Yearly Archives: 2018

According to an April 8 report, men make up around one in five of those who complain to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with workplace sexual harassment concerns. People often assume that women are the only people…

Employment law focuses on protecting the rights of workers or employers, depending on the side being practiced. Employee-side employment law focuses on the rights of employees and the obligations and responsibilities of employers to their employees. Attorneys in…

Many people with jobs in California get paid on an hourly basis. Instead of receiving a salary, they get paid for each hour they work for their employer. This system works well for many positions, companies and workers.…

Wrongful terminations are not as uncommon as you may think, and that’s why you need to protect yourself. As someone who has been terminated from your position, you may be concerned that you were terminated in a manner…

No one comes to work in the morning with the intention of ending up severely injured or sickened. However, people do end up hurt in the course of completing job duties every day in California. That’s why workers’ compensation…

If you get denied for Social Security Disability, one of the things you may want to know is what you can do to get approved. If this isn’t your first denial, then it’s already a reality that you…

When you’re taking a medication that helps you function better, you expect to go to work and participate like on any other day. As long as you have no symptoms that make you a danger to yourself or…

When you go to work, you expect to come home at the end of the day. In fact, many workers count the hours until they can leave, never imagining that they may not ever see their families again.…

When people think about workers’ compensation and injuries, catastrophic injuries usually come to mind. Certainly, workers’ compensation protects a construction worker who falls and injures his spine. However, it also covers factory workers or office staff who develop…

People find themselves in need of Social Security Disability benefits for many different reasons. Perhaps you got hurt at work, suffering a traumatic or repetitive stress injury. Maybe you experienced a motor vehicle collision that resulted in permanent…

No matter who you are or what you do, you have rights as an employee in California. Not every state is the same when it comes to employee rights and state requirements, so it’s important to know the…

If there’s a problem in the workplace, it’s your employer’s job to do something about it. For instance, if there’s a customer who continually comes into the store and sexually harasses you, the manager or owner of the…

When you’re on the job, it’s crucial that you stay safe. If you get hurt, you could lose your ability to work. Yes, you have workers’ compensation to cover you, but even then your income won’t be what…

You were enjoying your day at work when a coworker reported a younger member of the team making a dangerous error. The young team member didn’t take the advice of the other coworker, so you had to step…

If you’ve never heard of it before, General Relief may not mean much to you. However, it’s an important program in the state. It provides temporary compensation and aid to those who are residents of the state and…

If you intend to file a claim for disability benefits, you need to first know if you qualify. Qualifying for disability insurance isn’t always straightforward. Initially, you need to make sure you have a condition recognized by the…

Workplace retaliation is a serious problem. When people have a problem at work, they need to be able to tell their supervisors, the human resources department or other agencies without the risk of that coming back to hurt…

In the not-so-distant past, if a woman became pregnant while she was employed, it could mean the instant loss of her job. However, at the end of the 1970s, U.S. lawmakers enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978.…

Workplace discrimination can quickly make a once-promising job into a horrifying situation to work in. Workplace discrimination happens to people from all walks of life, from pregnant women to homosexual workers. It’s against the law to discriminate, yet…

When a worker is killed on the job, his or her family is usually entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits. These benefits provide compensation for funeral expenses, medical expenses and other financial needs. Death benefits may be paid…

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from discriminating against people of certain backgrounds. This includes those with disabilities along with others. Thanks to the ADA, people with disabilities can apply for any job without the risk…

Working on a ladder may not sound like a big deal, but it can be dangerous in more ways than one. For example, if you regularly use a ladder at your place of employment, there is always a…

If you work in the construction industry, you should never lose sight of the fact that you could be part of an accident at some point. When this is in the back of your mind, there’s a better…

It’s a tragedy when any kind of accident happens on the job, let alone one that causes the death of a worker. In that situation, coworkers, employers, family members and others may all be affected. After the death…