Employment Law in California: A Complete Guide
A plain-English guide to California employment law: at-will employment and its limits, wage-and-hour and overtime rules, meal and rest breaks, the minimum wage, discrimination and harassment under FEHA, wrongful termination, worker classification, and PAGA.
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California Wage and Hour and Overtime Rules
How California's wage-and-hour rules work: daily and weekly overtime, double time, the seventh-day rule, meal and rest breaks, the minimum wage, exempt vs. non-exempt status, and wage claims.
Wrongful Termination in California
When a firing is unlawful in California: the at-will rule and its exceptions, termination in violation of public policy, FEHA-based and retaliatory termination, constructive discharge, the California WARN Act, and remedies.
Workplace Discrimination and Harassment in California
California's Fair Employment and Housing Act: protected categories, the harassment standard, employer liability, the Civil Rights Department complaint process and right-to-sue letter, deadlines, and damages.
Worker Classification and PAGA in California
California's ABC test for independent contractors under AB 5, the AB 2257 exemptions, the consequences of misclassification, and how PAGA representative actions and the 2024 reforms work.