Category Archives: Know Your Rights

Plain-English guides to your rights as a California employee.

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What if You Get Fired for No Reason?

In most states your employer can fire you without giving a reason. But at-will employment [...]

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A Jury Hit Walmart With $125 Million for Discrimination. A Loophole From 1991 Got Them Off the Hook.

A Wisconsin jury awarded $125 million after Walmart fired a 15-year employee with Down Syndrome. [...]

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Is Your Job a Hostile Work Environment?

A toxic workplace is not always illegal, but a hostile work environment is. A California [...]

Who Faces the Most Discrimination at Work?

As Trump’s EEOC focuses on white men, the question must be asked, who actually faces [...]

Labor Rights: What if they don’t say why you’re fired?

At Will Employment means they technically don’t need a reason to fire you. But there’s [...]

Labor Rights: What if You are Forced to Quit?

You can regain control of the situation, even if you have no choice but to [...]

The At-Will Myth

Employers have lied about "At Will Employment" for generations. This is how companies cheat the [...]