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Client: Mesriani Law Group / Role: Copywriter / Project: Long-form blogs on employment law topics
Mesriani Law Group (MLG) is a top employment law firm in Los Angeles. For over 20 years, MLG has helped California workers with various employment issues
including wage and hours violations, meal and rest break violations, employment retaliation, and wrongful termination.
5 Types of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Violations
Workplace accidents and injuries can be detrimental to your career. Slips, falls, and other accidents can mean having to time off from your employment to recover. For some, serious accidents can leave long-lasting injuries that they can never fully recover from.
To protect employees from safety hazards at work, Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) enforces safety and health regulations for employees in Los Angeles and throughout the United States.
All employers, manufacturers, and workers must comply with OSHA standards to ensure a safe working environment. However, when OSHA codes and rules are ignored, consequences can be dangerous or at worse even fatal.
Here are the 5 types of OSHA violations that you should know about:
What is Minimum Wage Violation in California?
Most states have a minimum wage law that dictates the lowest amount that an employee can be paid on a per hour basis. For states that don’t have a minimum wage mandate, employers must adhere to the federal minimum wage. In California, all employers must comply with the state’s minimum wage laws.
Federal Minimum Wage
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour for employers with less than 25 employees.
California Minimum Wage
California labor laws generally provide employees with better protection than federal laws. While federal laws are the minimum standard, state laws can add additional protection. Employers must comply with both.
What You Should Know About California Sick Leave Law
Flu season is here. And while you can get sick anytime during the year, seasonal influenza (flu) viruses are most common during the fall and winter months. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the majority of flu activity peaks between December and February.
In California, that means a lot of employees may be getting sick and need to take time off.
But do California employees get paid sick leave? If so, how much? If you don’t use your sick time, do you get paid for unused sick days? Are all employees entitled to paid sick leave?