Employment Law Information

Do you have to be written up 3 times to be terminated employment in california law?  I want to know my rights since i’ve gotten complained about but have not received any formal write-ups.  great thanks for the reassurance! well i wonder if i should just quit rather than get fired and get a bad record. this is all very unwarranted because i’m doing 2 people’s jobs and not allowed overtime and expected to perform more than work than i can handle.

Answer:  There is no CA employment law about the number of times you should be written up.  That is totally up the the company.  You can be fired in the state of CA for ANY reason, so long as it’s not an illegal reason.  However, IF you company has a written policy for a progressive disciplinary process and they violate it and you are fired and they have NOT adhered to their own policy, that can cause problems for them such as wrongful termination. 

About not receiving any write-ups, again, is there written company policy?  If there is and termination depends on write-ups and you’re not getting any, again, it’s not good for your employer.

Are you working more than 40 hrs/week?  If not, you don’t get overtime. Here are the CA overtime laws.  If after reading that and figuring out if you’re still not getting paid overtime when you should be, contact your HR department or the CA Department of Labor.  http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/faq_overtime.htm 

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