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To further the public policy of protecting employees from unfair exploitative employment practices, California law offers many legal safeguards for employees.

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Moss Bollinger is an employment law firm that works hard and diligently to protect California employees from any employer that acts as if it is above or beyond the law.

Congratulations to our newest lawyer, Kiara Bramasco. We were so proud to be in attendance at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles as she was admitted to the California Bar today.

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The maker of a permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports from women and repeated safety restrictions by regulators said Friday that it will stop selling the device in the U.S.

If you could erase your credit card debt by giving up Facebook for a year, would you do it?

Forget sleeping with the window open or closed the biggest fights are likelier to spring up when someone blows the budget or hidden debt comes to light.

Here are 8 ways to maximize your chance of buying your dream home -- even if you have student loan debt.

Spotting these scams requires a careful eye.

Hilton Head, South Carolina? Jekyll Island, Georgia? Maui?

For years, California and the federal government have provided Californian workers with strong employees’ rights laws. This includes wage and overtime laws. These laws were designed to protect workers from employers literally working them to death for pennies. Now, employees are guaranteed a minimum wage, rest and break rights, and overtime pay for when they work beyond 40 hours in a week. There are, however, exceptions to these laws.

California employment laws provide some of the toughest and most thorough protections for employees in the entire country. These include the right to work free retaliation, discrimination, and sexual harassment. In spite of these laws, employees far too often find these important rights violated, and are victims of traumatic sexual harassment, discriminatory employment decisions, and retaliation for engaging in lawful activities.

If you are a Technician for Terminix, it is important that you read this, because you may be getting ripped off. Back in 2011, Terminix was suedand had to settle for $1.5 millionfor misclassifying over a thousand termite inspectors as exempt employees. This is a big deal, as exempt employees receive a salary instead of wages, and employers are not required to follow wage, overtime, and break laws regarding these employees. Why is this a big deal? Because improperly classifying an employee as exempt opens the door for an employer to commit wage theft.

#1: Live below your means, for the long haul.

How much student loan debt is in your hometown?

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) injuries in workers compensation (WC) have recently attracted the attention of legislators and other system stakeholders.

Failure to meet state-by-state demands could land small businesses in hot water, especially if they have remote workers located in different states.

Cheesecake Factory just made the news for all the wrong reasons.

People with disabilities are part of a protected class under federal and California’s discrimination laws.

There are three basic categories of employees who may qualify as exempt under the law: exempt executive employees, exempt professional employees, and exempt administrative employees.

California has one of the most competitive job markets in the world and many employers offer vacation time to employees in order to attract and keep good employees.

Not only do personnel records help hold employers accountable, but employers are legally required to allow employees and former employees access to their own records. In fact, employers can be held liable for damages if they fail to allow you access to your records in accordance with the law.

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Whenever there is a conflict between state and federal laws, the more protective laws are applied. When it comes to rest and meal breaks, this is a very good thing for California employees.

Employers love arbitration, as it takes their misconduct out of public viewing and prevents a judge or jury from awarding maximum damages against them.

Leagues have successfully argued in court that sports are a different kind of work, and represent a unique type of workplace, so restrictions and regulations applied to other industries shouldn’t apply to them.

The meeting was organized by OSHA to obtain feedback from stakeholders about how it could better promote, enforce, and operationalize its Whistleblower Protection Program. The meeting featured unions, industry representatives, former whistleblowers, and whistleblower attorneys.

The FMLA provides you with job protection. If you have been terminated while on FMLA leave, contact an attorney immediately.

If you are an at will employee, but believe that you have been wrongfully terminated, call us.

Terminix International is one of the biggest pest control companies in the entire world. With a presence in almost every state in the country and in many countries around the world, the company employs over 8000 people and has staggering revenues that far exceed a billion dollars a year. Unfortunately, there is a growing possibility that the company has been cutting corners to achieve this level of success.

With pregnancy risks naturally come real concerns, like the health of the mother and the health of the child. In addition, there are concerns about job security if a situation arises where a future mother is unable to work due to a pregnancy-related disability. It is therefore prudent to be aware of your legal rights in such a scenario.

Victims need support and deserve respect. What they don’t need is to be subjected to further harm by their own employers.

Have you been employed by Terminix in the last 4 years? You may be owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. CALL TODAY FOR A FREE CONSULTATION!!! 800-249-1175 We can help!!!

If you are a new, working mother, or a new mother ready to re-enter the workplace, you need to be aware of your legal rights.

