What are California’s Meal and Rest Break Laws? According to California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office, also known as the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), most non-exempt employees in California are entitled to distinct categories of breaks: a meal break and a rest break. Meal...
The California Labor Commissioner's office is relying on incomplete and inaccurate data and it is too understaffed to effectively do its job. California's wage claim backlog is worse than any other state, even though California has the most wage theft regulations in the country. Even after Cali...
a bill introduced in the California Senate aims to strengthen enforcement against employers who fail to pay workers their legally owed wages. Senate Bill 355 (SB 355), authored by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena), would grant the California Labor Commissioner’s Office (LCO) the authorit...
Uber Ruling Fuels Debate over Status of Workers ; California Labor Office Says Drivers Should Be Considered EmployeesThe California Labor Commissioner's Office said that a driver forthe service should be...MIKE ISAACNATASHA SINGER
Second, an employee who is terminated or resigns because his or her employer has a shift interval policy that violates the law, or if his or her employer violated the law, may also file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner’s Office.Finally, should an employee file a claim, or even...
That notice must be in a font larger than 14 point and contain the whistleblower hotline number for the California State Attorney General’s office. The California Labor Commissioner has developed amodel noticeand employers displaying this notice will be deemed compliant with state posti...
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and co-directed the Wage Justice Clinic, assisting with wage claims before the California Labor Commissioner. Jazmin Luna Joins Constangy’s San Diego Office Jazmin is a labor and employment attorney who represents employers in a variety of workplace ...
A complaint with the Labor Commissioner’s Office must be filed within one year of the adverse action, barring some exceptions. Exceptions include retaliation against minors, which has a 90-day limit. Since the time limit is so fast, it’s best to hire an employment lawyer to prepare your ...
(Cal/OSHA), the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Board of Barbering & Cosmetology, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the California Department of Business Oversight and the California Department of Consumer ...
Additionally, Uber and Lyft are facing lawsuits fromCalifornia's Labor Commissioner's Officeover allegedly committing wage theft by misclassifying their on-demand workers as independent contractors instead of employees. Beth Ross, a labor employment attorney in San Francisco who led a high-profile work...