Rachel Monroe

How Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act works: who it covers, how paid sick time accrues, the 72-hour and 40-hour usage caps, covered reasons, carryover, and notice rules.

How California’s meal and rest break rules work for hourly employees: the 30-minute meal period before the fifth hour, the second meal on long shifts, paid 10-minute rest breaks, when a break can be waived, and the one-hour premium an employer owes for a missed break.

California’s paid sick leave law lets employees earn one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, with a 40-hour annual use minimum as of 2024. Here is how accrual, use, and employee rights work under the state law and stronger city ordinances.

How the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law works: accrual of one hour per 30 hours worked, the 40-hour annual cap, the paid-versus-unpaid rule for employers of 11 or more, covered reasons, and enforcement.

Wrongful termination in California means being fired for an illegal reason despite at-will employment. Here is what qualifies and how to file a claim.

Massachusetts relies on the federal WARN Act, which requires employers with 100 or more workers to give 60 days’ written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff. Here is who must be told, what the notice says, and the penalties for coming up short.

How California overtime works: time-and-a-half past 8 hours a day or 40 a week, double time past 12, the seventh-day premium, who is exempt, and how unpaid overtime is recovered under Labor Code section 510.