Regulations regarding working conditions have been expanded to allow for bathroom protections for transgender persons. Employers are legally required to provide Equal access to comparable, safe, and adequate facilities shall be provided to employees without regard to the sex of the employee. The key word in the amended regulation is the word safe. In addition, employers shall permit employees to use facilities that correspond to the employee’s gender identity or gender expression, regardless of the employee’s assigned sex at birth.

When it comes to employment laws, drug testing really tests the balance of a person’s right to privacy versus an employer’s right to employ people who can fulfill their job duties.

You work hard for your bonus. You keep track of every performance measure that your employer sets for you and you do your best to hit those marks. You do so relying on that promised bonus. So what happens if you are not paid your bonus, or it doesn’t come when it is supposed to? Do you simply throw up your hands because it was extra money?

The laws in California are protective of the rights of employees against discrimination and harassment from employers. This extends to actions taken by employers to punish or deter employees when they make these claims against their employers, act as whistleblowers against employer impropriety, or engage in some other activity that their employer doesn’t like. This is referred to as retaliation, and it is illegal. It is therefore important as an employee in California to be aware of your many legal protections from retaliation.

The devices are supposed to begin recording the conversation only in response to wake words like Alexa (for the Echo), OK Google (for the Google Home) and Hey Siri (for Apple’s HomePod). But they may be able to hear background conversations while activated.

In a case that could prove to be a model for holding businesses responsible for abuses by their contractors, the Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. chain has been found jointly liable with a janitorial services firm for wage theft violations totaling $4.2 million, the California Department of Industrial Relations said Monday.

More than 500 large U.S. companies have paid out $8.8 billion in wage-theft claims since 2000 and more than half are from California, a new report finds.

There are many benefits if workers have the ability to exercise voice rather than being forced to exit by quitting. From the perspective of businesses, worker voice can identify bad managers or personnel practices, as well as problems in production processes or service delivery that can be improved. Workers themselves can also improve conditions for themselves and for their colleagues by exercising voice.

Federally, there is no legal mandate that employers provide rest and meal breaks for employees during the workday. This is in contrast to the laws of California, which is one of the states that requires that employers receive meal and/or rest breaks if they work a certain number of hours in a workday.

The former employee, Carlos Ramirez, filed a lawsuit against the company on Wednesday. In the lawsuit, he alleges that he became aware of chemical fires, improperly placed parts and equipment, failures to comply with permits, employees that didn't receive proper medical treatment for workplace injuries, and misreported workplace injuries.

All of your life you've been told to keep your Social Security number secret and safe. However, it's often requested during everyday moments, such as when you visit the doctor, open a bank account or start a new job. Have you ever considered how safe it is when you share your Social Security number?

Scared of opening your loan statement because of how much interest has accumulated? Can’t stop wondering what not-so-great reports from Wall Street mean for your 401K?

You’ve gotten past the salary negotiation and a high-level review of benefits, but now that you’re officially on the team, how do you know and take advantage of all the employee benefits available to you?

What Constitutes Age Unlawful Discrimination?

Under California law, you have a right to your records.

Did you know these few lesser-known factors can affect your premiums?

According to the DOI, the agents issued life and supplemental insurance policies using fake applications. They allegedly altered and falsified the applications by making changes to essential information, including addresses, phone numbers, birthdates and social security numbers, and submitting the phony applications through insurers’ electronic databases.

If you work for a startup company, we urge you to be vigilant and remain aware of your legal rights.

Student debt in America has skyrocketed in recent years and now stands at a record $1.5 trillion. It is a burden that is not shared equally. Largely because women outnumber men in college these days and are more likely to pursue a graduate degree, they are the ones who end up with the bigger loan balances.

Unfortunately, there are employers and people in the workplace who engage in unlawful activities, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and wage and overtime violations. In my experience as an employment law attorney in California, I have seen a full spectrum of employer misconduct and few things surprise me anymore. If you feel that your employer has violated your rights, your first call should be to an attorney.

Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Mary Roach

A recent Supreme Court ruling just paved the way for states to legalize sports betting. So what does that mean for employers when it comes to informal office wagering, such as March Madness pools? Will High Court’s Ruling on Sports Betting Affect Office Pools? https://buff.ly/2KNsrx5

Military service honors this country, preserves our liberty, and deserves respect. In fact, when a service member is deployed or completes their service, she or he should return with the comfort of knowing that they have their civilian job to come back to. Simply put, employers should not be allowed to benefit from a service member's hard work and sacrifice, only to shaft them when they return to civilian work. Not only is this a matter of right and wrong, it is the law.