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  • 2024
    • January
      • Understanding Employee Rights: A Comprehensive Guide to Employment Law
  • 2023
    • October
      • Language Discrimination in Arbitration: A New Perspective on Impartial Decision Making
  • 2022
    • June
      • Tesla Illegal Layoff Penalties
      • Should I Be Reimbursed for My Travel Expenses?
    • May
      • Can I Get Compensated for My Unused Vacation Time?
    • April
      • California Automatic Renewal Charges are Illegal Under Many Circumstances
      • California Meal Break Requirements
      • National Origin Discrimination
    • March
      • Unpaid Labor Commissioner Award
      • Which Workplace Expenses Can Be Reimbursed?
    • January
      • 2022 California Minimum Wage Increase
  • 2021
    • December
      • Changes to California Employment Laws in 2022
    • October
      • Who is Protected from Employment Discrimination?
    • September
      • What to Expect When Filing a Job Discrimination Lawsuit
    • June
      • Can I Sue a Large Company for Discrimination?
      • What Documents Do I Need to Prove Discrimination?
    • April
      • Employer Doesn’t Pay Wage Claim Award
    • February
      • Reporting Time Pay for Training Meeting
      • Sent Home Due to Lack of Work
      • Additional Rest Periods for Smoking Breaks
  • 2020
    • September
      • Wage Claim Options: Labor Commissioner/Board or Civil Court?
  • 2019
    • June
      • We Fight for Workers’ Rights All the Way to the Us Supreme Court
  • 2018
    • February
      • California Wage Laws Apply on Offshore Oil Platforms
  • 2016
    • December
      • On-Call Rest Breaks Illegal in California
    • November
      • Labor Commissioner Award in Owner-Operator Misclassification Case
    • September
      • Rent Credits for Resident Apartment Manager Wage Claims
    • June
      • Michael Strauss Interviewed by National Publication
    • April
      • Judgment for Unpaid Overtime Obtained in Kern County
    • March
      • Firm Name Change to Strauss & Strauss, APC
    • January
      • Los Angeles Port Drivers Awarded Millions in Back Pay
  • 2015
    • December
      • Strauss & Strauss Hires Rabiah Rahman
      • Top Five Ingredients of a Good Resident Apartment Manager Wage Claim
    • October
      • Court of Appeal Upholds $1.2 million Fee Award
    • September
      • Ecolab Route Sales Managers Held to be Non-Exempt from Overtime and Meal Periods
  • 2014
    • July
      • Trucker Owner-Operator Misclassification Awards Piling Up
  • 2013
    • April
      • Employer Refused to Carry-Over Unused Vacation
      • Outside Circumstances Prevent Shift Completion
      • Misclassified as an Independent Contractor
      • Summary Judgment Defeated in Ecolab Institutional Division Overtime Case
    • March
      • Vacation Plan Not For Part-Time Employee
      • Vacations Taken in Advance of Being Earned
      • Paid Time Off vs. Vacation Plans
      • Pay for Unused Vacation Days
    • February
      • Employer Not Allowing Rest Periods
      • Employer Refuses Rest Periods For Lactacting
      • Employer Refusing Rest Periods During 8-hr Shifts
      • Employer Retaliating Against Employees
      • How Long Do I Have to File a Rest Period Wage Claim
      • Rest Periods in the Middle of a 4-hr Work Period
      • Stay on Premesis During Rest Period
      • Toilet Breaks Counting as Rest Periods
      • Work Through Rest Periods to Leave Work Early
      • Ceilings on Vacation Earnings
      • Employer Retaliating Against Employee for Vacation Claims
      • Forfeiture of Earned Vacation Time
      • How Vacation is Earned
      • If Employer Doesn’t Pay ODA in Vacation Wage Claim
      • After I File a Vacation Wage Claim
      • Sent Home Due to Poor Performance
      • What is Reporting Time Pay?
      • When Does Reporting Time Pay Not Apply?
      • Win Reporting Time Pay Claim But Employer Does Not Pay
      • Rest Break Wage Claims
      • Basic Requirements for Rest Periods
      • My Employee Filed a Wage Claim
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      • Do I Need a Lawyer?
      • Employer Doesn’t Pay Order, Decision, or Award
      • File for Workers’ Comp and Wage Claim
      • Filing the Complaint
      • I Filed with the Labor Commissioner but May Want an Attorney
      • Summary of Procedures for Wage Claim Processing
      • The Conference
      • The Hearing
      • What Happens After Filing Wage Claim?
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      • Both Independent Contractor and Employee
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      • Resident Apartment Manager Rent Credit
      • Unlicensed Trade School Teachers Non-Exempt
      • Employer Authorization for Working Overtime
      • Employer Doesn’t Pay Earned Overtime
      • Independent Contractor or Employee?
      • Employer Retaliation for Overtime Wage Claim
      • Get Paid For Unauthorized Overtime
      • Getting Paid for Overtime
      • Is a Fluctuating Workweek Legal in California?
      • Process of Filing an Overtime Wage Claim
      • Straight Time Pay for Overtime Hours
      • After Filing a Reporting Time Pay Wage Claim
      • Does Reporting Time Pay Count Towards Overtime?
      • Employer Does Not Pay Reporting Time Pay
      • Employer Retaliation for Reporting Time Pay Claim
      • Leave Work for a Personal Matter
      • Overtime Including Sick Days or Holiday Hours
      • Can I Recover My Attorney Fees in a Wage Claim?
      • Employer Does Not Pay ODA
      • Meal Period Requirements in California
      • Reporting Pay and Overtime for 2nd Shift
      • Reporting Time Pay for Reporting Twice
      • California and Federal Minimum Wage History
      • Wage Claim Procedure for Independent Contractors
    • January
      • Affirmative Defense Defeated in Ecolab Overtime Lawsuit
      • Judgment against Deer Lodge in Ojai for $80k-plus
  • 2012
    • September
      • Mike Strauss is a Panelist at an Employment Mediation Roundtable MCLE
    • May
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