No. Whether you are entitled to overtime depends on whether you are an exempt or nonexempt employee, not whether you are paid a salary. It is not true that salaried employees are always exempt from overtime and other Industrial Welfare Commission rules. In fact, most...
Month: July 2021
Can you structure your partnership to avoid partner disputes?
There are many reasons partners fall into dispute. Business disagreements are common enough. One partner may favor a strategy that another thinks is a mistake. Intrapersonal issues also come up. One partner may be working noticeably harder than the other partners, or...
What is Seth’s Law, California’s anti-bullying statute?
In 2010, a 13-year-old California boy named Seth took his own life after experiencing years of anti-gay bullying in school. His school had failed to address the bullying, even though California law requires that all public school students be given equal access to...
What actually constitutes harassment in the workplace?
When people think about harassment, it can seem hard to guess what is actually prohibited. Take sexual harassment, for example. Many people fear that asking a co-worker out on a date could constitute sexual harassment. But as long as you accept it if the answer is no,...