Our office regularly provides counsel to physicians seeking employment opportunities with hospitals and medical groups. This includes the negotiation of physician employment agreements. Your prospective employer…
If a company classifies you as a 1099 independent contractor but you provide services that are within the usual course of the company’s business operations –…
MEAL/LUNCH BREAKS: Non-exempt employees in California are entitled to an unpaid, uninterrupted (off-duty), meal break of not less than 30 minutes for every five (5) hour period of time…
We receive calls from unpaid interns who are classified as “interns” but actually perform the same work as other employees. Here, it’s important to note a recent increase in successful lawsuits…
You live in San Francisco, and have just been offered a great job in Los Angeles. You relocate, and begin work. Shortly thereafter, you discover that…
California’s Fair Employment & Housing Act (“FEHA”) protects employees from illegal discrimination and harassment in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (pregnancy or gender), sexual…
You’ve been dismissed for alleged misconduct arising from a violation of company policy/procedures. Your former employer is now challenging your right to receive Unemployment Benefits, and…
It’s important for aggrieved employees to know that there are time deadlines that affect their ability to enforce their legal rights under California’s Fair Employment &…
Our firm received a recent question regarding whether an employer could discipline or terminate an employee for discussing the amount of their wages with other coworkers.…
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