News & Updates
Company Can Enforce Its Holiday Policy
Orange County Employee Rights Lawyer Q: Our company was given the entire Christmas week off, exempt and nonexempt employees alike. Only one and a half of those days were paid as a holiday. The other three and a half days had to be taken as vacation or unpaid time off. As a salaried employee, can…
Illegal to Combine Meal & Rest Breaks
by Patrick E. Turner Employee Rights Lawyer, Orange County Q: I work in a medical office with a new administrator. We’ve always been allowed to take rest breaks with our lunch breaks due to what’s otherwise an unpredictable morning and afternoon. Now we’re told it is illegal. A: “It would appear your new administrator is…
Employers Have Discretion Over Time Off
Employee Rights Attorney, Orange County Q: I work in the restaurant business. My employer said we cannot take a vacation during spring break, summer or Christmas. Most employees have been there for over a year. Some are in school and some work vacations around school-age children. My employer also makes us pay for cash drawer…
Meal Periods Vary With Employee Status
by Patrick E. Turner Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I am a salaried employee, required to work 40 hours a week. Our new manager says office hours are 8:30 5:30. I do not need a one-hour break for lunch. I’d rather use my 20-minute break and get back to work. Do I have…
Use-It-Or-Lose-It Vacation Policies Illegal
Is your employer establishing “use it or lose it” policy to your vacation time? Read about the legality of these type of vacation policies.
To Collect Retirement, You Must Retire
Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I am in my company’s pension plan (not a 401 k), but the company stopped contributing to it at the end of 1999. I was 65 in December 1998. I’m still working for the company full time. Can I collect my pension and continue working for them full…