The holiday season is often stressful for most people in California and elsewhere. Not only do you have to deal with the shopping crowds and a house full of kids home on winter break, but your marriage might also be strained. This is a normal occurrence for many...
Year: 2018
Did a recruiter ask about your disability in an interview?
Let us say that you have a hearing impairment and you applied for a job in IT for a computer software developer. The recruiter asked questions about your hearing loss after noticing that you wear a hearing aid, and the interview deteriorated after that. Is this an...
How to prove workplace discrimination took place
Workplace discrimination is far more prevalent than many employers want to believe. In fact, one report from Pew Research shows how 42 percent of women in the American workforce experienced discrimination at work as a direct result of their gender. In many...
3 common reasons employees sue employers
If you are dealing with problems at your workplace, you may be wondering what type of action you can take. You should not have to put up with any type of mistreatment at your job. It may be possible to sue your employer for treating you unfairly. However, what type of...
How to discuss unpaid overtime with your boss
Many employees have no problem working overtime because they know they will make significantly more than their standard hourly wage out of it. California law states employers must pay workers time and a half for anything over eight hours in a given day. That is why it...
Do you work in a hostile work environment?
As a California woman, you probably feel at times that the place where you work is a hostile work environment. Maybe the jokes your male co-workers tell get more than a little raunchy. Maybe one or more of the men have made inappropriate comments or even gestures to...
4 examples of wrongful termination
Wrongful termination can take many different forms. Take a current case happening in Napa Valley, California, where an employee insists the company fired him wrongfully while the defense claims he resigned after contract negotiations fell through. It can be tough to...
3 reasons to stay off social media during a divorce
Social media has changed the cultural landscape wildly. This impact also makes its way into divorce cases. Forbes magazine lays out some of the ways social media can impact a marriage and even be the instigating factor in an impending divorce. A divorce can take...