California Employee Rights Blog
Discussion of California employment law and legal issues.
Author: James J. and Sara R. Peters are employment lawyers with offices in Ventura, California, and Madison, Wis., in which states both attorneys are licensed members of the bar. She is also licensed in Hawaii.
Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • Law Practice Management • States • California • Legal Information
Recent Posts from California Employee Rights Blog
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Are “Discretionary” Bonuses Really Discretionary?
Over the past couple of months I have been dealing with a case against a major national bank on behalf of one of its former employees. The case involves his “discretionary” annual bonus, which most…
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Employee Rights and Hourly Fees Do Not Mix
This past Friday I spoke with a potential client who was recently terminated by his employer. I concluded that he did not have a case worth pursuing and any claims he did have were likely…
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The Perils of Trying to Win at “All Costs”
Some employees (and some employee-rights attorneys) believe that if they are wrongfully terminated and able to get a new job just days later, they will only be able to recover a few thousand dollars and…
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Family Status Discrimination and Equal Pay Laws
This post is part of our ongoing series dealing with "family status" discrimination. Family status claims implicate several employment laws, depending on the facts of a given case. For example, the federal Equal Pay Act…
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“Assumption” Stereotyping as Family Status Discrimination
This is our third post in our series on "family status" discrimination. The last post dealt with examples of "moral stereotyping" where an employer's belief on what women should do motivates their discrimination. This post…
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“Moral” Stereotyping as Family Status Discrimination
This is my second post in our multi-part series on "family status" discrimination, which is becoming more and more common under both federal and state law. There are many ways family status discrimination can happen…
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Family Status Discrimination Series
One employment law claim that has been quickly becoming more popular these days is "family status discrimination". That is, discriminating against someone based on their familial obligations or simply because they have a family in…
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CA Legislator: Lying Liar Telling Lies
It is fairly common for sweeping employment law legislation to be introduced in the California legislature and I usually do not pay much attention to these bills because they usually do not become law. One…
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First Tribune Handbook Violator: Its Creator
Ok, so this topic has been blogged to death by not only me, but the blawgosphere as a whole. However, I just received this update to the story. Sam Zell, the head of Tribune Co.,…
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Game Show Employee Rights?
Apparently there is a new game show out called "Moment of Truth" that gives contestants a lie detector test before the show and then the host asks them the same questions on the air. If…