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Employment Law
In a world striving for equality and fairness in the workplace, the Equal Pay Act is a critical tool to combat pay discrimination. If you’re an employee in California who believes you are not being paid fairly for your work, you have the right to take action by filing a claim against your employer. However, […]
Employment Law
The Biden-Harris administration has taken a major step against antisemitism in the US by announcing an expansion of the Civil Rights Act regarding religious discrimination. The White House announced that eight federal agencies, including the Department of Labor, have been explicitly instructed to extend and enforce civil rights protections to victims of antisemitism, islamophobia, and […]
Employment Law
The California legislature did serious work during its final session for 2023. The Assembly and Senate sent dozens of bills supporting workers’ rights to Governor Gavin Newsom, who approved many. Most of these laws will go into effect between now and 2024, granting employees new protections in many industries. However, you can only exercise your […]
Employment Law
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been hard at work in recent months. One of its biggest actions occurred in August when it issued its decision in the long-awaited Stericycle, Inc. case. This decision has completely revamped how the NLRB will evaluate workplace rules to determine if they violate employee rights. The new standard […]
Employment Law
When you go to work, you should be paid for your time. That’s the entire point of having a job. However, what counts as “time worked” for your paycheck is not always clear. Unscrupulous employers may take advantage of their employees’ confusion to pay them less than they’re owed. For example, California’s Bloom Energy is […]
Employment Law
California has some of the nation’s strongest anti-discrimination laws, and the state Supreme Court has proven it is dedicated to protecting them. The most recent example of this comes in the Court’s landmark opinion on the case Raines v. U.S. Healthworks Medical Group, which it issued in August. In this opinion, the California Supreme Court […]
Employment Law
The federal Department of Justice (DOJ) has officially filed a lawsuit against California-based spaceflight company SpaceX for alleged “routine, widespread, and longstanding” discriminatory hiring practices. According to the DOJ’s lawsuit, SpaceX explicitly discouraged people without US citizenship or permanent residency visas (green cards) from applying to work for the company. Furthermore, the DOJ accuses the […]
Employment Law
When you hear the word hostile, you probably think about someone acting physically aggressive toward others. While that’s one definition of the word, it has another, broader meaning in the term “hostile workplace.” How much broader? According to a study by Harvard Medical School and the University of California, almost one in five US workers […]
Employment Law
In July 2023, the California Supreme Court made a critical decision in favor of Uber drivers and other workers statewide, declaring that employees can file class-action lawsuits against their employers even if they had signed arbitration agreements for individual disputes. The ruling came in the case Erik Adolph v. Uber Technologies Inc., where the plaintiff […]
Employment Law
2023 is shaping up to be one of the most important years for workers’ rights since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed in 1990. Change is coming from all directions. Workers banding together to fight for their rights, the Supreme Court has made multiple beneficial, precedent-setting decisions, and legislators are proposing various laws […]
Employment Law
Despite massive improvements over the past several decades, the US still has a long way to go before everyone is truly treated equally. In fact, a recent survey suggests you’re about ten times more likely to experience some kind of workplace discrimination than you are to avoid it. The Workplace Discrimination Poll, run by the […]
Employment Law
If you work in the US, you have the right to fair employment. Full stop. Whether you’re a citizen, permanent resident, recipient of an employment visa, or even an undocumented immigrant, you have the same right to fair pay and safe working conditions as anyone else. Many people don’t realize that, especially those without US […]
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