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Employment Law
With women now long established in the workplace in California, pregnant women are a common sight at many jobs. Female workers are entitled to maternity leave under the California Family Rights Act and the California Pregnancy Disability Leave Law, but some employers deny them those rights, or pressure their female workers not to have children. […]
Employment Law
Usually included among the accusations in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a person victimized at work is one saying the alleged harasser created a hostile work environment. What is a “hostile work environment,” exactly? As readers who have never experienced sexual harassment can probably guess, there is a difference between being in a hostile […]
Employment Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an employment discrimination lawsuit involving clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch’s decision not to hire a teenage girl as a sales associate because she wore a headscarf for religious reasons. The woman says she was the victim of hiring discrimination, but Abercrombie says the headscarf would have conflicted […]
Employment Law
Employment laws provide a necessary structure in the workplace that both helps employers adhere to the law while also affording protections to employees. Although most people are not able to cite all of the laws at work for them, most people are able to recognize when an employer is in violation of the law and […]
Employment Law
Recognizing that many disabled people were being held back from holding jobs they could excel at, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Among other things, the ADA requires employers to make “reasonable accommodations” to allow disabled employees or job applicants to do their tasks. Lawmakers deliberately left vague what they meant by […]
Employment Law
Our ability to get a job and advance our careers is supposed to be based on our talents, education, prior experience, people skills and similar assets. No job in California should be based on the job holder’s ability to provide sexual favors to a co-worker or superior. Unfortunately, some companies tolerate sexual harassment among its […]
Employment Law
As many people may be aware, there is a scathing sexual harassment case that surrounds Yahoo at the moment. One of their former engineers alleges that she was accosted by her boss who manipulated her into having sex. It is noted that the engineer was threatened with negative consequences and positive benefits depending on whether […]
Employment Law
While the following bit of news isn’t happening here in Los Angeles, California, it does highlight some key points about the workplace and how sexual harassment lawsuits function. A woman who used to work as a medical supply coordinator filed a lawsuit against her supervisor and her employer after her supervisor’s sexual advances and comments […]
Employment Law
If you watch any NFL game or attend any NFL game, the latter of which isn’t possible in Los Angeles (yet), you will see field goals and touchdowns; big hits and amazing plays; and, of course, the cheerleaders chanting and dancing on the sidelines. These cheerleaders work very hard to become members of their respective […]
Employment Law
Many people have an account on LinkedIn, the “professional” social media platform that has become synonymous with job hunting and networking, and many more people have heard of the website even if they don’t have an account. LinkedIn was actually founded in Santa Monica and is still headquartered here in California, though the company has […]
Employment Law
Sexual harassment is a degrading and embarrassing action that leaves the victim feeling uncomfortable at work. One of the most upsetting elements of some sexual harassment incidents is that the offender is a supervisor. They may use their workplace clout to try to curry sexual favors from an individual who works for them, and they […]
Employment Law
Many Los Angeles residents remember the band Devo for their instantly-recognizable song “Whip It” - or maybe their goofy red hats. But now they may associate the band, or at least one of its members, with age discrimination and employment law. The wife of one of Devo’s singers has been sued by the family’s former […]
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