According to a recent news feature from the Orange County Register, the clothing retailer American Apparel is cutting 300 jobs in Los Angeles and 80 more in Garden Grove. The 80 employees may not be the only ones laid off in Garden Grove as union leaders are preparing for that…
We all know that finding a new job can be difficult. This is especially true if you are currently unemployed. As the saying goes, it’s easier to find a job when you already have a job. However, we talk about finding a new job, many people do not even know…
If a worker is classified as an independent contractor, then by the classification’s very nature, the worker is not an employee. In many industries there is a lot of worker misclassification. One of the biggest industries with worker misclassification problems is the construction industry, and, in California, there are a…
A class action lawsuit filed in California’s Northern District Court asserts the drivers who work for Uber are wrongly classified as independent contractors when in fact they should be employees. The ride-sharing service, one of several to crop up in recent years, shot back with a motion asserting the workers…