October 17, 2025
How to Maximize Your Severance Offer in California: Tips from a Lawyer
The moment you are handed a severance package can stop you in your tracks. One minute you are processing the shock of losing your job, the next you are staring…
Workplace Retaliation
Covers situations where employees face punishment or termination for asserting their legal rights, such as reporting discrimination, harassment, or wage violations.
October 9, 2025
How to Document and Prove Sexual Harassment in California
If you are being sexually harassed at work, it is not enough to know that what is happening is wrong. You need to know how to document and prove sexual…
October 2, 2025
Workplace Events and Sexual Harassment in California: Employee Guide
Workplace events and sexual harassment in California are more closely connected than many employees realize. Holiday parties, off-site retreats, conferences, client dinners, and business travel are supposed to be about…
September 18, 2025
What If HR Ignores Your Sexual Harassment Complaint in California
What if HR ignores your sexual harassment complaint in California? Sometimes employees take the right step and report harassment, only to have HR dismiss it. HR may downplay what happened.…
September 16, 2025
Can I Sue My Employer for Unpaid Wages in California While Still Employed?
Employees often ask me: “Can I sue my employer for unpaid wages while I’m still working there?” The short answer is yes, you can file an unpaid wages claim in…
September 8, 2025
What to Do When HR Ignores Your Complaint in California: Employee Guide
One of the most frustrating experiences an employee can face is making the effort to raise a workplace complaint only to have Human Resources go silent. When HR ignores your…
September 4, 2025
How to Make a Workplace Complaint in California: Verbal vs. Written
One of the most common questions I get from California employees is simple: does a verbal complaint at work count, or does it have to be in writing? Many employees…
September 2, 2025
Severe vs. Pervasive Sexual Harassment in California
Every week, employees call my office convinced they are being harassed at work. Many of them are. But just as often, what they’re describing is general mistreatment, unfair treatment, or…
September 2, 2025
Does Reporting Sexual Harassment Hurt Your Career in California?
When employees ask me whether reporting sexual harassment will ruin their careers, I understand the hesitation. Sexual harassment isn’t rare, and it usually isn’t as obvious as an assault. More…
July 13, 2025
How to Negotiate Severance Like an Employment Lawyer
Most employees have no idea how to negotiate an increase in their severance offer. Like everything else in life, experience makes a big difference. And when you’re negotiating a severance…