Severance Agreements and Unemployment Benefits – Potential Pitfalls for the Unemployed
There is no federal or California law that requires employers to pay “severance” pay to employees who resign or are terminated. However, some employees may be offered severance pay – sometimes because…
Meal Breaks for California Employees
In California non-exempt employees must be “provided” a 30-minute meal period for ever five hours worked. Employees who work ten hours or more in a workday must be provided with two 30-minute…
Things to Consider Before Quitting Your Job
A common dilemma faced by many employees is a variation of this theme: “my supervisor or my co-workers are making my work life miserable. I feel harassed, demeaned and put down all…
Former Employees May Use Client Lists to Solicit Customers Unless the List Is a Trade Secret
In the latest installment of California’s fair competition law, an appellate court provided additional guidance about the scope and extent that employees can solicit clients of their former employer. In the case…
California’s Supreme Court Holds that Employees Have No Expectation of Privacy where Employer Secretly Videotaped Their Workplace
In an August 2009 decision, California’s Supreme Court held that an employer may secretly videotape its employee’s workspace without notifying the employees in advance and that this conduct does not invade the…
California Employers Must Reimburse Expenses and Indemnify Employees for Work-Related Losses
California Labor Code § 2802 requires an employer to indemnify an employee for all losses and reasonable expenses incurred in the discharge of the employee’s duties. Traditionally, this means such items as…
Wages Must Be Paid in Money and What if the Employee Disputes the Amount Owed?
Some employers attempt to avoid their responsibility to timely pay employee wages by attempting to make payments in some form other than in cash or cash equivalent, for example with vouchers, in…
When Must an Employer Pay an Employee His Final Wages? What Are the Consequences if an Employer Is Late?
In California, for employees who are terminated, all earned and unpaid wages must be paid immediately and on the day of the termination. For employees who quit, all earned and unpaid wages…
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