What is an Adverse Employment Action?
Learn what may qualify as an adverse employment action, including termination, demotion, reduced pay, undesirable transfers, and other negative employment decisions.
Articles about illegal termination, workplace retaliation, adverse employment actions, reporting workplace injuries, and what employees can do after being fired.
Learn when a termination may be unlawful in California and what steps employees should consider after losing their job.
California employees are protected from retaliation for reporting workplace injuries and exercising certain workers’ compensation rights.
Learn what may qualify as an adverse employment action, including termination, demotion, reduced pay, undesirable transfers, and other negative employment decisions.
Learn how California law protects employees who report discrimination, harassment, illegal activity, workplace injuries, or other unlawful conduct.
Articles about sexual harassment, harassment by supervisors, hostile work environments, and other unlawful workplace conduct.
Sexual harassment can include unwanted touching, inappropriate comments, sexual messages, propositions, and other unwelcome conduct. Learn how harassment can appear in the workplace.
Learn about employee rights when sexual harassment comes from a supervisor, manager, or other person in a position of authority.
Not every unpleasant workplace is legally hostile. Learn when harassment may become severe or pervasive enough to violate California law.
Learn about California protections against harassment based on race, sex, disability, age, religion, national origin, and other protected characteristics.
Articles about age discrimination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, language-related discrimination, and other forms of unequal treatment at work.
Learn about common signs of age discrimination, including age-related comments, unfair layoffs, unequal discipline, and favoring younger employees for promotions or assignments.
Learn how racial discrimination and racial harassment can affect hiring, firing, pay, promotions, assignments, schedules, and working conditions.
Learn about disability discrimination, reasonable accommodations, and an employer’s obligation to engage in the interactive process.
Learn when an employer may restrict language use in the workplace and when an English-only rule may raise discrimination concerns.
Articles about pregnancy discrimination, pregnancy accommodations, lactation rights, paid sick leave, medical leave, and related workplace protections.
Learn about pregnancy discrimination, reasonable accommodations, modified duties, pregnancy disability leave, and job-protection rights.
California law prohibits employers from firing or otherwise discriminating against employees because of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
Learn about an employer’s obligations to provide break time and an appropriate private location for employees who need to express breast milk.
Learn about California paid sick leave rights, permitted uses of sick leave, and protections against retaliation for requesting or using available leave.
Articles about unpaid overtime, off-the-clock work, meal and rest breaks, final paychecks, minimum wage, cash payments, and other wage-and-hour issues.
Learn when California employees may be entitled to overtime pay and why being paid a salary does not automatically mean an employee is exempt from overtime laws.
Being paid in cash does not eliminate an employee’s right to overtime or other wage protections. Learn about cash payments, wage statements, and unpaid overtime.
Employees generally must be paid for all time they are permitted or required to work, including certain work performed before or after a scheduled shift.
Learn about California meal-period and rest-break requirements and what may happen when an employer fails to provide legally required breaks.
Learn when final wages are generally due after an employee quits, is discharged, or is laid off, and when waiting-time penalties may apply.
Learn about minimum-wage protections for employees working in Los Angeles and how local wage requirements may differ from California’s statewide minimum wage.
Articles about severance agreements, negotiating severance packages, arbitration agreements, and other employment-related contracts.
Learn what may be included in a severance package, why employers offer severance, and what employees should consider before signing a separation agreement.
Before signing a severance agreement, employees should understand the rights they may be giving up and whether the terms can be negotiated.
Learn how employment arbitration agreements work, how they may affect an employee’s right to go to court, and why the terms of the agreement matter.
Learn what may qualify as an adverse employment action, including termination, demotion, reduced pay, undesirable transfers, and other negative employment decisions.
Learn about common signs of age discrimination, including age-related comments, unfair layoffs, unequal discipline, and favoring younger employees for promotions or assignments.
Learn when a termination may be unlawful in California and what steps employees should consider after losing their job.
Off-the-clock work refers to any job-related tasks that an employee performs without receiving compensation. This practice is not only unethical but also illegal under California
Learn how racial discrimination and racial harassment can affect hiring, firing, pay, promotions, assignments, schedules, and working conditions.
Learn about pregnancy discrimination, reasonable accommodations, modified duties, pregnancy disability leave, and job-protection rights.
Sexual harassment can include unwanted touching, inappropriate comments, sexual messages, propositions, and other unwelcome conduct. Learn how harassment can appear in the workplace.
In the state of California, employment law is designed to protect employees from unfair work conditions. However, despite these laws, many employees still find themselves
Learn about minimum-wage protections for employees working in Los Angeles and how local wage requirements may differ from California’s statewide minimum wage.
Learn when an employer may restrict language use in the workplace and when an English-only rule may raise discrimination concerns.
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