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Wrongful Termination in California

If you believe you have been wrongfully terminated, your first step in filing a claim is to determine if your employer broke the law when it fired you. Most workers in California are “at-will” employees. This designation means that businesses can fire employees for nearly any reason or for no reason at all. Even with this “at-will” designation, however, federal and state laws such as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) protect employees from wrongful termination…

Three Common Wage and Hour Issues Workers Face

One of the basic tenants of the worker and employer relationship is that employees receive payment for the time they work. While this arrangement is supposed to be straightforward, some employers try to bend the rules or withhold payment to their employees. Because wage theft is one of the most common employment problems that workers face, every employee should be aware of some common ways that businesses withhold wages from workers and the steps you can take to get compensation.