What your California employer must reimburse you
Q: As part of my work, I travel to clients using my own car and I pay for gas. I also make several business-related calls on my personal cell phone, although since I have an unlimited plan, I...
View ArticleJudge certifies Filipino nurses as a class in trafficking suit vs. NY nursing...
NEW YORK–A federal judge certified as a class Filipino nurses who worked for New York’slargest network of nursing homes, which is being sued for human trafficking. This means any nurses recruited since...
View ArticleTwo Fil-Am activists among ‘Frederick Douglass 200’ honorees
Aqui Versoza stands in front of the Pilipino Workers Center headquarters in LA, aptly name the Larry Itliong Village. INQUIRER/Cecile Ochoa LOS ANGELES — Two Filipino Americans are being included this...
View ArticleMore protections for misclassified workers vs. fly-by-night employers
Trucks in Port of Long Beach, California. AP PHOTO California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office has awarded over $45 million in unlawful deductions from wages and out-of-pocket expenses to more than 400...
View ArticleImportant new legal protections for employees last year
Here are some important laws that were created or that took effect in California in 2018 to continue to protect employees: CA Supreme Court Tightens Laws on Independent Contractor Misclassification The...
View ArticleFil-Canadian gets 2-year prison term for abusing temporary workers
Halifax businessman Hector Mantolino was sentenced to two years for fraud. CTV HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – A Filipino businessman here will spend two years in prison for exploiting Filipino temporary...
View ArticleNearly 1-in-4 Americans get no paid vacation or holidays
AP PHOTO WASHINGTON – A newly revised report, No-Vacation Nation, Revised, by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), finds that the United States is still the only advanced economy that...
View ArticleEmployees’ right to sit down at work is no joke
Walgreens agreed to pay $15 million in damages to its employees who complained of lack of sitting facilities. Eden Smiles worked for Walgreens, the pharmacy giant, as a cashier. She filed a class...
View ArticleShould workers be paid even if not working?
The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court, ruling that the time drivers spent on layovers should be paid under California law, if Walmart exercised control over the drivers during those layovers....
View ArticleFiring workers for taking leave to care for a family member may be illegal
Stanley Vincent worked as a Patrol Officer for the California Highway Patrol for seven years. The Daily Journal reports that Vincent was fired from his job when he took three weeks of leave so he...
View ArticleDoes your compensation plan pay for all hours worked?
A class action lawsuit claimed that Was-Mart did not pay drivers for non-driving hours worked, such as refueling, layovers, etc. Richard Brown and Charles Ridgeway worked for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as...
View ArticleLarry Itliong Day and immigrant workers’ ongoing fight for just wages
Fil-Am labor hero Larry Itliong. WIKIPEDIA It was the spring of 1965, and in Coachella Valley, California, grape season was starting. Many of the workers in the grape fields were Filipinos, who had...
View ArticleWhen employer gives false reasons for discriminatory firing
Cesar Astorga worked as a maintenance supervisor at Snap-On Logistics Co., a power tools manufacturer. In 2002, while working, Cesar’s knees were injured when he fell from a scissor lift. He was...
View ArticleIn California, you’re entitled to back wages if you do work before clocking in
Q: I work at a customer service company that deal with private information. To protect our clients’ privacy, we use a lot of technology to keep information safe. However, the use of these...
View ArticleEmployment protections toughened under new California laws in 2017
This is our yearly wrap-up of some of the new laws that were created or that took effect in California in 2017 to continue to protect employees: California prohibits on-duty and on-call rest breaks...
View ArticleWhat to do if you’re fired
Terminations can be difficult situations, particularly where employees see the firing as unfair. The following are some helpful guidelines in navigating this difficult time: First: Make sure that the...
View ArticleUnlawful discrimination and how to protect against it
On May 29, 2018, about 175,000 Starbucks workers at about 8,000 locations underwent a training on race discrimination. The training session will focus on understanding both racial bias and the history...
View ArticleShould “Commute Time” in company vehicle be paid?
Joseluis Alcantar works for Hobart Service as a service technician traveling to Hobart’s customers to perform after-sale maintenance and repair services on equipment sold by Hobart’s parent company....
View ArticleU.S. House OKs more protections for labor union organizing
General view of the U.S. Capitol. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly approved legislation to expand protections for labor union organizing and...
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