California Labor Laws – An A-to-Z List of Major Topics

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A

• ADA Accommodations by Employers
• Administrative Exemption
• Adverse Employment Action
• Age Discrimination
• Alternative Workweek Schedule
• Arbitration Agreements
• At-Will Employment (Exceptions)

B

• Back Pay & Back Wages
• “Ban the Box” Laws
• Bereavement Leave Laws
• Breaks – How Many Do I Get in a 5-Hour Shift?
• Breastfeeding at Work

C

• California Equal Pay Act
• California Family Rights Act
• California Paid Family Leave
• Car Salesmen
• Cashing Out Vacation Time
• Catastrophic Injury Benefits in Workers’ Compensation Cases
• Cell Phone Use Reimbursement
• Child Labor Laws in California
• Class Actions in Wage/Hour Cases
• Commission-Based Pay Laws
• Commissions – How Frequently Must They Be Paid?
• Commission-Only Pay Structures
• Commission – Payments After Termination
• Comp Time
• Computer Professional Exemption
• Conditional Offers of Employment
• Constructive Dismissal
• Coworker Harassment
• Crime Victims Leave

D

• Damages in Wrongful Termination Lawsuits
• Demand Letter for Unpaid Wages (Sample)
• DFEH Complaint (now called a CRD complaint)
• Difference between Workplace Harassment and Employment Discrimination in California
• Disability Discrimination
• Disability Discrimination Lawyers
• Discrimination in the Workplace
• Discrimination (Proving It)
• DLSE – How The Agency Works
• Doctor’s Note Requirements
• Domestic Violence Victims Leave
• Double Time vs Overtime

E

• Employee Privacy Rights in California
• Employee Rights in California
• Employment Discrimination v. Workplace Harassment
• Employment Discrimination Lawsuits
• Employee Harassment Claims
• EPLI and Labor Claims
• Examples of Exempt vs Non-Exempt Employees
• Exceptions to At-Will Employment
• Executive Exemption
• Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Employees

F

• Failure to Promote
• Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) Retaliation
• False Claims Act / Qui Tam
• Family and Medical Leave
• First Amendment Rights in The Workplace
• FLSA Violations
• FMLA Lawyer
• Fraudulent Inducement of Employment
• Full-Time Exempt Status
• Full-Time Hours
• Furloughs vs Layoffs

G

• Gender Discrimination

H

• Harassment by Supervisors, Coworkers, and Non-Employees
• Harassment (Hostile Work Environment)
• Harassment – Legal Definition in California
• Harassment (National Origin, Workplace)
• Harassment (Non-Sexual, Workplace)
• Harassment (Rights, Workplace)
• Hazard Duty Pay
• HIV Status Workplace Discrimination
• Holiday Pay
• Holiday Pay for Part-Time Workers
• Holiday Pay for Salaries Workers
• Holiday Pay – Is It Mandatory?
• Hospital Workers
• Hostile Work Environment Harassment
• Hostile Work Environment – What Qualifies?
• Hours Required to Get a Lunch Break

I

• Immigration Retaliation
• Independent Contractors (lawsuits for misclassification)
• Independent Contractor Classification Lawyer
• Insubordination Claims

J

• Job Abandonment
• Jury Duty Leave Laws

K

• Kin Care Leave

L

• Labor Board Complaint
• Labor Code 98.6
• Labor Code 132a
• Labor Code 201
• Labor Code 202
• Labor Code 203
• Labor Code 204
• Labor Code 204.1
• Labor Code 210
• Labor Code 218.5
• Labor Code 221
• Labor Code 226
• Labor Code 226.7
• Labor Code 226.8
• Labor Code 227.3
• Labor Code 510
• Labor Code 512
• Labor Code 514
• Labor Code 515
• Labor Code 558
• Labor Code 1102
• Labor Code 1102.5
• Labor Code 1174
• Labor Code 1179
• Labor Code 1194
• Labor Code 1197
• Labor Code 1198
• Labor Code 2698
• Labor Code 2699
• Labor Code 2751
• Labor Code 2802
• Labor Code 2810.5
• Labor Code 4650
• Labor Code 4850
• Lactation Breaks
• Leave Laws in California
• Leave of Absence
• Legal Working Age in California
• Light Duty
• Literacy Education Leave
• Lunch Breaks

M

• Make-Up Time
• Mandatory Overtime
• Marital Status as a Protected Class
• Marital Status Discrimination
• Maternity Leave
• Meal Breaks and Rest Periods
• Medical Condition Discrimination
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Minimum Wage
• Minimum Wage for Servers
• Misclassification as Exempt 
• Misclassification Lawsuits

N

• National Origin Discrimination
• National Origin Workplace Harassment
• Nepotism & California Labor Laws
• New Parent Leave Act
• Non-Competition Agreements
• Non-Discretionary Bonuses
• Non-Employee Harassment
• Non-Sexual Workplace Harassment
• Non-Solicitation Agreements

