Can I take legal action against an unlicensed contractor for non-payment of wages owed?

Verbal contracts are enforceable, but the problem is typically one of proof. Do you have any way of proving that the payment you received is...

Is it legal for a company to install a GPS unit on a company car to monitor vehicles and employees location in real time?

Employers have the right to know where company cars are at all times. Employees have no expectation of privacy with regard to where they are or...

Most forms of "discrimination" are entirely legal, as employers have no general obligation to be fair or equal with regard to how they choose to...

Can an employee hire independent contractors to work on the same project?

What you have provided is a fraction of the information necessary to determine whether a worker is a contractor or employee. It's a factual...

Is it okay for your employer to clock you out for a meal break and still require you to travel from one company site to another

The scenario you have described is most likely illegal for two reasons. First, if you are traveling between job sites you are entitled to...

Is this an instance of "workplace discrimination" based on a disability?

If it's discrimination it will be hard to prove, since concerns had been expressed to you regarding your performance prior to you revealing your...

How do you determine the real reason for termination?

I agree with the other responders. We would be guessing as to the "real" reason you were let go. However, either of the employer's stated reasons...

I was overpaid 100 hours extra by mistake on my last paycheck by my former employer,am I entitled to keep what they overpaid me?

If someone leaves their wallet at your house are you entitled to keep it? I hope you can see the parallel between your question and my hypothetical.

How do you sue UCLA for giving me a worthless BA in Chicano Studies in 1992 and have no employment opportunities.

Some recent graduates from Thomas Jefferson Law School have a similar gripe and filed this lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court last year:...

I was at a job for approximately 2wks when I got sick and went on disability. As I notified my employer.

Regardless of how long you were employed, your employer likely had an obligation pursuant to the Fair Employment & Housing Act to "reasonably...