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Legal Information Fact Sheets
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The Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center has written a number of legal information fact sheets to help people understand their rights in the workplace. These easy-to-read fact sheets cover a wide variety of employment law topics, ranging from wrongful termination and unpaid wages, to workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, discrimination and harassment. Please see below a list of our current inventory, and click titles to download and view. If you would like to order fact sheets, please click here to e-mail us your request.
Note on formats: Most fact sheets are viewable in PDF format, and we are gradually offering them in HTML format as well. To view the PDF fact sheets, you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here for the free download.
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The Community Legal Services Program
NEW! Employees who work in San Francisco may be eligible for Paid Sick Leave effective February 5, 2007.
Read the Paid Sick Leave in San Francisco Fact Sheet for more information.
General
- 12 Facts About Employment Law [PDF] [HTML]
- Anti-War Protests by Employees[PDF] [HTML]
- Arbitration of Employment Claims [PDF] [HTML]
- Assault and Battery in the Workplace [PDF]
- Credit Reports and Background Checks [PDF]
- Criminal Records and Employment [PDF] [HTML]
- Discrimination and Harassment in Employment [PDF] [HTML]
- Document Abuse (Identification Documents at Work [PDF] [HTML]
- Employer Bankruptcy, Sale, or Abandonment [PDF] [HTML]
- False Imprisonment in the Workplace [PDF] [HTML]
- Fraud or Misrepresentation in the Workplace [PDF] [HTML]
- Government Employees [PDF] [HTML]
- Health and Safety (Cal/OSHA) [PDF] [HTML]
- Health Insurance After Employment: COBRA [PDF] [HTML]
- Health Insurance During Employment [PDF] [HTML]
- Hiring a Labor or Employment Lawyer [PDF] [HTML]
- Household Workers [PDF] [HTML]
- Immigration Protests by Employees[PDF] [HTML]
- Know-Your-Rights Legal Update: May 1, 2006 Immigration Protests
- Independent Contractor or Employee? How you should be classified [PDF] [HTML]
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in the Workplace [PDF]
- Military Reservists [PDF] [HTML]
- Payroll Taxes [PDF] [HTML]
- Pension and 401(k)/403(b) [PDF] [HTML]
- Personnel File [PDF] [HTML]
- Privacy in the Workplace [PDF] [HTML]
- Quitting your Job [PDF] [HTML]
- State Disability Insurance [PDF] [HTML]
- Workplace Defamation [PDF] [HTML]
- Wrongful Termination [PDF] [HTML]
- Your Rights During a Mass Layoff or Closing (W.A.R.N. Act) [PDF] [HTML]
Workers' Compensation
Please click here
for information about recent changes to California workers'
compensation laws.
- Workers' Compensation Overviews [PDF]
- Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) [PDF]
- Medical Care [PDF]
- Permanent Disability Benefits [PDF]
- Temporary Disability Benefits [PDF]
Labor Unions
- Duty of Fair Representation [PDF] [HTML]
- Union Activity: The Right to Organize [PDF] [HTML]
Unemployment Insurance
- Overview of Unemployment Benefits [PDF] [HTML]
- Ability to Work [PDF] [HTML]
- Availability for Work [PDF] [HTML]
- Eligibility After Being Fired from a Job [PDF] [HTML]
- Eligibility After Quitting a Job [PDF] [HTML]
- Overpayments [PDF] [HTML]
- Partial Employment and Reporting Earnings [PDF] [HTML]
- Past Earnings Requirements/Weekly Benefit Amount [PDF] [HTML]
- Temp Workers [PDF] [HTML]
- Work Search and Suitable Work [PDF] [HTML]
Wage and Hour Law
- Pay Changes [PDF]
- Overview of Wage and Hour Law [PDF] [HTML]
- Alternative Workweeks [PDF] [HTML]
- Collecting Your Judgment [PDF] [HTML]
- Comp Time [PDF] [HTML]
- Deductions from Pay [PDF] [HTML]
- Do-it-Yourself Recovery of Unpaid Wages [PDF] [HTML]
- Exemptions from Overtime Pay [PDF] [HTML]
- Getting Your Final Paycheck [PDF] [HTML]
- Meal Breaks and Rest Breaks [PDF] [HTML]
- Minimum Wage [PDF] [HTML]
- Overtime Pay [PDF] [HTML]
- Pay Days, Late Pay, Bounced Paychecks [PDF] [HTML]
- Reimbursement of Expenses [PDF] [HTML]
- Severance Pay - Release of Legal Claims [PDF] [HTML]
- Tips and Tip Pooling [PDF] [HTML]
- Uniforms, Tools and Equipment [PDF] [HTML]
- Vacation and Sick Pay [PDF] [HTML]
The Gender Equity Program
General
- Pregnancy Discrimination [PDF] [HTML]
- Sexual Harassment [PDF] [HTML]
Domestic Violence
- 7 Important Facts About Your Workplace Rights [PDF] [DOC]
- Job-Guaranteed Time Off To Go To Court [PDF] [DOC]
- Job-Guaranteed Leave to Obtain Services [PDF] [DOC]
- Taking Leave For Your Own Health Condition [PDF] [DOC]
- Taking Leave To Care For A Family Member [PDF] [DOC]
- Paid Family Leave Benefits [PDF] [DOC]
- Unemployment Insurance If You Must Quit [PDF] [DOC]
- Disabilities in the Workplace: An Introduction to State and Federal Law [PDF] [DOC]
Family and Medical Leave
- Caring for a Family Member [PDF] [HTML]
- Paid Family Leave [PDF] [HTML]
- Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Bonding [PDF] [HTML]
- Your Own Serious Health Condition [PDF] [HTML]
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
- Gender Identity Discrimination [PDF] [HTML]
- Sexual Orientation Discrimination [PDF] [HTML]
The National Origin, Immigration and Language Rights Program
- Employment Rights of Undocumented Workers [PDF] [HTML]
- Language Discrimination [PDF] [HTML]
The Disability Rights Program
- Disabilities in Higher Education [PDF] [HTML]
- Disabilities in the
Workplace [PDF] [HTML]
- Disabilities in the Workplace: Drug and Alcohol Use and Testing [PDF] [HTML]
- Disabilites in the Workplace: Reasonable Accommodations [PDF] [HTML]
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