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Jul

Does Travel Time Count for Wage and Hour Law?

One question that we frequently receive is whether travel time counts as compensable time for purposes of wage and hour law and it really depends what kind of travel it is. All of us drive to work in the morning and we drive home in the afternoon, that is not compensable time. Ho...

Jul

Does Your Firm Handle Business Disputes?

What kind of business disputes does Kesluk, Silverstein, Jacob & Morrison, P. C. handle? The reality is that we handle the entire range of different businesses that are out there. We represent all sorts of companies that have sued each other related to all sorts of business ma...

Jul

Can I Afford an Attorney for an Employment Law Claim?

At Kesluk, Silverstein, Jacob & Morrison, P. C. we basically pride ourselves in the fact that I would say 90 to 95 percent of our cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means that the client calling me whose, god forbid, lost his job, he doesn’t have the assets to...

Jul

Can Your Firm Help Me Sue a Fortune 500 Company?

You know, people often ask me, are you scared about going against one of those big Fortune 500 companies? And my answer is no. Every sued, every major employer, not just in the state, not just in the country, but in the world. I’m set to go to Korea on a number of depos very soon...

Jul

How Do You Identify Racial Discrimination in the Workplace?

Racial discrimination is another form of discrimination. It’s, simply put, discrimination based on someone’s race and what we’ve seen in race discrimination as compared to years past is that it’s taken a more subtle turn than it did, say, in the 1960s where someone would have som...

Jul

How Does Arbitration Affect Employment Law in California?

Arbitration is an issue that is radically changing the landscape of employment law, not just in California, but across the country. With the enforceability of arbitration, employers now have a weapon in their arsenal that essentially precludes employees from being able to sue the...

Jul

Need a California Employment Lawyer?

Here at Kesluk, Silverstein, Jacob & Morrison, P. C. , our office is in Los Angeles, California. But we regularly litigate cases not only throughout California, but throughout the country. I have cases currently pending right now in San Francisco, in Oakland, in San Diego, in O...

Jul

What Are the Laws Regarding Parental Leave?

Just because you don’t work for an employer who has 50 or more employees doesn’t mean that there aren’t certain protections that you have. So, for instance if I work for a company that only has 15 employees, that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m not entitled to time off to care for m...

Jul

What Are My Rights If I Am Wrongfully Terminated?

One of the problems we have is that employees are terminated and they get walked out of their firm and the employers tend to keep it a secret. So I think that when you feel something is unjust, I think it is important for you to reduce into writing why you’re still employed. Take...

Jul

Protections for Women in the Workplace

So there are certain protections that you have as a pregnant employee that it depends on the size of your employer the types of protections that you have and whether or not you have any type of pregnancy-related disabilities. You are considered and recognized as being disabled as...

Jul

What Is Hiring Discrimination?

Almost all employment laws apply not only to current employees, but also to applicants, and so one of the most common ones is someone who’s not hired because of a physical disability and that’s known at the time of their interview. For example, we have a case right now, an usher ...

Jul

Why Is There a Gender Pay Gap?

Why do women sometimes get paid less than men for the same work? In this video, California employment lawyer Douglas Silverstein discusses the possible reasons for the gender pay gap and discusses his history handling Equal Pay Act claims. For more information, call (310)...

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