in academia, especially in the sciences, for many people. An astronomy professor was not fired after it came to light that he routinely harassed and sexually assaulted female students for years. He did eventually resign, but many observers criticized […]
Employment Law
Here in California, people will provide an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. But many employers in the state do not pay their workers what they are owed, especially low-wage workers and immigrants. To combat this exploitation, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Fair Day’s Pay Act into law earlier this month. The new […]
Employment Law
If you haven’t already done so, be sure to take a look at our newest white paper, “Lessons From Uber: What Every Worker Should Know About Misclassification.” Regardless of what industry you work in, the paper contains important information that may be relevant to you. It is especially important to learn about employee misclassification if […]
Employment Law
Gone are the days when factory workers are forced to work 10, 12 or more hours a day or risk losing their jobs. Most modern full-time jobs operate by the standard 40-hour work week, in which employees work eight hours a day, five days a week. Beyond that is overtime. In California, employers must pay […]
Employment Law
One does not have to work in an office, store, warehouse, factory or other traditional workplace to be subject to sexual harassment. Domestic workers may have a harder time fending off harassment, because there may be nobody besides the harasser to report the behavior to. Sadly, this may make the harassment invisible to the rest […]
Consumer Rights
At the time the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was first enacted in 1977, Facebook and other social media services were a distant dream. Today, unscrupulous debt collectors are no longer limited to the mail and telephone as tools to harass, intimidate and misinform their targets. Anyone who has profiles on social media, or knows […]
Employment Law
It has been decades since women successfully fought to have careers of their own, instead of relying on husbands or parents to earn a living for them. Today, nobody thinks twice about women employed in virtually every possible field of employment once thought to be solely for men. Woman make up nearly half the U.S. […]
Employment Law
For most people being victimized by sexual harassment at work, the prospect of suing their employer can seem frightening and difficult. While litigation might eventually be necessary, much of the time the problem can be solved without things going so far. Indeed, many employers are eager to stop sexual harassers among their executives and managers, […]
Employment Law
Employee misclassification has been a hot topic in the news recently as a result of the ongoing Uber controversy. However, the issue affects workers in a broad range of industries throughout California - not just drivers for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. If you are an independent contractor or a salaried employee, it might […]
Employment Law
Anyone can potentially become the victim of workplace discrimination based on race, no matter their ethnic background. And no ethnicity excuses a business owner, executive or manager from discriminatory behavior toward subordinates. In a local example, a former employee of Southern California chain Roscoe’s Chicken ‘n Waffles has prevailed in his discrimination suit against the […]
Consumer Rights
Filing for bankruptcy is one way to stop harassing phone calls and letters from debt collectors, but it is not the only solution. Bankruptcy is not a good fit for everybody with debt problems. Perhaps your debts are not large enough to justify going through bankruptcy, or you would rather try to other options to […]
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