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Your Spoken Safety Complaint Can Count Under California Law Key Takeaways: Yes, a verbal safety complaint to your supervisor is often legally protected in California, because Labor Code § 6310 covers "any oral or written complaint" about unsafe working conditions made to an employer. Other laws may also protect spoken complaints, including Labor Code §§ 1102.5, 98.6, and 6399.7, plus Health and Safety Code § 1596.881 for licensed child care workers. Retaliation can mean firing, but it may also cover

How California Law Defines a Disability in the Workplace Key Takeaways: California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) defines disability at work broadly. It covers physical and mental disabilities that simply "limit" a major life activity, a lower bar than the federal ADA’s "substantially limits" standard. It also separately protects "medical conditions," a narrowly defined category covering cancer-related conditions and genetic characteristics. Qualifying conditions can include chronic illnesses, mobility impairments, anxiety, depression, PTSD, sensory impairments, and episodic conditions such as

Meeting Every PIP Goal Does Not Always Protect Your Job Key Takeaways: Yes, a California employer can generally fire you after a performance improvement plan even if you met every goal. Under at-will employment, a PIP is usually not a contract that guarantees your job. A firing may become unlawful when the real reason is discrimination, retaliation, a public policy violation, or a breach of an express or implied promise of job security. If you met every PIP target and