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For executives, C-suite officers, managers, engineering leaders, sales leaders, and equity-compensated California tech employees facing layoffs By Matthew J. Ruggles If you are a California tech employee facing a layoff, the severance agreement sitting in your...
What California Employees Should Know About Unpaid Commission Disputes By Matthew J Ruggles Why Commission Disputes Matter in California A California commission dispute usually begins with a simple sentence: "This cannot be right." The employee closed the deal. The...
Everything California Employees Need to Know About Disability Discrimination, the Interactive Process, Reasonable Accommodation, Medical Leave, and Wrongful Termination Disability Discrimination Is Rarely About the Disability Here's one of the biggest misconceptions...
Top 5 Opportunities, Top 5 Mistakes, and the Strategies Executives Use to Maximize Their Severance By Matthew J. Ruggles "The biggest mistake employees make during severance negotiations isn't asking for too much. It's assuming they have nothing to negotiate." You...
Why Severance Negotiations Change Once an Employment Lawyer Enters the Room By Matthew J Ruggles You’ve just been terminated. Maybe it was framed as a “restructuring.” Maybe it was called a “performance” decision. Maybe the meeting lasted ten minutes, ended with a...
What California Sales Professionals Should Know About Commission Caps, Windfall Adjustments, and Earned Wage Protections By Matthew J Ruggles What Is a Windfall Provision in a Commission Plan? If you are looking for a California commission clawback lawyer after your...
If you were fired, demoted, written up, or suddenly treated differently after speaking up at work, you are probably asking whether you were retaliated against. The answer often turns on a technical but critical issue: whether you engaged in protected activity in...
You were fired. That’s hard enough. Then it gets worse. Your employer tells you that you were terminated “for cause.” They claim you violated policy. They suggest misconduct. They hint at performance failures that never happened. Now you are not just unemployed....
One of the most common things employees say when they contact an employment lawyer about sexual harassment without witnesses is this: “It was just me and them. I don’t think I can prove it.” That belief stops many valid cases before they ever begin. It is also wrong....
If you are trying to negotiate RSU acceleration in California, the first thing you will usually hear is that forfeiture is automatic and non-negotiable. That statement is often delivered confidently, usually by HR, and often right before a severance agreement is...
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