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What is Baby Bonding Leave?
California is known for its generous leave laws, offering significantly more leave protections than most other states. One such protection is “new parent” or “baby bonding” leave. This leave was originally covered under the New Parent Leave Act...
California Minimum Wage Increases January 1, 2021
Good news for many workers in The Golden State. The minimum wage will increase by one dollar per hour. For employers with over 26 employees, the minimum wage will increase to $14.00. For businesses with 25 employees or less, the new minimum wage will be $13.00 per...
California Votes To Keep Rideshare Drivers Classified as Independent Contractors
In the midst of a chaotic election year, California voters have voted to keep drivers for rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft classified as independent contractors. The ballot measure, known as “Prop 22” passed with a 58% vote. Had the measure failed,...
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Equal Pay in California
What Is Equal Pay? Wage and hour concerns are among the most contentious employment issues, and equal pay is a sensitive area of employment law, one that results in a great number of lawsuits against employers. The state of California has a law in place called the...
Class Action Lawsuits
What Are Class Actions? A class action, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where a group of people are represented collectively by a member of that group. Class action lawsuits are often used to resolve wage and hour claims in California, in cases where a...
Working Off the Clock
Why Working Off the Clock is an Issue California labor laws prohibit employers across the state from requiring that their employees to continue working off the clock without compensation, meaning employees cannot legally be expected to do work for their...
Pay at Separation
What Is Pay at Separation? There are laws in place in California that dictate when an employee’s wages must be paid and how employers are required to handle distributing final paychecks to employees who have quit or been terminated. California law gives employers only...
Expense Reimbursement
What Is Expense Reimbursement? There are laws in place in California that require employers to reimburse employees for any business expenses they incur in the course of performing their work duties for the employer. This may seem like a relatively basic...
Suitable Seating
What Is Suitable Seating? California employment law is complex and multifaceted and one important aspect of the law focuses on an employee’s right to suitable seating at work. According to the law, employees in California must be provided with a suitable seat when the...
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