California workers have certain rights pertaining to the hours they work and the remuneration they receive. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal overtime provisions require employers to pay non-exempt workers overtime if their hours per work week exceed 40....
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Myriad employment-related bills now before state lawmakers
There is a flurry of legislation -- that is, proposed bills under consideration and not yet enacted as new laws in California -- currently working its way through the California Legislature in Sacramento. State lawmakers are grappling with the wording and implications...
EEOC focus on retailer Target spotlights hiring discrimination
Mega-retailer Target was, well, targeted by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission several years ago following what a Fortune business magazine article reports were "anecdotal reports of possible violations" in the company's hiring practices.A subsequent...
Privacy rights at center stage in employment lawsuit
Where to draw the line.That is squarely what a California lawsuit brought by a former sales executive of a wire transfer company is all about. In a nutshell: The ex-worker did not object to the idea of being monitored at work with a tracking device, as long as there...
Workplace covenant: diligent work merits prompt and accurate pay
Many of our readers have likely seen a reference at some time to a worker claiming to be so happy at the workplace that he or she would willingly forgo pay to continue being employed.And most of those readers, we suspect, took that declaration at less than face value....
Job security clearances: the stakes are understandably high
Some would-be federal workers in California and elsewhere might not be duly aware that high numbers of federal job positions require the procurement of a security clearance as a prerequisite to an employment offer.Of course, millions of current federal employees and...
Gov. Brown signs bill giving more job security to grocery store employees
The grocery store industry in recent years has been characterized by increased consolidation, with large chains buying up smaller ones. All of this change in ownership has frequently been to the detriment of grocery store employees, as new ownership seeks to cut labor...
Your boss stresses you out: Can that be a recognized disability?
Most California workers who have toiled for at least a few years at one or more workplaces have confronted -- either indirectly or quite personally -- the manager from, well, another place.That person breathes fire. He or she induces a blood pressure spike in every...
Male and female employees: Is pay about equal or not?
Much has been written about pay differential between male and female employees in workplaces across California and the rest of the country.And much more will indeed be written. Equal pay for similar work is obviously a subject that hits hard and importantly for...
Misclassified California trucker wins wage claim
He won -- twice.It wasn't hard to determine which side was favored in an employment law case based on a trucker's classification as an independent contractor and subsequent docking of wages to pay for various items. The trucker worked for a Los Angeles-based trucking...
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