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Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I am a public employee hoping to retire within one or two years. I will receive a payoff on accumulated sick leave. A retired co worker said the federal government does not tax vacation leave, sick leave, compensatory time, service pay, disability pay and death benefits under Section…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: The company I work for was recently acquired. I’m an exempt employee and receive four hours’ sick time a month as an accrued benefit, which shows on my pay stub along with accrued vacation under “Paid Time Off.” My sick time balance is 543 hours. I will be…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: Are there laws about when to schedule break times? My company is giving us break times that make no sense at all. One day, my last break was scheduled at 5:30 p.m. and my shift ended at 6:00 p.m. Obviously, a break at this time is completely useless…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: If a salaried employee has been working for the same company for 18 years, has earned three weeks’ paid vacation, and has been receiving this same amount of vacation for the past eight to 10 years, can the employer suddenly cut one week of this paid vacation? A:…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I am usually scheduled for an eight-hour shift – noon to 8:00 p.m. , for example. We are allowed a one-hour break during our shift that we must clock out for. Therefore, I am not receiving any break time on the clock. Is this legal? What are the…

Employee Rights Attorney Mission Viejo, California Q: I read that employees are supposed to get two breaks daily, by law. Are security officers exempt from that law? I work as a gate security officer in a gated community. The guards are not allowed to take a break of any kind. We eat and use the…