In California, there are several laws that regulate the requirement that you provide a doctor’s note before taking sick time. These laws limit what your employer can make you disclose. They also protect you from retaliation for using your workplace rights. However, there are still many unresolved issues concerning when your employer can require one. …

A wage and hour settlement ends a claim for unpaid wages. 4 things to know about them are: you may be entitled to more than just your unpaid wages, class action settlements can take longer to disburse, you generally have to sign a release to get paid, and most of your settlement will be taxable. …

In California, non-exempt employees may be entitled to “on-call” or “standby” pay for hours spent not working, but still under their employer’s control. State labor laws give you a right to compensation of at least the minimum wage for such “hours worked.” On-call hours also count when calculating your overtime pay. What is “on-call” time? …

In California, fraudulent inducement of employment is when an employer makes false promises so that you move in order to take a job or to keep the one you have. If you are fraudulently induced into moving to take or keep a job, you have legal recourse. Fraud is an exception to at-will employment. You …

In California, unpaid internships are legal. However, employers have to comply with both state and federal laws in order to host an unpaid intern. Federal guidelines require that the internship benefits the intern, not the employer. California requires employers to submit a proposal for the internship to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) for …

Any Nevada contractor who is convicted of a crime may be subject to disciplinary action. Nevada law states that licensed contractors “must possess good character.” The Nevada State Contractors Board can establish lack of character when a license holder (or applicant) has been convicted of a crime that demonstrates his/her lack of fitness to act as …

Gender identity and your rights in the Nevada workplace Both Nevada and federal law prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender or gender identity or expression, including by reason of transgender status or sexual orientation. Gender identity is a person’s internal sense of being male or female. Gender expression includes external personal characteristics associated with …