Bay Area Employment Law Blog
Employment rights activists unhappy with new EEOC rule
Activists for employee rights in California and across the United States are concerned with a policy by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that provides employers a way to escape accountability when discrimination happens in the workplace. Activists say that...
Do salaried workers every qualify for overtime wages?
Businesses and employees tend to approach their relationship from opposite mentalities. A worker wants to maximize the compensation that they receive for the job that they perform, while a company typically wants to get the best work or labor possible while minimizing...
Pregnancy discrimination negatively impacts mothers and infants
In California, many expecting mothers experience discrimination at their jobs based on their pregnancy status or medical conditions related to their pregnancies. Pregnant workers are protected in all of the various aspects of employment, including hiring, promotions,...
Average worker ages in tech industry suggest age discrimination
Technology companies in the San Francisco, California, Bay Area provide rewarding careers, but older workers in this industry may not feel welcome. A report from a people analytics company in 2019 compared average ages for workers in the technology industry to workers...
Papa John’s agrees to settle wage and hour class action
Papa John’s has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by workers who claim that the pizza chain violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and California and New York wage and hour laws by not paying them to take mandatory training sessions....
How to combat a hostile work environment
Professionals like you in the San Francisco Bay area may find that they are working in hostile work environments, even though federal and California laws are in place to protect workers who suffer from harassment or other negative situations. A hostile work...
Company settles lawsuit filed by nurses
If you work over 40 hours in a week, you are entitled to overtime pay for those extra hours. The standard overtime rate is 150% of your normal wage, and several different types of employer benefits could be excluded when calculating that wage. However, employers who...
An overview of a pregnant worker’s rights
The federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act is designed to protect expecting mothers from discrimination in workplaces in California and around the country. However, it can be hard for you to protect your rights if you don't know what they are. Your rights under the PDA...
Celebrity restaurant owners accused of unpaid overtime
Too many California workers continue to struggle with unpaid overtime and other wage and hour violations, even potentially those who work for well-known owners. The star of TV's "Vanderpump Rules" and her husband are facing a class action lawsuit filed by a former...
New CA law helps victims of workplace sexual harassment
Victims of sexual harassment in the workplace often don’t report incidents right away. Some may fear losing their job, while others may not feel comfortable coming forward. And many who do come forward find their company taking steps to keep the complaint secret with...
