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Employers engage in wage theft much more often than you would expect. Generally speaking, employers are likelier to cheat low-income workers out of their wages. In 2019 alone, the U.S. Department of Labor cited more than 8,000 employers for roughly $287 million in...
A recent case in California shows how seriously the government takes overtime and other wage violations. Two pizza restaurant franchisees -- who run six locations in Northern California -- were ordered to pay over $600,000 for wage and hour and child labor law...
What does California law say about reimbursement for work-related expenses? The applicable law is California Labor Code section 2802. It states: “An employer shall indemnify his or her employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in...
Hourly workers may not have the same job security as those paid a salary. If the company downsizes, they may be the first to lose their jobs. They may not have full-time employment and may not receive benefits. They deserve full compensation for the time that they...
Question: I do not live in California. However, I work for a California-based employer and sometimes work at my employer’s California headquarters. Am I entitled to receive overtime compensation under California law if I work overtime while temporarily in California?...
According to The Sacramento Bee, five Disneyland workers have filed a class action lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, alleging that the company failed to pay workers a living wage and to comply with Anaheim's Living Wage Ordinance (known as "Measure L"). Passed...
In light of the prevalence of online retailers like Amazon, more and more people are working in warehouses nowadays. Emily Guendelsberger's recent book -- On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How it Drives America Insane -- explores the hardships and...
Originally Published on March 5, 2019; Revised on July 25, 2021 Under California law, employers must pay “reporting time pay” to nonexempt employees in certain circumstances. What is “reporting time pay?” Let’s say that you are a nonexempt employee and you report to...
Earlier this month, the UCLA Labor Center released a study about the nail salon industry entitled "Nail Files: A Study of Nail Salon Workers and Industry in the United States" (hereinafter, "Nail Files"). According to the study 1. "71% of nail salon employees have...
If you are a resident apartment manager in California, you may already know that California has detailed, and sometimes complex, laws concerning compensation for resident apartment managers. In a previous blog post (click here), we discussed some of the applicable...