In an effort to solve some of the funding problems that plague California's state-employee pension system that includes teachers, firefighters and other civil servants, the Governor scaled back some of the benefits new employees could enjoy with respect to their...
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How defamation works in employment law cases
As is the case throughout the United States, "defamation" is illegal in California. This means that anyone, including a San Diego worker, can sue, should another person, including that worker's former employer, make false statements about the worker that hurt the...
Review of who an “exempt” employee is for overtime
Most San Diego workers are aware that hourly employees have to be paid overtime, at one-and-a-half times their normal hourly wage, if they wind up working more than 40 hours in a given week. However, many if not most employees in the area are not hourly workers but...
Assistance with benefit dispute with your employer
When San Diego residents think about a dispute over pay with their employer, the first thing that will likely pop in to their mind is a debate how much an employee is entitled to in ordinary cash payments under California law.While it is true that employees are...
What are stock options and how do they work?
A San Diego employee who is taking on his or her first job after graduating college may be expected to sign an employment agreement of some sort before starting work. This agreement may discuss the employee's access to stock options, which employers may but not have...
Southern California resort accused of wage violations
The Terranea resort, which sits on the Pacific coastline about 100 miles away from San Diego, is facing allegations from its workers that it has violated applicable wage and hours laws, including California's provisions about mandatory breaks which previous posts on...
Representing Californians deprived of breaks
A previous post on this blog discussed how, under California law, an employer in San Diego or, for that matter, in any other part of the state has to give all employees who are paid by the hour a certain number of breaks. These breaks must be provided under certain...
How an implied contract work in California
Like all but one of the other states, California is what is called an employment "at will" state. This means that absent an employment agreement to the contrary, an employer in San Diego or in other parts of the state can end his or her employee's job for any reason,...
California requires employees have breaks
As this blog has mentioned previously, sometimes California law affords broader protections to San Diego employees than does the federal law. Such is the case when it comes to giving employees regular breaks and time to take their meais.Under California law, hourly...
The ‘just cause’ standard in employment contracts
As one of the perks of a job, many San Diego employers will offer their prospective employees some extra job security by promising in a formal employment agreement not to terminate the employee except for good cause or just cause.In other cases, an employer may create...
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