Employees are given a certain number of days to be off work to take care of their health as well as their family’s concerns. However, in order not to abuse these rights, laws were enacted to provide the minimum standards when leaves are allowed, especially in cases of health or medical emergencies. Under the Family […]
All employees with disabilities or declared medical conditions are protected by the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Medical conditions do not only mean sickness, illness or other physical problems suffered by employees. Medical condition actually includes pregnancy of women employees. If you are pregnant and you are not allowed by your employer to be […]
Every person who works in an office or other work environment should have some idea of what sexual harassment is – and if they do not, their HR team should rectify that – but what is the line between behavior that is annoying and harmful but not legally actionable and behavior that can form the […]
The vast majority of employees in the U.S. do not have employment contracts with their employers which set out the standard by which the employment may be terminated, e.g. “for cause.” Employees who do not have such employment agreements are often referred to as “at-will employees,” the idea being that the employee can be terminated […]
Getting fired from a job is one of the most unpleasant workplace experiences a person can endure, but, in some situations, it is also illegal for an employer to fire an employee. It is important to note at the outset that there are any number of situations in which a person can be legally fired […]
