To many people, whistleblowing has a negative connotation, bringing with it the same implication as being called a “tattletale” on the grade-school playground. While whistleblowing is often seen as a traitorous act in which a person is betraying his or her employer, it can also be seen…
Sometimes being an employee can be difficult and unrewarding. Jobs are a necessity to maintain a livelihood, and yet many employees feel trapped, with little control over their destinies. The boss can do whatever he or she wants, and there is nothing the employee can do about it….
There are many reasons people love living in California, not the least of which is the exceptional working conditions brought about by our state’s powerful employee rights laws. The ADA certainly provides workers all across the country with rights and protections, but California’s FEHA serves as proof…
Whistleblower laws are extremely common in order to protect employees who report illegal activities in which their employers are engaging. If you inform the authorities of shady or illegal operations in which you discover your employer involved, your employer may try to fire you in order to…
California, and the San Francisco Bay area, in particular, takes great pride in treating employees well, which has led to our national recognition for high employee satisfaction. Thanks to a combination of federal laws and state laws, there is a fairly simple approach to employment in California:…
The transportation company Uber has been in the news a fair amount recently, as the drivers that make up Uber’s workforce have been taking action to be classified as employees instead of their current classification as independent contractors. Such a change in classification would have many positive…
Whistleblowing refers to the act of informing others, particularly law enforcement officials, about illegal or shady business dealings that your employer is engaging in. Obviously if an employee discovers that their illegal actions have been reported to the authorities by an employee, they may seek to punish…
California employees have many rights that they can take advantage of in order to be treated fairly and respectfully in the workplace. Some of these employee rights come from California law, and some of them come from Federal law. This is usually good news for workers, because…
Some employers feel that they can do whatever they want in an at-will state like California since the threat of termination is always present. But just because employers can fire their workers at any time, they cannot fire their workers for an illegal reason. One such illegal…
Many employees are aware of the protections that they are afforded under the law?protection from sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination?but there are many rights you have as an employee that you may not know about. For example, did you know that you can see your personnel…
