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Photos above\u00a0were randomly selected to show people working in jobs. They were all happy with their employment situations, which is a good thing!<\/p>\n
You’ve been there before, perhaps. So eager to accept the job you desperately need, you’ll agree to just about anything. At will? No problem! Flexible hours? Why not? \u00a0It turns out that California employers don’t always realize they are breaking the rules –until they are sued. Here are 10 mistakes that may lead to lawsuits in some cases:<\/p>\n
1. Classify all employees as exempt, whether they are or not. Photos above\u00a0were randomly selected to show people working in jobs. They were all happy with their employment situations, which is a good thing! You’ve been there before, perhaps. So eager to accept the job you desperately need, you’ll agree to just about anything. At will? No problem! Flexible hours? Why not? \u00a0It turns out that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Not adhere to lunch breaks.
\n3. Use non-compete agreements to protect trade secrets, expertise in an area, etc.
\n4. Make everyone an Independent Contractor because having employees is too much trouble.
\n5. Let employees decide which hours and how many they want to work.
\n6. Terminate any employee who takes a leave of absence, whatever the reason.
\n7. Don’t give employees their final checks if they fail to return company property.
\n8. Provide loans to employees and deduct the money from their paycheck each pay period.
\n9. Implement “lose it or use it” vacation policies to avoid paying out vacation at termination.
\n10. Don\u2019t offer harassment and discrimination training to managers and supervisors.
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