Wow, this is a horrible situation for you. It sounds like your employer is violating the laws around meal periods ("uninterrupted minimum of 30...

The short answer is "no". California law requires employee payments to be in cash or an instrument negotiable in cash. Crypto doesn't meet this...

Not necessarily. A disability accommodation doesn't necessarily override a bona fide seniority system. It depends on the overall circumstances, and...

It's hard to say on these facts. There is missing information. Doing a lay off in and of itself isn't necessarily wrongful; however, if you were...

Your break starts the minute you have no work and are uninterrupted. Since you can be interrupted on the way to the break room, your break starts...

Your employer is correct. So long as you were not required to remain on the premises during the outage, you don't need to be paid (but you can use...

Yes. You're entitled to the waiting time penalty until the check is either ready for you to pick up or it's delivered to you.

Commercial background checks for private businesses, where no security clearance or similar type of clearance is required, cannot go back more than...

Sorry that this is occurring. You may. EEOC will investigate. At the conclusion, they'll either take care of it, or give you a right to sue letter....

Sorry to hear about this. You can't be a "1099 employee". You're either a contractor (1099) or an employee. Given what you've written about the...