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California Labor Laws – An A-to-Z List of Major Topics
If you have faced discrimination or harassment in the workplace, our caring California labor and employment attorneys may be able to help.
This page lists just some of the types of cases and claims we handle. For more information, click on the appropriate link or contact us for a free consultation.
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- 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
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- California Equal Pay Act
- California Family Rights Act
- Car Salesmen
- Cashing Out Vacation Time
- Catastrophic Injury Benefits in Workers’ Compensation Cases
- Cell Phone Use Reimbursement
- Class Actions in Wage/Hour Cases
- Commissions – How Frequently Must They Be Paid?
- Commission-Only Pay Structures
- Commission – Payments After Termination
- Computer Professional Exemption
- Conditional Offers of Employment
- Constructive Dismissal
- Coworker Harassment
- Crime Victims Leave
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- Damages in Wrongful Termination Lawsuits
- Demand Letter for Unpaid Wages (Sample)
- Difference between Workplace Harassment and Employment Discrimination in California
- Disability Discrimination
- Disability Discrimination Lawyers
- Discrimination in the Workplace
- Discrimination (Proving It)
- Domestic Violence Victims Leave
- Double Time vs Overtime
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- Employee Privacy Rights in California
- Employee Rights in California
- Employment Discrimination v. Workplace Harassment
- Employment Discrimination Lawsuits
- Employee Harassment Claims
- 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
- FLSA Violations
- FMLA Lawyer
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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
- 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
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K
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 221
- Labor Code 226
- Labor Code 226.8
- 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 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
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- Mandatory Overtime
- Marital Status Discrimination
- Maternity Leave
- Meal Breaks and Rest Periods
- Medical Condition Discrimination
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Minimum Wage
- Minimum Wage for Servers
- Misclassification as Exempt
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- National Origin Discrimination
- National Origin Workplace Harassment
- New Parent Leave Act
- Non-Competition Agreements
- Non-Discretionary Bonuses
- Non-Employee Harassment
- Non-Sexual Workplace Harassment
- Non-Solicitation Agreements
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P
- Part-Time Employee – How Many Hours
- Paternity Leave
- Paydays and Pay Periods
- Payroll Laws in California
- Paystub Violations in California
- Political Activity Workplace Retaliation
- Pregnancy Disability Leave
- Pregnancy Discrimination
- Pregnancy Discrimination – 6 Common Examples
- Preventing Workplace Harassment
- Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) Claims
- Professional Exemption
- Promotion Discrimination
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R
- Race Discrimination
- Reasonable Accommodation
- Regular Rate of Pay
- Rehabilitation Leave (Alcohol and Drug)
- Reinstatement
- Religion Harassment in the Workplace
- Religious Discrimination
- Requesting Personnel Records From Previous Employer
- Retaliation for Making a Workers Compensation Claim
- Right to Sue Letter from EEOC
S
- Salary History (Asking Job Applicants About)
- Salary Laws
- Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Retaliation
- School Activities Leave
- Separation Agreements in Employment Law
- Severance Agreement – When Not to Sign One
- Severance Pay
- Sexual Harassment Attorneys
- Sexual Harassment in Professional Relationships
- 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
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- Termination of Employment – When is an Employer Required to Pay Our Unpaid Wages in California?
- Termination of Employment: penalties for unpaid wages after termination
- Third-Party Sexual Harassment
- Time Clock Rules for Hourly Employees
- Tips and Gratuities
- Tips as Employees’ Property
- Tip Pooling
- Transgender Discrimination
- Travel Expense Reimbursement
- Two-Weeks Notice Law
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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/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
- 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 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 Retaliation
- 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?)
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Everyone knows that it’s illegal to have possession of narcotics, at least without a valid prescription. But the law in many states also makes it a criminal offense to be “under the influence” of a controlled substance. However, what it means to be “under the influence” of a drug can depend on the offense. It ...