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Jul
Are Businesses Required to Provide Accommodations for Pregnant Workers?
Pregnancy laws in California and nationwide require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant workers who are considered temporarily disabled. Reasonable accommodations are modifications to workplaces or duties that allow disabled employees to carry out job ta...
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Jul
Can These Apps Help California Workers Recover Stolen Wages?
Wage theft costs California workers billions of dollars every year. In Los Angeles County alone, workers lose $26. 2 million to wage theft each week! How are businesses stealing from California workers? Employers may neglect to pay workers overtime, misclassify them as independ...
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Jul
Does Workplace Discrimination Need to be Intentional to Violate the Law?
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) receives thousands of workplace discrimination complaints every year. We often think of discrimination as an “intentional act. ” You may imagine a boss or colleague firing or demoting workers based on the co...
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Jul
More Stars Speak Out About Hollywood’s Gender Discrimination Problems
Hollywood stars of both genders have spoken out against harassment and unequal pay in the film industry. Natalie Portman recently claimed Hollywood is more sexist now than it was during the 1960's. Chris Evans, the star from the Captain America series and Sn...
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Jul
Could This Case Lead to a Federal Ban on Workplace Sexual Orientation Discrimination?
A case filed in the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Ivy Tech Community College may help establish federal rules preventing workplace sexual orientation discrimination. Although California is one of 22 states with workplace protections for sa...
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Jul
SoCal Company Ordered to Pay $800,000 for Sexual Harassment Retaliation
A Southern California company has been ordered by a Kern County jury to pay two workers more than $800,000 in damages. Two workers, a mother and daughter, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company in 2015. According to the lawsuit, the daughter began to expe...
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How Do I Know If I Am Experiencing Employment Discrimination at Work?
A national trucking company has reached a $260,000 settlement with four Southern California workers. The four men, all whom are Sikh, lost their jobs for refusing to submit hair for a drug or urine test. One of the workers was asked to remove his turban while providing a urine sa...
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Jul
Are Workplace Bullies Breaking Laws?
Have you experienced name-calling, threats and exclusion from activities at work? Have the people responsible tried to sabotage or belittle your work, spread rumors, or falsely accuse you of making mistakes? Perhaps they have they ignored or dismissed your comments in front of o...
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Jul
Should LA Employers Be Barred from Asking About Salary History?
The Los Angeles City Council is directing city attorneys to explore the possibility of barring employers from requesting salary and wage history information. At the moment, employers can ask jobseekers for this information to justify offering lower pay. This can especially hurt ...
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Jul
Why Is This Former LA Radio Announcer Suing for Wrongful Termination?
The former announcer for K-Love 107. 5, a Spanish radio station in Los Angeles, is suing her former employer over allegations she was fired for having a medical condition. According to the suit filed against Univision, the former announcer lost her job after receiving treatment f...
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Jul
Are Workers in Their 40’s Being Targeted with Age Discrimination?
Does your workplace have a “wellness plan” that requires you to take a health assessment? Some are raising concerns employer wellness programs may encourage businesses to conduct age discrimination against older workers. Workers receive incentives to partici...
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Jul
Win Appeal in Landmark Case
A new case represented by attorneys Douglas N. Silverstein and Michael Jacob of Kesluk, Silverstein, Jacob & Morrison, P. C. has important implications for employment law. Two weeks ago, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived a laid-off health worker’s claim that her ...
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