Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 18, 2021 |
The statute of limitations is a specific time period allotted for filing certain types of lawsuits. Each type of legal action has a specific filing deadline. If a lawsuit is not filed within this deadline, your lawsuit may not be accepted or heard. After the statute of limitations has run on th...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 14, 2021 |
A scientific glassblower has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Caltech alleging that he was fired in 2018 in retaliation for complaining about not being provided proper work accommodations for his medical condition. According to a report on Pasadena Now, the former employee's lawsui...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 04, 2021 |
Before you can file a lawsuit for discrimination under federal laws such as Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or the Americans with Disabilities Act, you must file what is known as "a charge of discrimination" with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is ...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Dec 29, 2020 |
Five current and former employees at a Chula Vista community college have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the institution alleging a hostility toward Black employees including calling them racial slurs and overlooking them for promotions. According to a report by the San Diego Union Trib...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Dec 15, 2020 |
A former Target employee has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against the company also alleging retaliation and wrongful termination. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the employee who previously suffered a traumatic brain injury said he was mistreated at work and fired in 20...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 30, 2020 |
A former employee filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Amazon saying that his employer retaliated against him for enforcing COVID-19 safety protocols, which he was instructed to enforce. According to a news report, Amazon hired the employee as a "Learning Ambassador" at a New Jersey fa...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 25, 2020 |
Employers often adopt the strategy of laying off employees when finances get tight or when there is an economic downturn. Right now, for example, the coronavirus pandemic has led to numerous layoffs not just here in California, but around the country. However, regardless of the financial positi...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 16, 2020 |
A service manager at a Chipotle in Florida was fired after complaining about sexual assault, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The federal agency said the employee's initial complaints about a co-worker's sexual harassment went unaddressed by t...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 11, 2020 |
Wrongful termination has occurred when a person has been illegally fired or laid off. California is an at-will state, which means employers can terminate an employee without providing cause or justification. Similarly, an employee may also quit anytime. However, wrongful termination is said to...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 07, 2020 |
California is an at-will employment state, which means that generally speaking, an employer can fire an employee for any reason and not have to offer justifications for that decision. That said an employer is prohibited from terminating employees for reasons that would be in violation or feder...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Nov 06, 2020 |
Under federal law, employers are prohibited from discriminating against employees or job applicants on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions. If you believe that your employer has fired you or discriminated against you because of your pregnancy or related conditions, you may be...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Sep 29, 2020 |
A 57-year-old former company lawyer is suing IMAX Corp. alleging that she was fired back in January because she is Latina and the company wanted younger employees whom they could pay less. According to an NBC news report, Margarita Hernandez's discrimination lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Su...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Sep 25, 2020 |
Wells Fargo has agreed to make job offers to 580 applicants and pay $7.8 million in back wages and interest to settle allegations of hiring discrimination by the U.S. Department of Labor. According to a report on Hrdive.com, the allegation stated that the company violated federal law by discri...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Sep 01, 2020 |
In California, employment is "at will," which means employers can terminate employees without giving cause or justification and employees can quit their jobs without providing cause or justification as well. But there are certain state, federal and local laws that prevent employers from firing...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jun 04, 2020 |
If you have been wrongfully terminated from your job, or if you are being harassed, discriminated or face a hostile work environment, you may be overwhelmed thinking about how to fight for your rights and hold your employer or former employer accountable. When you are looking for a Los Angeles...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | May 26, 2020 |
In 2018, the deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses was eliminated by The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was passed by Congress. Before this law was passed, employees who incurred job-related expenses such as travel expenses were able to list them as itemized deductions on their federal ...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | May 19, 2020 |
When an employee is terminated from his or her job in Los Angeles, he or she does have certain rights. For example, an employee who has just been fired or laid off has the right to receive a final paycheck and has the option of continuing health insurance coverage in addition to being eligible...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Apr 19, 2020 |
If you are a California worker who has been laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic or any other reason, you may be eligible to collect unemployment benefits.
In California, employees who are temporarily out of work may qualify for unemployment.
Right now, millions are out of a job in t...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Apr 14, 2020 |
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating not just for California or the United States, but also at a global level.
In the United States, more than 16 million people have filed for unemployment in the last three weeks.
Economists are predicting that at least 20 mil...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Apr 01, 2020 |
COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on the United States economy. State unemployment filing systems are crashing and California is buckling under the weight of a population that is being “let go” in-mass. For those who have been “laid off”, you may be feeling helpless. Luckily, there are some options a...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Mar 29, 2020 |
The coronavirus pandemic is shaking the entire nation to the core as no other event has in recent history. Employees are facing significant and frightening challenges including layoffs, reduced hours, furloughs, temporary suspensions, reduced hours (and therefore, reduced pay), and loss of hea...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Mar 12, 2020 |
Verdicts from various California Courts, and settlements between the employee and employer, illustrate the risk of retaliation liability and retaliation claims that arises in the wake of employee complaints about mistreatment. Even in cases where employers prove that a discrimination, harassm...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 13, 2020 |
Discrimination in the workplace is more common that we might think it is. An employment discrimination lawsuit is adjudicated in civil courts. This means that the plaintiff, in such cases, the employee, has the burden of proof. In other words, he or she must show evidence that there was discri...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 09, 2020 |
The first question many may ask as they contemplate filing a wrongful termination lawsuit is what the average wrongful termination settlement might be. The answer, as always, is that the amount of the settlement, or the value of a wrongful termination case, depends on a number of factors as we...
Posted by Eric Kingsley | Jan 08, 2020 |
Employment lawsuits, particularly those that involve discrimination, could take a long time to get resolved. If you have been in any type of legal dispute, you know that any process involving the law and courts could move at a frustratingly slow pace. Typically, a discrimination lawsuit in a C...