Request for production of documents from the defendant?

The defense lawyer is wrong. Now, typically, most lawyers don't serve discovery until after the responsive pleading because its easier to serve the...

Tax help ,W2 or 1099?

With all due respect to my colleague from Texas, in California we take misclassification seriously. There have been a number of cases involving the...

Can a employer classify you at the lowest paying position but have you perform the work at the higher paying position?

That depends. If the employee is part of a union, and subject to a collective bargaining agreement, then the employee may be entitled to back pay....

My boyfriend might be classified as an independent contractor so his boss can avoid taxes?

It is entirely possible. Recently the California Supreme Court clarified the rule for classifying individuals as employees versus independent...

Ideally, the employer does, but legally, there's no requirement that the employer give a reason why. California is an at-will state, and so...

Can an employer use your sick time as a job performance metric?

Are you using PTO or paid sick leave? If you are using paid sick leave (the three days per year), the employer cannot use that against you.

If it was a pool, and you were sending your kid to the pool unsupervised, then the HOA could step in and say, "hey, for safety reasons, your kid...

Was I wrongfully terminated by the company as per California Employment Law?

No. Unless the harassment was based on your membership in a protected class (i.e. sexual harassment), your supervisor's job isn't to resolve your...

It sounds like a number of my cases. An employer has a duty to provide, or otherwise make available, meal and rest periods. For an 8 hour shift,...

Hi there my name is Simone Renee Bordelon. I had to DNA test done one from ancestry. com and one from 23 and me. Neither match

Wait, what do you mean that neither match?