Employment Law Information

CAL/OSHA, a friend to employee and employer

The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, better known as Cal/OSHA, was enacted for the purpose of assuring safe and healthy working conditions for all employees in California.

How Much Notice Am I Required to Give my Employer Before I Request FMLA or CFRA Leave?

FMLA stands for the Family and Medical Leave Act while CFRA stands for the California Family Rights Act.

Employment Agreements: Pros and Cons

Just like any undertaking, when one employs the services of another, an agreement or contract should embody their terms...

Privacy Guidelines and Rights in the Workplace

With increased technology, including computerized record keeping, instant access to data, and enhanced surveillance methods, the average worker today faces an inordinate amount...

Employment Agreement

When taking on an occupation at a company, some employees, managers, or executives are requested to engage in an employment agreement. An employment agreement typically consists of some written form or documents draw up between an employer and employee. Within the written agreement, a number of terms, responsibilities, duties, and compensation means are articulated between the employee and employer. Additionally, some employers will utilize an oral employment agreement to solidify the at-will working status of an employee. Unfortunately, a large number of companies and employers

Workers’ Rights to Safety and Health in the Workplace

Throughout the United States, employees have continually pushed for reform regarding workplace safety laws from lawmakers in Washington. Some of the current employment...

Common Occupational Diseases

Occupational diseases are different from occupational injuries. With an occupational injury, a worker is involved in some type of accident or incident in which he or she is physically hurt. This may or may not require treatment in order to be repaired. However in cases of occupational disease, many times the employers are aware of the danger and the diseases develop through employer or worker neglect. They are almost always caused by some sort of chemical. Here is an overview of occupational disease types and statistics.

Family and Medical Leave: Enforcement and Rights of Employees

With the passing of the FMLA, Congress attempted to prevent employers from denying workers the opportunity to take legally sanctioned leave. In doing so, the FMLA requires employers to reinstate workers returning from FMLA leave into...

Limiting Legal Representation for Claimants in Unemployment Appeal Hearings

January 30, 2014 was, in most ways, a day like any other for the employees of the mail room at the Division of Employment Security.   They were packaging and inserting unemployment

Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits

One of the major elements of the federal Social Security system is the Social Security disability insurance program provided by the Social Security Administration. The program...

Am I Covered by Unemployment Insurance?

Unemployment insurance, or unemployment compensation or UI, helps unemployed workers maintain some level of income while in between jobs. The federal government, in conjunction...

Calculating, Filing and Appealing Unemployment Compensation

Each individual state follows their own computation system when offering unemployed workers benefits. Across the board, each state will have minimum and maximum amounts of unemployment compensation that can be paid out to one individual weekly...