A no restrictions policy is against the law. Every employer of 5 or more employees has an affirmative legal obligation to consider reasonable...

As unfair as it is, an employer of an at will employee can discipline or terminate that employee at any time and for any reason or even no reason...

What you describe may well be harassment based on your pregnancy and your taking of protected leave to address that condition. Whether it has...

There is nothing unlawful about an employer giving you both a verbal warning and a written warning at the same time and for the same event. In...

No, the employer does not need to provide you with a break or meal room. It needs to provide you with a reasonable opportunity to take a meal or...

You cannot deny an employee unemployment, nor can you grant an employee unemployment. The EDD does that. It will ask for your input as to whether...

In California, an employer cannot ask you about prior criminal convictions until after it makes a conditional offer of employment to you. If at...

There is no law that says employee disciplinary meetings need to be held confidential. Generally it is very good practice to maintain some level...

The California Labor Code includes an anti-retaliation provision that provides employees protection when they stand up for their rights under that...

For several reasons the answer is no. First, what you describe was certainly unfortunate, but in no way unlawful. Second, misconduct is not...