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Article 17-02 ¡No Se Deje! California law requires school aged children to be enrolled in and to attend school.  Violations of the mandatory school attendance law permit prosecutors to initiate juvenile court actions against the child and to file criminal charges against the parents.  While the primary purpose of mandatory school attendance laws is to…

Artículo 17-02   La ley de California requiere que los menores en edad escolar se registren y asistan a la escuela.  Las violaciones a la ley de asistencia escolar obligatoria permiten que los fiscales inicien acciones en cortes juveniles contra el menor y registren cargos criminales contra los padres.  Aunque el propósito principal de las…

Article 17-01 ¡No Se Deje! Federal law and California law protect pregnant women from illegal discrimination.  It is illegal to withhold a job offer from, or to fire a woman, because she is pregnant.  It is also illegal to withhold a promotion, a raise, an assignment, a bonus or any other job related benefit because…

 Artículo 17-01 La ley Federal y la ley de California protegen a las mujeres embarazadas de la discriminación ilegal.  Es ilegal no ofrecer un trabajo o despedir a una mujer por estar embaraza.  También es ilegal suspender una promoción, un aumento de sueldo, una asignación, un bono o algún otro beneficio laboral debido al embarazo. …

Workers’ comp mandates that an employer’s insurance company must pay for an injured worker’s medical costs and other expenses related to the injury, as long as the worker sustained the injury during work-related tasks. One type of reimbursement an injured worker may receive in California is repayment for medical mileage. If you were recently injured…

Calling in sick at work – whether you’re actually sick or not – is your right as an employee. Taking a sick day is a common request when employees come down with a cold, the flu, or another illness. Sickness may not only render an employee unable to perform his or her job, but it…