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You do not have to be “disabled” in the everyday sense to be protected. If a physical or mental condition makes your job harder, California law requires your employer to work with you on a reasonable accommodation. Here is what that means, how to ask, and what to do when the answer is no.

California gives hourly employees a 30-minute meal break and paid 10-minute rest breaks, and it puts a price on skipping them: one extra hour of pay for every day it happens. Here is how the rules work, what the premiums add up to, and the violations we see most.

California is an at-will state, but “at-will” has hard limits. Here are the reasons an employer can never use, the signs a firing crossed the line, the deadlines that start running on day one, and what to do before you sign anything.