Tips & Gratuities

Labor Code Section 351 prohibits employers and their agents from sharing in or keeping any portion of a gratuity left for or given to one or

Vacation & Holidays

There is no legal requirement in California that an employer provide its employees with either paid or unpaid vacation time. However, if an employer does have

Overtime Pay

The federal government as well as California law limit the number of hours you can work before you are owed overtime pay. For example, in California,

Minimum Wages

The price of living in California is well above the United States average—according to USA Today, housing alone costs 76.7% more in California than in the rest

Misclassifying Employees as Exempt from Overtime

There’s more to being exempt from overtime than simply getting a salary. Your job duties determine whether your employer can classify you as exempt from overtime

Meal Breaks

California provides employees expansive meal break rights, and employers often fail to provide their employees all these rights. In California, an employer may not employ an

Rest Breaks

Like meal breaks, California provides employees expansive rights to rest breaks. Employers of California employees covered by the rest period provisions of the Industrial Welfare Commission

Protection from Wrongful Termination and/or Retaliation

WRONGFUL TERMINATION Losing your job under any circumstances can be a traumatic and stressful experience. However, if your job termination was illegal or came under unfair

Alternative Workweek Schedule (AWS)

Employers who institute an alternative workweek schedule (“AWS”) and require their employees to work more than eight hours in a day without paying them overtime are

Protection from Discrimination

Workplace discrimination is absolutely unacceptable under all circumstances. If you’ve been fired from your job, laid off, been passed over for promotions or other opportunities based

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