California Questions and Answers
Overtime for 13 consecutive days
I know that you get overtime pay on the 7th consecutive day but, I can not find anything about the days after that. Does it continue on the each consecutive day after that or does it reset for a new w...
2 answers | asked Nov 4, 2009 4:51 PM [EST] | applies to California
I am constantly witnessing discrimination from my boss, is there anything I can do as a witness?
While at work when people submit applications and resumes I have witnessed my boss numerous times throw them away after the person walks out, making comments like "that was an old lady", or "hell no I...
3 answers | asked Nov 1, 2009 2:48 PM [EST] | applies to California
Fired for asking about background check?
I work for a temp agency with a long term contract with a medical lab. I started with them Oct 7 and have a contract that specifies At Will employment. Last week they called the lab manager and told h...
1 answer | asked Oct 29, 2009 2:01 PM [EST] | applies to California
How can I go to HR about my manager without her retaliating?
I went to the HR manager about my manager’s lack of leadership, fairness in job distribution and exclusion in discussion regarding my job. Now my manger has completely excluded me from the departmen...
3 answers | asked Oct 28, 2009 09:23 AM [EST] | applies to California
Can you have a former patient wants to see you again, can they? (non compete)
In my non compete it stated that I cannot "actively persue any of my patients at my new practice (I recently sold my practice and opened another well out of the required 15 mile radius the non compete...
2 answers | asked Oct 22, 2009 2:55 PM [EST] | applies to California
Harrassed by a co-worker, what can I do?
Okay - Here is the skinny (site lost my original post). I have worked with Dave for over 5 years. He has made life miserable by making sexually oriented comments, rude remarks, & mean remarks that wer...
1 answer | asked Oct 15, 2009 5:59 PM [EST] | applies to California
Is there anything I can do ?
I am writing you about a problem that I am having with my employer. I was put on Administrative Leave yesterday, 10/6/09. The customer was verbal assaulting me and I decided to remove my self from thi...
1 answer | asked Oct 7, 2009 07:24 AM [EST] | applies to California
Can an employer force me to provide the name of my private insurance information to their group ins
My employer is forcing me to provide my private insurance information to their group health insurance is this legal? He is threatening to fire me....I am a Iraq Combat Veteran, I am insured I guess th...
1 answer | asked Oct 1, 2009 9:04 PM [EST] | applies to California
Can my employer change my rate of pay?
When I first hired I was given paperwork saying my company would pay be $40,000 per year. After my sixth month review (Note I was hired in Jan., and my 6 month review was done in Oct), they said they ...
1 answer | asked Oct 1, 2009 4:39 PM [EST] | applies to California
As a commission-only employee of a salon, can I be forced to stay at work if I don't have clients?
When there are no clients on my book, I do not get paid. If I don't have anyone on the books, for instance, in the afternoon sometimes I would like to leave early but management forces us to stay even...
1 answer | asked Sep 26, 2009 10:21 AM [EST] | applies to California