Know Your Rights: A Fast Food Worker’s Story
California law provides important protections for workers in fast food and other industries, but some employees may not even recognize when these rights are being violated. Understanding your rights can help ensure
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Reproductive Loss Leave: California’s Compassionate Protection for Employees
California employees have the right to take up to five days of leave following a reproductive loss event, providing crucial time to process grief and attend to personal needs.
What Qualifies as a Reproductive Loss Event?
Under California law, a…
Understanding Your Rights to Disability Accommodations in California Workplaces
In California, workers with disabilities have strong legal protections that require employers to provide reasonable accommodations and engage in an interactive process to determine appropriate workplace modifications.
What Qualifies as a Disability?
Under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA),…
Religious Accommodations in the Workplace: Understanding Your Rights Under California Law
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California law recognizes that the freedom to worship as one believes is a basic human right. Employers in California have a legal obligation to provide reasonable accommodations for employees’ religious beliefs and practices,…
Off-Duty Cannabis Use
California law prohibits employers from discriminating against employees for using cannabis outside of work hours and away from the workplace.
What California Law Protects
California Government Code Section 12954 establishes important protections for employees who use cannabis during their personal…
Your Right to Wear Pants at Work: Understanding California’s Gender-Based Dress Code Protections
California law protects your right to wear pants in the workplace regardless of your sex. If your employer has denied you this right based on your sex, you may have grounds for an employment discrimination claim.
California Government Code Section…
Your Right to Breaks: California’s Meal and Rest Break Requirements
California law guarantees most workers the right to meal and rest breaks during their workday, yet these fundamental rights may be frequently violated by employers. If you’re not receiving proper breaks or premium pay when breaks are missed, you may…
Is That Severance Package Really Worth It? What It Could Cost You
If you were recently laid off and offered a severance package, your employer may be asking you to sign away valuable legal rights. While receiving additional pay might seem beneficial during your transition period, it’s crucial to understand what you…
California’s New Intersectionality Law: Understanding and Protecting Combined Identities in Discrimination Cases
California recently passed Senate Bill 1137, a groundbreaking law that explicitly recognizes “intersectionality” in the state’s civil rights laws that went into effect in January of this year. This legislation protects individuals from discrimination based not just on single protected…
Your Employer Doesn’t Need to Tell You to Take a Lunch Break, But They Must Make It Possible
In California, employers aren’t required to specifically instruct employees to take meal breaks, but they must provide genuine opportunities for these breaks to occur. If you’re wondering whether your employer violated meal break laws simply because they didn’t explicitly tell…