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Most California employees are entitled to overtime pay unless they are exempt employees, who typically work in salaried positions — who are not paid an hourly wage. The State of California has strict overtime wage and hour laws that must be followed by employers. When they are not, either by their misunderstanding of the laws […]

How Long Can I Be on Medical Leave in California? The short answer is, it depends! If your Medical Leave fall unders one of the sections below, you may be limited to those dates. However, this does not mean you must be terminated if you exceed those days. There are different sets of state and […]

Commonly Misunderstood Rules for Disabled Employees in California The California Fair Employment and Housing, or FEHA, offers more protection to our state’s employees than the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, provides, as the verbiage extends well beyond the latter’s coverage. Since California laws differ from the federal version, misunderstood rules for disabled employees […]

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing requires supervisors in any company with 50 or more employees to undergo two hours of sexual harassment prevention training every two years. And while this training may go a long way in educating employees on the dos and don’ts of sexual harassment, it simply is not enough […]