Category: Wages

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…

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…