What is an adverse employment action?

On behalf of Sullivan Law Group APC posted in workplace discrimination on Friday, November 23, 2018. As a California employee, you probably already know that your employer cannot fire you in retaliation for your reporting workplace discrimination to either it or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In fact, as the EEOC explains, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act forbids your employer from …

Has your employer failed to pay you for working overtime?

On behalf of Sullivan Law Group APC on Monday, November 5, 2018. Let us say you are working as a janitor for a well-established furniture upholstery company that has two locations: one in Sorrento Valley and another in Escondido. The company is short on staff at present, so you often need to continue working after your shift is over. However, you do not …