Some employers treat an AI-assisted screening tool as a neutral filter, a way to remove human bias from hiring decisions rather than add to it. California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA, Gov. Code § 12940(a)) doesn’t distinguish between a…
Plenty of owners assume that once someone is called a “manager,” the overtime question is settled. It isn’t. Lab. Code § 510 and California’s wage orders look at what the role actually does — the amount of independent judgment exercised,…
“I filed a wage complaint in March. By May, my schedule had quietly shrunk from thirty-two hours a week to eighteen.” Nobody said the two were connected. Nobody had to. California protects employees who report suspected legal violations — to…
A lot of small-business owners believe that once the two employees involved in a harassment complaint have been split onto different shifts, the matter is handled. It isn’t. Separation stops the immediate contact. It does nothing to establish whether the…
Your coworkers started a friendly pool on when the company’s next product ships, and you put in twenty dollars without thinking twice. It felt like a fantasy football bracket, not a legal problem. California does not see it that way…
“I did everything my doctor told me to do. I still lost my leave.” That is what it feels like from the employee’s side when the second-opinion process goes wrong. Here is what actually happened in a real case, Brown…
You heard your employer mention something about a new account for your kid, and you assumed it was just another benefits email to skim past. It might be worth more than that. Since July 4, 2026, employers have been able…
You drive into the same gated lot every morning, and a camera reads your plate before you park. You never thought twice about it. It is just how you get into the building. This shows up more often than people…
Many employers believe that if an AI interviewing vendor built the tool, the vendor also owns the compliance risk. That belief does not survive contact with California law. AI-driven interview platforms, whether chat, voice, or video, are increasingly filling the…
Employers often assume a workplace safety citation gets easier to fight once nobody was seriously hurt. That is backwards under California’s Serious Accident-Related citation framework. Under Labor Code § 6432, Cal/OSHA does not need to show that an actual injury…
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