On election day in 2024, voters in California will have the opportunity to repeal the state's Personal General Attorney Act (PAGA). What will this mean for the people of California? Protecting employees from labor law violations The Personal Attorney General Act...
Year: 2022
Do you have a right to bring an emotional support animal to work?
Disabilities come in all shapes and sizes – and many of them are even invisible. A lot of people with hidden disabilities are able to function much better at work with the use of assistive animals. Assistive animals include seeing-eye dogs and dogs that are trained to...
Other restrictive covenants can replace noncompete agreements
A company's employment contracts and treatment of its workers need to comply with federal and state laws. Employers in California have to comply with more requirements and restrictions than employers operating in most other states. From enhanced leave rights to...
Can you tell your workers to give you two weeks’ notice?
As a business owner, you know how hard it can be when someone leaves a job abruptly. You may have no one in line to replace them, and it takes time to train up a new worker. As a result, you would like to have your employees give you a standard two weeks’ notice. This...
Do you have to accommodate an employee’s anxiety disorder?
There’s a lot of stress going around these days, and many of your employees may be quietly struggling with some form of anxiety disorder. What happens, then, when your company begins to limit remote work again, moves everybody back into the office and an employee...
Can an employer prevent you from talking about discrimination?
Workplace harassment and discrimination are still major issues, despite the considerable attention they have received in recent years. Sadly, old habits die hard for some people, and specific groups of people continue to face harassment and discrimination regularly....
What are 2 common types of sexual harassment?
While people could sexually harass you at work in many ways, the law considers two forms. If you wish to bring a legal claim about the harassment, you need to do so based on one of these two grounds: quid pro quo or a hostile work environment. Let’s see how they...
Should your company use PIPs for poor performers?
Performance improvement plans, or “PIPs,” get a bad name among employees – and sometimes, that’s not exactly unfair. Some employers have been known to use a PIP as more of a documentation tool that helps ease concerns about wrongful termination claims than they do for...
Understanding reasonable accommodations in the workplace
Suppose you are seeking a job with a disability. In that case, you may wonder what “reasonable accommodations” are and how far a California employer must go to be fair in their hiring process. While there is some confusion about what is reasonable and when you have...
Are Gen-Xers facing ageism in the workplace?
People born between 1965 and 1980 are often referred to as Generation X. They are known for being latch-key kids and the “forgotten generation.” As this group enters into their 50s they are experiencing some changes in the workplace. Ask anyone what they consider to...