Terms of Use and Disclaimer

Disclaimer

This website is intended to provide accurate, general information about legal rights relating to employment in California. Yet because laws and legal procedures are subject to frequent change and differing interpretations, Legal Aid at Work cannot ensure the information on this website is current nor can it be responsible for any use to which this information is put. Do not rely on legal information on this website without consulting an attorney or the appropriate agency about your rights in your particular situation.

Terms of Use

Welcome to the website of Legal Aid at Work. By using this website, you agree to the following Terms of Use.

Online Privacy Policy and Information You Voluntarily Submit to Legal Aid at Work Site

Please review our Privacy Policy, which describes how we handle any personally identifying information about Legal Aid at Work Site users, including information you voluntarily submit to the Legal Aid at Work Site. By providing such information, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Legal Aid at Work’s treatment of such information as described in our Privacy Policy.

Copyright

Legal Aid at Work owns or licenses the copyright in all the materials on the Legal Aid at Work Site, including text, graphics, logos, button icons, audio clips, photographs, and software (together, the “Legal Aid at Work Content”). The Legal Aid at Work Content is protected by United States and international copyright laws and other intellectual property laws . To the extent your use of material on the Legal Aid at Work Site does not constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:

Permitted Distribution. Unless the specific web page from which Legal Aid at Work text materials is available indicates you may not do so, you may copy or distribute any text materials that appear on the Legal Aid at Work Site in print or digital format only and only for the following non-commercial purposes: research, teaching, private study, and activism within a local geographic area regarding civil liberties issues. You may also distribute Legal Aid at Work Content that is not Legal Aid at Work text materials if and only to the extent that the specific launching page from which that Legal Aid at Work Content is accessible, and/or the Legal Aid at Work Content itself, explicitly indicates that the Legal Aid at Work Content may be distributed in a specified manner. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all distributed copies must display the following copyright notice:

Distribution Requiring Advance Written Permission. You must obtain written permission in advance if you wish to reproduce Legal Aid at Work Content that is not text material (e.g., videos, drawings, photographs, podcasts, etc.) or if you wish to reproduce any Legal Aid at Work content for any reason not listed in the previous paragraph. You can request this permission by sending us an email at info@legalaidatwork.org that contains the information listed below:

a complete description of the Legal Aid at Work content requested, such as the URL of the web page that contains the Legal Aid at Work content, a description of the sections or paragraphs that will be distributed, and, where applicable, the title and date of the Legal Aid at Work content;
a description of the intended audience;
a description of the manner of distribution;
the length, retail price, and approximate size of first printing or circulation that will include the Legal Aid at Work content;
a description of the geographic scope of the distribution and the length of time for which rights are being requested. (Please note that Legal Aid at Work grants only nonexclusive rights);
a reply fax number or email address and a phone number.

Trademark

Legal Aid at Work and any other trademarks on the Legal Aid at Work Site (collectively “Legal Aid at Work Trademarks”) are trademarks of Legal Aid at Work in the United States and other countries unless it is explicitly stated on the Legal Aid at Work Site where a trademark appears that the trademark is the trademark of a third party (or it is obvious from the context that it is the trademark of a third party; e.g., where we include on the Legal Aid at Work Site the name or logo of a coalition partner) (“Third-Party Trademarks”). To the extent your use of Legal Aid at Work Trademarks does not constitute “fair use” for which you do not need our permission, the following rules apply to use of the material:

You may not use the Legal Aid at Work Trademarks for any product or service that does not belong to Legal Aid at Work, nor in any manner that is likely to cause confusion about whether we are the source, affiliated with, sponsor of or endorser of any product or service. In addition, you may not use the Legal Aid at Work Trademarks in any manner that illegally disparages or discredits us.

Your ability to use a Third-Party Trademark that appears on the Legal Aid at Work Site is limited to the manner, if any, in which the Legal Aid at Work Site explicitly states on the page on which such Third-Party Trademark appears that such use in such manner is authorized by the third-party owner of that Third-Party Trademark (unless your use is permissible under the law (e.g., it is “fair use”) or the owner of such Third-Party Trademark has specifically granted you the right to such use in such manner).

Frames and Metatags

You may not frame the content of the Legal Aid at Work Site. You may not use metatags or any other “hidden text” that incorporates Legal Aid at Work Trademarks or our name without our express written consent.

Links to Other Websites

The Legal Aid at Work Site contains links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you. We are not responsible for and have no control over these other sites or their content. Remember that when you link to another site, that other site is governed by its own user agreement and privacy statement, which you should be sure to read.

Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

Although we take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses, worms, “trojan horses” or other destructive materials to the Legal Aid at Work site, we do not guarantee or warrant that the Legal Aid at Work site or materials that may be downloaded from the Legal Aid at Work site are free from such destructive features. We are not liable for any damages or harm attributable to such features.

We are not liable for any claim, loss or injury based on errors, omissions, interruptions or other inaccuracies in the Legal Aid at Work site, nor for any claim, loss or injury that results from your use of the Legal Aid at Work site or your breach of any provision of this user agreement.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate the Legal Aid at Work Site and this User Agreement at any time without notice for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, for your violation of any of its provisions. The Limitation of Liability and Governing Law Sections of this User Agreement survive any such termination.

Governing Law

This User Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State of California, County of San Francisco, and waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.