Sacramento Employment Lawyer

07/19/2022

Wow, I forgot this page existed! We're still here, suing bad employers for wage theft, discrimination, harassment, disability accommodations, and the like.

11/06/2017

Good advice.

Wondering what to do if you have been sexually harassed or assaulted by someone at work? If your first thought was to make a report to HR, you may want to listen up. The truth of the matter is that the HR department has been put in place to serve the needs of the company first and foremost. This

01/19/2016

Nice note from a client today: "Your counsel for, and delivery of, our case was masterful!" Made my day!

08/26/2015

Yes, absolutely yes.

Investigation reveals the devastating effects of the lack of paid family leave: Our data show nearly 1 in 4 employed mothers return to work within two weeks of childbirth.

05/18/2015

http://celavoice.org/2015/05/18/what-do-the-united-states-and-papua-new-guinea-have-in-common/

What do the United States and Papua New Guinea have in common? According to the United Nations, they are the only countries in the world without any sort of paid time off for new mothers. In the M...

05/06/2015

Your job contract or cellphone agreement could have secret language that ruins your life. Here's how it works

04/15/2015

By Mariko Yoshihara Today we recognize Equal Pay Day, which marks the day in 2015 when the average woman could finally stop working if she was hoping to make the same amount of money the average ma...

02/27/2015

http://celavoice.org/2015/02/27/lactating-men-toilet-stalls-and-the-arc-of-justice/

By Christian Schreiber For the vast majority of workers, the laws that protect their rights operate silently in the background. This is especially true in California, where labor laws are frequentl...

10/16/2014

Great article by a CELA colleague, destroying the "litigious society" BS with actual facts!

http://celavoice.org/2014/10/10/litigious-society/

By Craig Byrnes I’m a trial lawyer. When people find out what I do for a living, I usually get an earful. Too many lawsuits, they say. The verdicts are too high, they tell me. The first thing I le...

05/13/2014

This short, informative video explains how little impact it would have on prices if Walmart would pay their employees a living wage.

http://www.upworthy.com/the-shocking-truth-about-what-it-would-cost-us-all-if-walmart-paid-living-wage?c=huf1

Let’s say we get Walmart workers off of food stamps. What does that do to prices?