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...
Senate Bill 355 (SB 355), authored by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena), would grant the California Labor Commissioner’s Office (LCO) the authority to suspend or revoke driver’s licenses and vehicle… Read More Proposed Law Seeks to Give Employees a Better Alternative to the Back...
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...
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
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...
she gained hands-on experience in employment and civil litigation. She served as a law clerk at theU.S. Department of Justice, worked at theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and co-directed theWage Justice Clinic, assisting with wage claims before theCalifornia Labor Commissioner...
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...
*This case is one of almost a dozen or so recent cases where the Petition for Reconsideration did not arrive at the WCAB office in San Francisco in time for the Commissioners to act on the Petition within the 60-day statutory time frame of Labor Code § 5909. Co...