By Lawrence Glasner, Employment Attorney | Glasner Law P.C. | Redding, CA Discrimination at work doesn’t always look like the obvious, overt acts you might imagine. It rarely arrives with an explicit statement of bias. Instead, it often surfaces in patterns — a promotion that goes to someone less qualified, a standard applied unevenly, a…
Continue reading ›By Lawrence Glasner, Employment Attorney | Glasner Law P.C. | Redding, CA California has some of the most employee-protective wage and hour laws in the country. And yet wage theft — the practice of employers failing to pay workers everything they are legally owed — remains one of the most widespread labor violations in the…
Continue reading ›California law protects employees who speak up. If you reported unsafe conditions, complained about harassment, filed a wage claim, or cooperated with an investigation — and your employer responded by making your work life difficult or ending your employment — you may be the victim of illegal workplace retaliation. What Is Workplace Retaliation? Retaliation occurs…
Continue reading ›By Lawrence Glasner, Employment Attorney | Glasner Law P.C. | Redding, CA When your employer hands you a severance agreement, it can feel like a lifeline. You’ve just lost your job, you’re worried about your finances, and someone is offering you money. But that document you’re being asked to sign is not a gift —…
Continue reading ›By Lawrence Glasner, Employment Attorney | Glasner Law P.C. | Redding, CA Losing your job is one of the most disorienting experiences a person can face. When it happens suddenly, without clear explanation, or in circumstances that feel deeply unfair, you may be asking yourself: Was this legal? In California, the answer matters — and…
Continue reading ›Employers in California can take several proactive steps to reduce employee disputes and lawsuits. Here are seven effective strategies. 1. Incorporate Clear “At-Will” Language: Employers should ensure that all workplace policies, including employment applications, agreements, offer letters, and handbooks, contain clearly worded “at-will” language. This language, drafted by an employment law attorney, is a crucial…
Continue reading ›“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.” — Abraham Lincoln, Notes…
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