When an employee feels he has been wrongfully terminated by his employer as a whistleblower, one of his most important protections comes from California Labor Code Section 1102.5. California's "whistleblower" statute was designed to encourage workers to report...
Were you aware that workplace harassment doesn't only have to happen face-to-face in California? In fact, there doesn't have to be an in-person confrontation at all. The world has lots of modern technology now, so it's possible to face sexual harassment through social...
In a pregnancy discrimination case scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court on December 3, Young v. United Parcel Service could resolve a circuit split regarding what accommodations a pregnant employee must be given. While some circuits are willing to find...
One of the defining characteristics of the most recent recession has been the stagnancy of wages, including amongst temporary workers. Jobs are scarce and the ones that do exist are low paying with little opportunity for growth. A glaring example of this can be found...
California law prohibits employers from terminating employees due to discrimination. For instance, if you've recently come out as being homosexual and are let go due to your sexuality and preferences, this is wrongful discrimination and termination. Wrongful...
Imagine having to go to work each day knowing that you were going to be harassed or abused when you show up. For some women in California, that was the way they were living. Legislators took notice, and now that will hopefully change. In California, a new law just...
We have written before about the unfair and discriminatory workplace and employment practices that are standard fair at Walmart. This video highlights how Walmart uses unfair employment practices to sell cheap and poorly manufactured goods, mostly from China, here in...
It's illegal for any employer to discriminate against you based on your gender or sex in California, so if you've faced this kind of discrimination, you need to take a stand. The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 combined with the California Fair Employment...
Imagine that you're working a very intense job where concentration is key; what would you do if your day was being disrupted by constant sexual harassment? You could chose to head to court and to file a claim against the company you worked for. One woman has decided...
Wrongful termination and sexual harassment claims are at the center of this case against a Yahoo executive in California. A woman who worked under the female executive has reported that her boss had sexually harassed her and accused her boss of wrongful termination....