Plenty of small California employers assume the California Consumer Privacy Act is a tech-company problem, something for social platforms and ad networks, not a staffing agency, a restaurant group, or a delivery service. That assumption just got expensive. On June…
You quit, or you were let go, and your last paycheck showed up late, came up short, or both. This happens often enough that California has strict, specific rules about exactly when that final check is due. Under Lab. Code…
“I signed an arbitration agreement my first week. I didn’t think it mattered once he started harassing me.” It doesn’t have to. Here’s what a lot of employees don’t know: an arbitration agreement does not automatically force a sexual harassment…
Some California employers assume pay data reporting is a large-company problem, something that only applies once headcount is well into the hundreds. The threshold catches more mid-size employers than most owners expect, and once a business is covered, it has…
Your manager texts you after your shift ends, a quick question, a schedule change, something that needs a fast answer, and you answer it, because saying no feels like more trouble than it is worth. This happens often enough that…
Some California business owners assume mandated-reporter obligations belong to schools, daycares, and youth sports leagues, not to a talent agency, management company, or coaching business. California recently expanded mandated-reporter coverage to include certain entertainment-industry roles that work directly with minors,…
You used marijuana on your own time, off the clock, weeks before a drug test flagged it. Now your job is on the line, and the timing does not sit right with you. This shows up often enough that California…
Many California employers assume mileage reimbursement is a nice-to-have, something to adjust once a year if at all, as long as the number is in the right neighborhood. That assumption is comfortable. It is also wrong. The IRS just raised…
“I’ve been called a manager since my first day. I never thought to ask what that title actually bought me.” I hear some version of that sentence constantly. Because a job title has never been the test. California decides exempt…
You typed out everything about being let go into a chatbot before you called anyone. It felt productive. You got a rundown of possible claims, some vocabulary, a sense of whether it was worth pursuing. This is becoming common enough…
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