There is nothing unlawful about hiring a person to take your position while you are on protective leave. The issue is what happens when you return...

Can the employer terminate this employee? Yes. Is the employer legally required to fire or discipline this employee? No. Good luck to you.

Unfortunately you are not an employee so the California Labor Code provides you with no protection. You are considered to be gig worker. While...

First, California renders unenforceable any contract provision that purports to limit an employee's ability to work elsewhere, even with a prior...

What you describe is not a legal conflict of interest. A conflict of interest occurs when at attorney represents a client and learns of...

Far more would need to be understood as the basis for your religious exemption before one could determine if the employer has any possible...

As an at will employee you can be terminated at any time and for any reason or even no reason at all. Although called a transfer, effectively you...

Yes, that is lawful and ethical. Judges respect that lawyers have lives outside of the courtroom and will routinely grant such requests if there...

Attorneys are not indentured servants. They are allowed to withdraw from representation as long as the manner and nature of the withdrawal does...

There is nothing legally that you can do to prevent suspension or termination at this point unless you fall into a very narrow situation that your...