California Questions and Answers
regarding employment law
how can I check an attorney's credibility. And also may I have some referal for employment law in Orange county. Thank You, T
1 answer | asked Sep 13, 2002 01:33 AM [EST] | applies to California
Demoted and Pressured to Quit after insisting on receiving Promised Sales Commissions
I work for a major corporation in the Los Angeles area. In my job as a service technician we have opportunties to receive small commissions for sales referrrals (commissions are generally in the $50-$...
1 answer | asked Sep 8, 2002 01:55 AM [EST] | applies to California
40% owner of a company has backwages that are not being paid
I am a 40% owner of a company. I am owed about 150,000 dollars in salary and commission that was not paid to me as the cashflow was not good. However, we have received a lumpsum payment of 200,000 dol...
1 answer | asked Sep 5, 2002 2:29 PM [EST] | applies to California
"Forced" to "volunteer"
My husband's company put him on "forced vacation" for 4-6 weeks. He was then told that if he wished to "volunteer" his time during that 4-6 weeks, he would be looked upon favorably for re-hire. If he ...
1 answer | asked Aug 28, 2002 6:07 PM [EST] | applies to California
Refuse to pay back-pay
I work for a major entertainment company here in LA as a computer analyst. Recently several of us have been re-classified as non-exempt due to a mis-classification. Since we have been working 45 hours...
2 answers | asked Aug 27, 2002 2:38 PM [EST] | applies to California
Job discrimination
My employer has been calling me into the HR for the past 3 weeks. The first week, she complained that I don't communicate effectively when I go to a doctor's appointment (email is not enough); so I co...
1 answer | asked Aug 25, 2002 10:30 AM [EST] | applies to California
Questions about pregnancy disability leave
The hospital that I work for only allows for 4 months of pregnancy disability leave and I started bleeding when I was 13 weeks pregnant. I am now 26 weeks and my doctor still does not want me to go ba...
1 answer | asked Aug 24, 2002 6:22 PM [EST] | applies to California
My right to choose where to park my car.
I was legally parked on a public street about a half a block away from my work. Does my employer have the right to suspend me two days w/o pay for parking there? - There reasoning: " It's in the polic...
1 answer | asked Aug 14, 2002 2:02 PM [EST] | applies to California
employer discriminated against me during pregnancy and terminated me without just cause
In the early part of 2001 I informed my employer that I was pregnant and due in November. Almost immediatly afterword I suddenly found myself being witten up and placed on warning after warning. All o...
1 answer | asked Aug 14, 2002 01:25 AM [EST] | applies to California
Older workers benifit protection act
Does the employer have to individually negegotiate a severance offer under the older workers benefit protection act? Can they offer a seperation agreement without offering "compensation over what is e...
1 answer | asked Jul 17, 2002 9:47 PM [EST] | applies to California