Author: Vision Legal, Inc - Written By Tina Mehr
Juneteenth 2020
From Dred Scott to Trayvon Martin, the American legal system sounds in Black injustice. Today, Americans, of every color and creed, are marching together to proclaim #ENOUGHISENOUGH. Not one more Black man or woman should plead, “I can’t breathe!” It’s not enough that we, the People, are marching to demand that the promise of America […]
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Paid Sick Leave California’s new Paid Sick Leave (“PSL”) law went into full effect on July 1, 2015. In general, the law requires employers to provide employees with at least 24 hours, or three days, of paid sick leave per year. Who Qualifies? All employees who work at least 30 days for the same employer […]
Read MoreFamily & Medical Leave: 4 Big Differences Between State & Federal Law
If you are experiencing a personal or family medical situation, and need to take a leave of absence from your job, you may be wondering about your legal rights and options. Employees in California have several options available, provided by several different laws that address this same subject, which include the Family Medical Leave Act […]
Read MoreTop 10 Consumer Frauds: Watch Out!
Consumer fraud is on the rise, even though the level of consumer transactions has remained fairly stable over the last few years. A study conducted by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, demonstrated that the number of fraudulent transactions from merchants has increased from 80 per month in 2012, to 206 per month in 2016. This is a […]
Read More7 Deadly Sins of Unequal Pay
7 Deadly Sins of Unequal Pay On January 1, 2016, the California Fair Pay Act, went through a renaissance, with a new amendment authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, that turned California’s Fair Pay Act into one of the toughest equal pay laws in the nation. If you are a woman earning less than your male […]
Read MoreDevil’s in the Details: Mandatory Arbitration & Your Employment Documents
Mandatory arbitration provisions in employment documents that employees must sign if they want to begin work represent the hallmark of unequal bargaining power, with employers demanding, in effect, that employees abandon legal protections as a pre-condition to collecting a paycheck. These clauses are sometimes hidden within the piles of paperwork that employees sign when they […]
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