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The coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic has changed the workplace for millions of people throughout the United States. For that reason, here at Watkins & Letofsky, we want to ensure that both employers and employees know their employment rights. We have prepared a set...
For business leaders, providing a consistent and welcoming environment is often an effective way to win over new customers and keep existing ones. While there is nothing inherently wrong with setting employee grooming standards, focusing on hairstyles may run afoul of...
When a person is employed at-will, it means that they can be dismissed from their role without warning at any time. They will not be entitled to any form of compensation as a result of being fired, and they do not need to have done something wrong to be fired....
As someone who makes a living working in a California restaurant, you may understand all too well just how common sexual harassment is within your particular line of work. If you work in a restaurant and are also female, African American or Latina, your chances of...
For many employees in California, tipping is how they make most of their money. Tipping has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years, so much so that some restaurants have done away with it entirely. One Los Angeles restaurant did precisely this by simply...
Looking for a new job can be stressful. After all, if you have to go without employment for even a couple of weeks, you may not be able to pay your bills. Still, when interviewing for a new position, you should be able to trust a potential employer to follow the law....
The stereotypical situation involving any kind of employment discrimination happens at work, but did you know it can also occur even before a company hires you? You can face discrimination during the job-hunting process, from reading about positions to interviewing...
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...
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...
The laws regarding vacation time can vary from one state to the next. Even if your workplace should provide you with a set number of vacation days, many people are hesitant to take them for fear of losing the job. It is perhaps for this reason many employees only take...