Overtime and FMLA

The FMLA and its California version, the CFRA, are laws which allow qualified employees to take time off due to a serious illness or injury. The...

Do I have a case to sue my former employer?

Employers have a duty to maintain a safe work environment for its employees. If you can prove you had a reasonable fear of being harmed by the...

If you already quit, it is unlikely signing a document will change the fact that you were the party who initiated the separation. But without...

I'm employed under a 2 year contract in which if you voluntarily leave you must pay a training tuition fee of $8,000.

It is impossible to answer your question without reading the contract and getting more information from you. The answer will also depend on whether...

I was hired for a job with a temp agency, now the company wants to hire me, but my background is not that good?

There is always a chance as long as you are completely honest and contrite when you apply for a permanent position. There are some in our society...

Do I have a legitimate claim for penalty pay?

In order to obtain an award of waiting-time penalties, the employee must be able to show the employer's late payment was willful. The scenario you...

What does it mean to exhaust administrative remedies in a employment litigation case?

Some legal claims are required by statute to "exhaust administrative remedies" before a lawsuit may be filed for that particular claim. For...

Are labor law violations owed, added to back pay as a compensatory remedies in a wrongful termination case or are they separate?

When an employee sues for wrongful termination, one of the areas of damages which the employee usually seeks are wages which they were deprived of...

Can I get fmla benefits after my UI runs out?

I am so sorry to read about your daughter and hope she will be able to get the medical help she needs to get past this. Unfortunately, the FMLA and...

Can a person collect unemployment while on a Social Security back-to-work program and collecting SSDI?

Unemployment and social security disability are not compatible with each other. In order to collect unemployment, a person must be able to work. In...