First, your post is difficult to read because it has no punctuation and is one large run-on sentence. As such, it is difficult to know what you...

Sexual harassment, denied promotion, denied transfer and accident at work

Your post is extremely difficult and tedious to read since it lacks punctuation, etc. However, I will attempt to provide advice based on what I...

The law requires that the employer "provide the opportunity" for nonexempt employees to take meal/breaks. If they are provided the opportunity...

I'm an hourly employee with 11+ years exp, receiving a settlement for emotional distress. Must I take a Form 1099 payout?

You can ask that your employer pay the settlement by taking out regular payroll taxes, if that is what you want. Read the settlement agreement...

In addition to the response already provided, you must employee at least 50 employees within a 75 mile radius to be affected by FMLA. If you are...

Do you need to provide rest periods to your employees if you only have one employee on a time?

Yes, if the employee is nonexempt or you will need to pay him/her one hour of pay for each meal period (at least 30 minutes duty-free unpaid) meal...

I worked for a company for 2 years as a security guard 8 hours a day can i claim my rest period and my meal period

I agree with Mr. Pederson's response and only add that your employer must "provide the opportunity" for you to take at least 2 paid 10 minute...

I got terminated yesterday with the reason of not working out being given. She started not paying me OT and I questioned it.

California law requires an employer to pay an nonexempt employee overtime of he/she works over 8 hours in a workday (don't count lunch, but count...

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Federal minimum wage raise?

The minimum wage increase to $9.00 on July 1, 2014 is a Calif. law, not federal. And, as the others have stated, it only means that all CA...

Should I file a complaint with my company's HR dept, local and federal EEOC concurrently? Or should I just start with HR?

Workplace harassment and/or discrimination is only unlawful if it is based on a protected class (age, gender, race, pregnancy, disability,...