Almost every California employer upholds a time off policy for their workforce. Generally, employees can accrue paid time off as they work for their employers, and employers may also offer sick days and other forms of paid time off. However, there are no laws requiring employees to provide specific amounts of unpaid time off to… Read More
Pasadena based employment law firm, Azadian Law Group, PC, was selected by the oldest and most respected legal publication in California, The Daily Journal, as one of the top 20 boutique law firms in all of California. Boutique law firms are those that specialize in a niche area of law, such as labor and employment,… Read More
Often in employment lawsuits, employers try to hide damaging information during the course of “discovery,” which is the process where the employee can request information from the employer during a lawsuit. The aggressive employment lawyers at the Azadian Law Group, do not let employers get away with these tricks. Just this past month, Azadian Law… Read More
Eighteen car wash workers who have been embroiled in a wage theft lawsuit for about five years have finally won justice, as they have secured a $1.65 million settlement. Marking the largest wage theft award secured in their industry, this settlement will reportedly result in payouts of about $91,000 for all of the plaintiffs, with… Read More
A Beverly Hills lingerie retailer – Agent Provocateur, Inc. – has recently been sued for alleged overtime pay violations. Filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 13th, this case (Case No. BC620413) is a class action that has been initiated on behalf of the retailer’s non-exempt employees who have allegedly been the… Read More
Thousands of Tyson Foods employees have recently been handed a decisive victory from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), which voted 6 to 2 to uphold a $5.8 million settlement awarded by a lower court for Tyson’s overtime pay violations. The Allegations According to court documents for this case (Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo… Read More
Every day, countless women perform the same work as their male colleagues only to earn less than their fair share. On National Equal Pay Day, we mark how far into the new year women would have to work just to earn the same as men did in the previous year, and we renew our efforts… Read More
George Azadian and Ani Azadian were recognized as 2016 “Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers Magazine. Super Lawyers selects attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and personal achievement with less than 2% of the lawyers in California making it to the annual list. This is Mr. Azadian’s fifth consecutive year being provided… Read More