Employees Paid Sick Leave Now ProtectedEffective July 1, 2015, Californians will be guaranteed the right to take at least some paid sick leave without getting fired or worrying about losing their jobs or getting wrongfully terminated.Governor Brown signed the Healthy...
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Month: June 2015
Who Is My Employer?: The Doctrine of Joint Employer Liability
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 5, 2015 | Joint Employer
Who is my "Employer?" There are multiple situations in the modern workplace where employees work for several different entities. For example, an employee might be retained by a temporary agency to provide services to another company. In other situations, employees...
Pregnancy Discrimination: A Persistent Problem
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 3, 2015 | Pregnancy Discrimination
The ProblemWhile the days of shameless sex discrimination depicted in the AMC Series Mad Men may be a thing of the past, pregnancy and other forms of sex discrimination in the workplace continue to present female workers with a very pervasive, significant, and...
Pregnancy Leave: Baby Bonding
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 1, 2015 | Pregnancy Discrimination
What Are My Rights to Pregnancy Leave? There are two principal statutes involved in determining a family's rights with respect to pregnancy leave. The first of these is the Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"). As it related to pregnancy, it applies only to women...
Employees to California Supreme Court: Give me a Break
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 1, 2015 | Meal & Rest Period
Meal and Rest Period Laws: California Supreme Court to clarify on-call rest break law Whether employers can require employees to have cell phones or radios while on break will be the focus of an upcoming Supreme Court case. California requires employers to allow...