by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 26, 2017
Pay Disclosure Is a Brake on Gender Pay Parity California employers may not require pay disclosure during the job application process. The rationale for this prohibition is that pay disclosure by women during salary negotiations may very well anchor the new pay rate...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 25, 2017
Wage Claims in Building Contract Situations Wage claims are ubiquitous in the private building industry. This story is a fictional account of carpenter Jesus Martinez whose employer failed to pay his wages and has disappeared, leaving only a shell corporation. The...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 23, 2017
Customer Lists are Not Proprietary Merely by Being Included in a Trade Secret Agreement. The following is a completely hypothetical and fictional account presented to illustrate legal principles. The names of individuals and companies do not identify any real persons...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Oct 22, 2017
Workplace Bullies at work use tactics like these: 1. Phony Performance Improvement Plans or “PIPS.” Bully managers use these for set ups to harass you. The “plan” is not to improve your performance through training, resources, and availability for guidance, but to...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 11, 2017
California Employment Trial Lawyer May Lose But Is Not Defeated. California employment trial lawyer Carney Shegerian has made a reputation as a top trial lawyer for the Plaintiff employee in the last 5 years. His approach has been simple: try every case worth...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jul 7, 2017
Religious Freedom or Gender Bias? We’ve all read about the baker or photographer who refuses services to the gay wedding couple. In the clash of sincerely held beliefs of “right and wrong,” someone will get hurt. One such case will pit religious...
