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How you approach wrongful termination of employment cases depends on whether you were employed under contract or at will.  Most employees in California and most other states are employed on an at will basis, which means that the employer may end the employment...

Especially in our youth-obsessed culture, most women do not think of menopause as a relief.  The hot flashes, insomnia, and inexplicable bad moods are no one’s idea of a good time.  The social consequences are worse than the physical ones, though.  You must cope with...

There is a lot to love about California, from the scenic views to the locally sourced produce and diverse cuisines.  Working in California also gives you fewer reasons to complain than employees in other states.  California has some of the strongest worker protections...

Everyone who raises a child does so with the help of other adults.  Children may only have two legal parents, but the parents are not the only people who play a major role in the child’s life.  Some people live in multigenerational households.  Single and divorced...

In some work environments, staying away from alcohol is easier than in others.  For every recovering alcoholic sipping a Diet Coke at a three-martini lunch with colleagues, and for every supermarket employee who points customers to the beer aisle but declines to help...

The cheeriest workplaces tend to hold dark secrets.  The TV shows that bring smiles to an audience of millions are far less entertaining for the people on screen, and at least as bad for the ones who are off camera.  The shows that are as much fun to produce as they...

It is a familiar story by now that organizations whose ostensible purpose is to help people often end up being miserable places to work.  Only part of this phenomenon is attributable to the fact that professions where one’s job is to help people at their worst...

Waiting tables in Los Angeles is a notoriously unpleasant experience, and yet almost everyone does it when they first move to the City of Angels.  Ask any middle aged Angeleno with a boring desk job, and they will tell you that the final straw that made them decide to...