As an employer, you want your workers to feel safe. Anyone that feels threatened is unlikely to be as productive as they could be. Moreover, a few unsavory incidents could unsettle other staff members and make it hard to recruit top-quality employees or attract...
Every worker in California, regardless of how much they make per hour or how many hours they work per week, should have the protection of workers' compensation insurance. The benefits available through workers' compensation will replace someone's wages if they can't...
A successful company relies on both its workforce and upper management. Ultimately, every single employee should be treated with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, that isn’t always how things work out. Supervisors generally have more power than employees, and this...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
