Service industries, especially around the holidays, are often difficult to work. In the United States, tipping for a service is usually customary and expected. As an extra wage, tipping is often the subject of legal debates in many lawsuits. Most recently, the state of California made it unlawful for restaurants to require a mandatory gratuity...

We've all had that co-worker. Perhaps they make “jokes” that are just a bit too personal. Maybe they don't get the hint when you reject their dinner invitation (for the 3rd time). Or maybe they even get a little too touchy with their hugs and shoulder massages. But it's nothing to cause a scene over, right?Not necessarily.Cosmopolitan...

First, the bad news: in a recent poll, a quarter – 25% – of employers surveyed said they had caught an employee in a lie about being sick because of social media.The “good” news is that only a little over 20% of the employees who were caught were terminated immediately.  The others might have...

A huge wrongful termination settlement was recently awarded to Cynthia Begazo for her case. Begazo initiated the case in September of 2015 after she was fired from Passages Malibu Rehab Center. She alleged that the termination was wrongful on the basis of discrimination and retaliation.Begazo started working for Passages Malibu in March 2015 as their Human...

California's overtime law requires employers to pay those employees who are eligible twice their rate of pay when they have worked more than 12 hours in one workday or more than eight hours on their seventh consecutive day of work. Employees who qualify for overtime in California are paid 1.5 times their normal rate when they work...