Compensation Law
Labor Code §139.48 – Return-to-Work Supplement
Labor Code §139.48 created California’s Return-to-Work Supplement Program, which pays a one-time $5,000 to injured workers who were hurt on or after January 1,…
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Compensation Law
Labor Code §§4700–4703 – Workers’ Comp Death Benefits
Labor Code §§4700–4703 set California’s workers’ compensation death benefits: when a work injury or illness causes death, the employer must pay reasonable burial expenses…
Compensation Law
Labor Code §§3706 and 3715 – Uninsured Employers
If your California employer was required to carry workers’ compensation insurance and did not, Labor Code §3706 lets you, or your dependents if you…
Employment Law
Labor Code §§233–234 – Kin Care and Sick Leave Rights
Labor Code §233, California’s “kin care” law, requires every employer that provides sick leave to let you use, each calendar year, at least the…
Wage & Hour Violations
California Wage Order 17: The Catch-All Order for Miscellaneous Employees
Wage Order 17 is California’s catch-all wage order for jobs no other order covers. Learn what it includes, what it leaves out, and why…
Wage & Hour Violations
Restaurant Worker Rights in California: Tips, Breaks and the $20 Fast Food Wage
Tips, tip pools, service charges, meal and rest breaks, split shifts, reporting time pay and the $20 fast food minimum wage for California restaurant…
Wage & Hour Violations
California Farmworker Labor Laws: Wages, Overtime and Union Rights
A statewide guide to California farmworker rights: Wage Order 14, overtime, piece-rate pay, heat protection, farm labor contractor liability, H-2A basics and union rights…
Wage & Hour Violations
Warehouse Worker Rights in California: Pay, Breaks, Heat and Temps
A rights checklist for California warehouse and distribution center workers: wage orders, quotas, breaks, indoor heat, staffing agency joint liability and retaliation protections.
Wage & Hour Violations
California Wage Order 2: Personal Service (Salons, Barbers, Gyms)
Who California Wage Order 2 covers, from salons and barbershops to gyms and mortuaries, and the pay, break and booth-rental rules that apply.
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