Federal and state laws prohibit harassment in the workplace on the basis of protected characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity and pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, color or genetic information. Harassment is a form of employment discrimi...
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...
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...
Wal-Mart will pay $40,000 and provide additional training to its managers to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to a Tulsa World news report, the lawsuit involved an employee who was born with a congenital amputa...
California employers face an ongoing challenge in keeping up with federal and California wage and hour laws that regularly change. Large employers may face stiff penalties for seemingly small violations or claims for unpaid wages increasing exponentially since wage and hour claims often accru...
California employers are obligated to pay the wages of an hourly employee for all time that the employee is under the control of the employer, and includes all the time the employee is suffered or permitted to work, whether or not required to do so. In Industrial Welfare Commission Orders 4 a...
Discrimination comes in many forms and occurs in different patterns. Some kinds of discrimination are direct, while others are unintended on ancillary. At times, discrimination accompanies or integrates harassment and victimization. Many individuals are treated unfairly at work, school, public...
Using an employment lawyer can be costly. Even when employees face discrimination, harassment, retaliation or other mistreatment at work and have a solid case, hiring a lawyer and incurring expenses relating to litigation can be cost-prohibitive. In addition to the money issue, there is also...
Whether you are a survivor of sexual assault or sexual harassment in the workplace, coming forward with your story can be one of the most difficult things one can do in life. A reluctance or hesitation to come forward with allegations is a common reaction from someone who has endured sexual ...
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...
When a manager or supervisor in your workplace engages in sexually harassing behavior, it could have a devastating impact on not just the victim, but also the entire workplace. An employer who does not foster a healthy work environment and allows such behaviors to continue in the workplace m...
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical harassment of...
If you have been harassed or discriminated against at work, face a hostile work environment, or have been wrongfully terminated from your job, you may be wondering how to fight for your rights and hold your employer accountable. When you are looking to retain the services of an experienced a...
Sexual harassment occurs in places where it is tolerated. An environment where such behaviors are allowed to continue unchecked is ripe for abuse, harassment and discrimination. Often times, the individual who is harassed may not even be certain that he or she is being harassed in the workpl...
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...
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...
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...
An employment lawsuit in California typically stems from a dispute that arises between an employer and an employee. This could be over harassment or discrimination in the workplace, a dispute over wages, retaliatory action or wrongful termination. The types of monetary damages you receive in an e...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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