Witt Law Firm, PC

20/03/2020

Updated with Lock Down info

By Andy Katz. UPDATED: March 20, 2020 10 a.m. to address aspects of shelter-in-place orders. Further updates will be published soon. As COVID-19 spreads, many workers are considering how to protect…

18/03/2020

Escrito por Andy Katz; Traducido por Megan Beaman BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – Mientras el COVID-19 se difunda, muchos trabajadores están considerando cómo protegerse a sí mismos y a sus familias, mientr…

13/03/2020

CALIFORNIA WORKING PARENTS dealing with :
If your employer has 25+ employees at the same location, you can take off up to 40 hours/year for emergencies, including .
Notify your employer beforehand.
See link below

CALIFORNIA WORKING PARENTS dealing with :
If your employer has 25+ employees at the same location, you can take off up to 40 hours/year for school emergencies, including .
Notify your employer beforehand.

Source: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=230.8

02/09/2019

Happy Labor Day!

22/06/2019

Officially SUMMER, know your rights! ☀️

12/04/2019

BREAKING: Walmart Owes $6M In Meal Break Suit
Walmart must pay $6.1 million to a class of employees for not providing meal breaks when it required workers to go through anti-theft metal detectors every time they wanted to leave the building, a California federal jury decided Friday.

26/03/2019

FedEx Ordered to Pay $5.3 Million After Firing Man for Complaining About On The Job Injury

FedEx Corp. was ordered Monday to pay $5.3 million to a Laguna Niguel man who said he was fired in 2016, after 25 years at the company, for complaining about how management treated him when he suffered a serious...

20/03/2019

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING! 🌱⏰🐠💚🌷🧿

27/02/2019

Action Alert:
would protect workers from exploitation and level the playing field for businesses that follow the rules.
Please stand with workers, taxpayers, and for the public good.
Urge to vote !

We must put an end to corporations cheating workers by calling them ‘contractors’ instead of recognizing them as employees. Without basic protections, workers are vulnerable to exploitation, low wages & economic insecurity. Stand with workers against corporate greed!

Please share, like, contact your people and representatives. 👊

22/02/2019

Props to those Google employees for standing up to protest against compelled arbitration agreements at work. Hope employees across the state (and nation) take notice.
🛑Stop compelled arbitration agreements in the workplace🛑

14/02/2019

Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️