Month: June 2015
The rise of “take what you want” vacation policies
Companies are increasingly ditching traditional vacation accrual policies in favor of allowing employees to take whatever vacation they want. Most employers allow workers to earn set amounts of paid vacation that accrues over time worked (e.g., 1 hour of vacation for...
Difficult supervisors don’t entitle employees to disability leave
Managers are often difficult or contentious, which understandably causes employees stress. But stress caused only by a difficult boss does not qualify as a "disability" under California law. In Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Medical Foundation, the plaintiff took medical...