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Article 17-02 ¡No Se Deje! California law requires school aged children to be enrolled in and to attend school.  Violations of the mandatory school attendance law permit prosecutors to initiate juvenile court actions against the child and to file criminal charges against the parents.  While the primary purpose of mandatory school attendance laws is to…

Article 17-01 ¡No Se Deje! Federal law and California law protect pregnant women from illegal discrimination.  It is illegal to withhold a job offer from, or to fire a woman, because she is pregnant.  It is also illegal to withhold a promotion, a raise, an assignment, a bonus or any other job related benefit because…

Workers’ comp mandates that an employer’s insurance company must pay for an injured worker’s medical costs and other expenses related to the injury, as long as the worker sustained the injury during work-related tasks. One type of reimbursement an injured worker may receive in California is repayment for medical mileage. If you were recently injured…

Calling in sick at work – whether you’re actually sick or not – is your right as an employee. Taking a sick day is a common request when employees come down with a cold, the flu, or another illness. Sickness may not only render an employee unable to perform his or her job, but it…

Pay secrecy has been a hotly debated topic recently, especially in light of gender wage gap issues and the question of whether or not salaries should be an allowable point of discussion in the workplace. For years, most employers have held that employees are not allowed to discuss their pay with other coworkers. Some have…

What is important to most people when they think about their job? Comfort and happiness are big parts of it, but when it comes to practicality, the things people focus on are what the job provides: dental and health insurance, 401k, sick leave, social security, and worker’s compensation in the event of an injury. But…