Posted on December 8, 2007 by Lawyers Attorneys
A particular Labor Law violation in Los Angeles deserves a particular action that needs to be done in order to avail all the guaranteed legal remedies. Thus, all employees must be familiar of the various laws that state their rights and obligations. With adequate understanding of these provisions, they may accurately define what exact violations [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2007 by Lawyers Attorneys
The Labor Law in the California covers a wide range of topics and statutes that aim to protect the welfare of the employees without displeasing the various rights and privileges of the businesses. These law provisions intend to make a balance between the labor and the business sectors. However, because of the many discriminative acts [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2007 by Lawyers Attorneys
The logic seems to be a no brainer, that is with the continuous increase in the number of employees, the cheaper their services become. A simple construction of the law on supply and demand dictates that when supply for a particular factor in the production process is abundant, then the reaction is that the cost [...]
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Posted on September 15, 2007 by Lawyers Attorneys
The federal Fair Labor Standard Acts requires employers to pay their employees time and half their regular hourly rate of pay when the employees work more then 40 hours in a week. This includes employees who work forced overtime or employees who worked off the clock. The employer should know that covered employees that work [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2007 by Lawyers Attorneys
The growing number of incidents related to sexual harassments in the workplace is one of the major concerns that the U.S. employment sector is dealing with. In the past few years, thousands or even a hundred thousand of these cases were reported and were filed in the courts every year. Consequently, a lot of the [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2006 by Lawyers Attorneys
When people call me about employment issues they don’t realize one important law- in almost every state you are terminable at will. That means that your employer can fire you anytime and for no reason at all. The only way you are protected from being fired on the spot without notice is if you have [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2006 by Lawyers Attorneys
Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs, also known as ‘Confidentiality Agreements’
are an essential part of modern business. If you have a trade secret, an invention or a ‘good idea’, it can be worrying revealing the details to a third party because you never know if your idea may be stolen. For this reason, NDA forms are [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2006 by Lawyers Attorneys
New Jersey state courts are notoriously indulgent to plaintiffs claiming sexual or racial discrimination and will almost never dismiss a sex or race based discrimination case, no matter how meritless. The New Jersey Supreme Court has held that the state anti-discrimination statute (the “NJLAD”) is not meant to be a “civility code” and was not [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2006 by Lawyers Attorneys
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was created by the United States government in 1938. This act was set to protect the rights of workers and encourage ‘fair play’ between the management and labor. This act established a national minimum wage, created overtime pay and installed regulations for minors in the workplace.
Because of the diverse [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2006 by Lawyers Attorneys
AN EMPLOYEE QUIT LAST YEAR AND YOU’RE PRETTY CERTAIN THAT YOU SENT HIM A COBRA NOTICE, BUT CAN=T PROVE IT. YOU WANT TO KNOW YOUR POTENTIAL LIABILITY? B IT COULD BE STAGGERING!
An employer is required to notify an employee and qualified beneficiaries of their rights to continue their group health plan benefits within 14 days [...]
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