Category: Wages

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…

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…

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…

Is your employer establishing “use it or lose it” policy to your vacation time? Read about the legality of these type of vacation policies.

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…

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…