Tag : California Employee Rights

Your timecard shows a 30-minute lunch. Your phone shows a supervisor asking you to finish an order during that same half hour. You remember eating between tasks, but payroll deducted the full break anyway. That[...]

An employer tells you a performance system recommended your termination. When you ask whether a person reviewed it, HR answers: “Your manager approved the decision.” That answer leaves an important question unresolved: What did the[...]

Artificial intelligence has already started screening resumes, measuring productivity, writing performance reviews, and recommending layoffs. Now it has reportedly helped fire a human worker in California. In August 2026, an experimental San Francisco retail store[...]

A former In-N-Out Burger employee has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County alleging that religious discrimination, retaliation, and workplace conflicts ultimately led to her termination. The case is already attracting attention because it involves[...]

A wrongful termination lawsuit involving the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and St. Anthony High School in Long Beach is moving forward in part after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge issued a mixed ruling in[...]

Yes, you may be able to sue your employer for discrimination in Los Angeles if an employer took an adverse action against you because of a characteristic protected by California or federal law. However, unfair[...]

Most employees know when a paycheck is missing. Wage theft becomes harder to recognize when the paycheck arrives on time but does not include every hour, premium, commission or reimbursement the employee earned. An employer[...]

Yes, a California employee can be wrongfully terminated during a probationary period. An employer may generally use probation to evaluate performance, attendance, reliability, and suitability for a role. However, the word “probation” does not authorize[...]

No authoritative database tells us exactly how common wrongful termination is in California or across the United States. Government labor statistics count layoffs and discharges, but they do not determine whether those employment decisions were[...]