When is an Intern Really an Intern?
The weather is warming up. Spring break has concluded. Students are getting closer to summer break and looking for jobs and even internships. Students prefer jobs to internships because they [...]
Do You Pay a Piece Rate or for Flagged Hours? Employer Beware!
On April 2, 2013 the California Court of Appeal published its decision in Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors, LP, 2013WL 1316514. The decision will have a wide-reaching and substantial financial [...]
Cheer Up! It Could Be Worse — You Could Be Working For Me
It's Friday. So here is something on the lighter side of things. Forbes is reporting that an associate attorney is the most unhappy job in America. That's probably why Travis and [...]
$4.5 Million For Bad Timing
Last week a San Diego jury awarded an employee-plaintiff $4.5 million. (Steffens v. Regus Group PLC. ). During an evaluation, Denise Steffens complained that she could not give her staff [...]
Kaweah Delta Hospital, English-Only Rules and Third Parties
I was amused to read the story in the Visalia Times-Delta last week on the policy at Kaweah Delta Hospital District to encourage employees to speak English during meal or rest [...]
Accurate Paychecks Could Have Saved $6 Million
The California Labor Commissioner cited Pacific Health Corporation (PHC), a hospital chain, $524,300 for late payment of wages. As it turned out, PHC didn't have enough money to pay the checks it issued. Now that's [...]