California Employment Laws

10/04/2013

You'd think that lawyers would know better. According to a lawsuit filed August 20 in California Superior Court, Yelp is suing the McMillan Law Group for b.

10/04/2013

The settlement was first announced via the EEOC’s press release dated July 22, 2013. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The federal employment agency charged that the employee was immediately terminated from her work as one of the restaurant’s dishwashers after she reported to the owner and to the police an incident she perceived as sexual harassment.

A Morgan Hill restaurant has agreed to settle a federal retaliation lawsuit filed against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by paying its former dishwasher $20,000.00 in ...

10/04/2013

Retaliation simply means an action that is made out of revenge. In employment, retaliation usually happens when an employer punishes you in any way or form for doing what is right, such as reporting the employer’s unlawful conduct.

If you are an employee, you are entitled to your right to report to the appropriate employment agency your employer’s engagement in an illegal activity. However, if you do so complain and you have been subjected to an adverse employment action such as termination, then you may have a case of reta...