O

• On-Call Pay
• Order, Decision and Award of the Labor Commissioner
• OSHA guidance on workdays and workweeks,
• Overtime Pay
• Overtime Pay Lawsuits

P

• Part-Time Employee – How Many Hours
• Paternity Leave
• Paycheck Laws in California
• Paydays and Pay Periods
• Payroll Laws in California
• Paystub Requirements
• Paystub Violations in California
• Political Activity Workplace Retaliation
• Political Affiliation – Is It a Protected Class in California?
• Pregnancy Disability Leave
• Pregnancy Discrimination
• Pregnancy Discrimination Attorney
• Pregnancy Discrimination – 6 Common Examples
• Preventing Workplace Harassment
• Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) Claims
• Professional Exemption
• Promotion Discrimination
• PTO Cash-Out – What Workers Should Know

Q

• Qui Tam Lawsuits
• Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment

R

• Race Discrimination
• Reasonable Accommodation
• Reasonable Accommodation – What to Do If Employer Denies
• Regular Rate of Pay
• Rehabilitation Leave (Alcohol and Drug)
• Reinstatement
• Religion Harassment in the Workplace
• Religious Discrimination
• Reporting Time Pay (Show Up Pay)
• Requesting Personnel Records From Previous Employer
• Retaliation for Making a Workers Compensation Claim
• Right to Sue Letter from EEOC
• Right to Work State – California is Not

S

• Salary History (Asking Job Applicants About)
• Salary Laws
• Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation
• SB 1343
• School Activities Leave
• Separation Agreements in Employment Law
• 17-Year-Old – Number of Hours The Minor Can Work
• Severance Agreement – When Not to Sign One
• Severance Agreement for Workers Over 40
• Severance Package – Typical Terms
• Severance Pay
• Sexual Harassment Attorneys
• Sexual Harassment in Professional Relationships
• Sexual Harassment – The Two Types
• Sexual Harassment (Quid Pro Quo)
• Sexual Orientation Discrimination
• Sexual Orientation Harassment
• Sick Leave Laws in California
• Sick Leave Laws for Misclassification of a W-2 Employee as an Independent Contractor
• Split Shifts
• Stock Options in Job Offers
• Stress Leave

T

• Termination of Employment – When is an Employer Required to Pay Our Unpaid Wages in California?
• Termination of Employment: penalties for unpaid wages after termination
• Termination Laws in California
• Third-Party Sexual Harassment
• Time Clock Rules for Hourly Employees
• Tips and Gratuities
• Tips as Employees’ Property
• Tip Pooling
• Transgender Discrimination
• Travel Expense Reimbursement
• Travel Time Reimbursement
• Two-Weeks Notice Law

U

• Unpaid Internships
• Unpaid Wages
• Use-It-Or-Lose-It Vacation Policy

V

• Vacation Pay Laws
• Vacation Pay Upon Termination or Quitting
• Vacation Time for Part-Time Employees
• Voting Leave Laws

W

• W2 vs 1099
• Wage and Hour Law
• Wage Discrimination
• Wage/Hour Lawsuits
• Wage Order 16
• Wage Theft
• Waiting Time Penalties
• Warehouse Quota Bill – Ab 701
• Warehouse Workers
• WARN Act
• WARN Act definitions
• What is the Difference Between Workplace Harassment and Employment Discrimination in California?
• What Rights Do I Have When I Am Harassed At Work?
• What To Do When an Employee Complains of Harassment
• Whistleblower Protection Laws
• Work Day and Work Week
• Work Expense Reimbursement
• Work-From-Home Expense Reimbursement
• Work off the Clock
• Work Permit in California
• Workers Compensation (How to File a Claim)
• Worker’s Compensation Settlements After Returning to Work
• Working 7 Days in a Week – Is It Illegal?
• Workplace Bullying
• Workplace Harassment
• Workplace Harassment Lawsuit
• Workplace Harassment Based on Religion
• Workplace Harassment Based on Sexual Orientation
• Workplace Harassment – Filing a Lawsuit in California
• Workplace Harassment (Hostile Work Environment)
• Workplace Harassment (National Origin)
• Workplace Harassment (Non-Sexual)
• Workplace Harassment (Preventing)
• Workplace Harassment (Rights)
• Workplace Harassment v. Employment Discrimination
• Workplace Investigation – Employee Rights
• Workplace Retaliation
• Written Up Unfairly at Work
• Wrongful Constructive Termination / Wrongful Constructive Discharge
• Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy
• Wrongful Termination Lawsuits
• Wrongful Termination Lawsuits (At-Will Employees)
• Wrongful Termination (Average Settlement)
• Wrongful Termination (Proving It)
• Wrongful Termination (When Can I Sue For It?)

X

Y