If your disability affects your ability to perform your job, you may have the right to a reasonable workplace accommodation under California law. This could mean a modified schedule, changes to your work environment, additional leave or another adjustment that helps...
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Employee Rights
What evidence supports a workplace discrimination claim?
The workplace should be a place where you can focus on your work and career. However, discrimination can make that difficult and may affect your job, income and career. Not all unfair treatments amount to discrimination. However, if your employer treated you...
Can San Diego employers deny CFRA family leave?
Taking time off to care for a newborn or a sick parent often brings enough stress on its own. When you ask your employer for family leave, you expect clear answers rather than an unexpected rejection. Under state law, most local companies must protect your job while...
Can your supervisor read your email messages?
Yes, it is often possible for your boss or your employer to read your email messages. Often, companies will have an email policy or a communications policy that employees have to sign. This informs them of the fact that communications and activities on the computer...
Can an employer’s dress code be discriminatory?
Legally speaking, your employer likely has the right to put a dress code in place. They may give you a specific uniform to wear, such as if you work in a store where all employees wear the same polo shirts so that they are easily identified by customers. If you work...
Can your employer make you repay training costs if you quit?
You took a job that paid for your certification course. A year later, a better offer arrives, and your employer hands you an invoice for that training. San Diego workers face this every year, and California law now answers the question far more clearly. California's...
Is it legal for your employer to record your conversations?
knowledge. If you feel like this has violated your rights, understanding where you can go from here allows you to weigh your options. California’s workplace recording rules The state generally requires all participants to consent before anyone records a confidential...
National origin and accent discrimination in California workplaces
National origin bias is one of the lesser-understood forms of workplace discrimination. Unfortunately, it can affect workers in many industries across California. Accent discrimination is also a common issue that can limit opportunities or create unfair treatment. If...
When background check errors affect a worker’s security clearance
People who work for the government often need security clearance to perform certain job responsibilities. If they work in secure facilities, have access to non-public information or work in a role that requires public trust, background checks are often necessary...
The law protects workplace whistleblowers
Whistleblowers are employees who learn about misconduct at the companies where they work. Their access to non-public information can put them in a difficult position where they may address an employer’s misconduct. Whistleblowing activities include advising management...
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