Governor Brown recently signed into law the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, which for the first time in this state’s history will provide paid sick leave to nearly all employees across the state. The law takes effect on July 1, 2015. Under this law, employees will be entitled to accrue paid sick time at

Q:  How often does my employer have to pay me? A:In California, private employers must pay you at least twice a month.  Your employer must set, in advance, regular paydays for each month.  Many employers assign payday to every other Friday or to the 15th and 30th of the month, both of which are lawful.

As cell phones have become ubiquitous in our lives nowadays, employees commonly use their personal cell phones to make work-related phone calls, sometimes while running work errands or on the way to or from the office.  The California Court of Appeal, Second District, recently held that not only must an employer reimburse an employee for

All workers in California, irrespective of their work authorization status in the United States, should enjoy the important protections of this state’s employment laws.  Fortunately, the California Supreme Court recently agreed with this principle.  In Salas v. Sierra Chemical Company, the California Supreme Court held that employees without work authorization may still bring suit in California