Letting you go after your long employment with the company instead of keeping you employed and laying off the younger, less experienced employee...

I started working at a start up company in Los Angeles and had some questions to ask before I sign our renewed contract.

Consult with an employment law attorney. Many of us provide phone consultations for a reasonable fee. The entire contract will need to be...

If you are a nonexempt employee and you work over 8 hours in a workday or over 40 hours in a workweek (don't count meal period), you should be paid...

What can I do if my employer refuse to compensate me?

When an employee quits without providing at least 72 hours' notice, the employer has 72 hours to provide the final paycheck. If not and the...

Your former employer is required to pay you for the time you worked. If they terminated the employment, your final check was due that day. ...

Been working over 8 hours a day for over two years. Am I entitled overtime?

If you are a nonexempt employee (exempt employees must be paid at least double minimum wage and their typical daily duties must fit into one of...

If the worker is an exempt employee (paid at least double minimum wage and duties fall into one of the exempt categories: professional,...

It is likely that you are a nonexempt employee. If so, and your employer is not a governmental entity, you are owed one hour of pay for each...

Unless you had a signed written contract agreeing to hire you for a set period of time, you, like most employees, were an at-will employee. That...

Can a business be liable if a worker getting paid under the table gets injured? ?

Yes. If an employee is injured during the course and scope of employment, the employer is liable for the medical payments, etc. Employers are...