San Francisco wage discrimination attorneys explore the race and sex discrimination issues alleged in a lawsuit against Oracle A recent investigation of Oracle, a major employer in Redwood City, has raised concerns of wage discrimination. Wage Discrimination Accusations Against Oracle The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the U.S. Labor Department…

A commission is an agreement, between an employer and employee, basing the employee’s compensation on a certain percentage of goods or services sold by the employee. The compensation is either a percentage of the price or product sold, or a flat amount per unit sold. The commission agreement will determine…

Emeryville, near Oakland, California, recently joined a growing number of U.S. cities in raising its local minimum wage. Effective July 1, 2015, Emeryville raised its minimum wage and implemented paid sick leave for all employees who work at least two hours within the city’s geographic boundaries. The new ordinance sets…

In California, most employees have a right to a copy of their personnel file. But what is a personnel file? In California, a personnel file may include any documents that are used to determine an employee’s qualifications for employment, promotion, additional compensation, termination, disciplinary action, or that pertain to any…