Posts in May, 2019

May 30 General and Subcontractor Both Liable for California Wage Theft

After 62 construction workers went unpaid for weeks of work, the state of California has issued citations to the subcontractor for ...

May 16 Uber Faces Arbitration Demands From 60,000 Drivers

In a trend becoming increasingly more common among gig economy companies, Uber opted to use legal arbitration to confront ...

May 15 California on Call Workers Deserve to Be Paid

Employees that are required to be on-call for work have unique burdens to overcome that those with standard hours and shifts do ...

May 09 Women Claim Amazon Fired Them for Being Pregnant

A pregnancy should not mean the end of a woman’s job. Unfortunately, pregnancy discrimination in the workplace is still quite ...

May 09 Can My Employer Fire Me for Reporting a Safety Hazard?

Employers have a duty to make their workplaces reasonably safe for their workers. Accidents can happen anywhere, and some types of ...

May 08 California Reinforces Protections for Natural Hairstyles

The California Senate followed New York’s lead by passing the CROWN ACT (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair) ...