by Dennis Beaver | employment, safety, workplace
July 21, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver The Firestone Grill family of restaurants in Cambria, San Luis Obispo, Fresno and Bakersfield has been voted by customers as having hands-down the best BBQ, tri-tip, burgers, fries, onion rings and salads found anywhere on the planet...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, judges, workplace
June 9, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver If you’ve been denied unemployment insurance benefits because your employer claimed that you were guilty of “misconduct,” then today’s story will be of special interest, for that’s what happened to “Carmen,” the 32-year-old daughter of...
by Dennis Beaver | business, debt collection, employment, investment
May 12, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver When an owner decides to sell the business, this can have a major impact on employees. With the right buyer, it should be smooth sailing. But when the wrong person buys a thriving business? What, if anything, can the employees do to...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, ethics, workplace
April 14, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver While you may not have seen the 1989 fantasy-drama sports film, Field of Dreams, staring Kevin Kostner, you’ve certainly heard its message: “If you build it, they will come.” For readers of this column who have wanted to go out on...
by Dennis Beaver | bank, employment
April 7, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver The bank took money from my account with no permission! Just how secure is your checking account? Without notice to you or permission, could a bank empty your account, causing you to bounce checks and incur fees from the bank for bad...
by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment
April 25, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Karen, a Hanford reader, phoned our office in tears, explaining that she had just finished an interview for a receptionist position and the owner “told me that I am horribly fat, have no idea what clothing is proper for an interview,...
