What is workplace harassment in California employment law? Under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (the “FEHA”), workplace harassment occurs when someone in the workplace mistreats another person based on their gender, race, national origin, sexual...
California Labor Code §230.1 requires an employer with 25 or more employees to provide victims of domestic violence or sexual assault unpaid time off for up to 12 weeks to obtain help from a court; to seek medical attention; to obtain services from an appropriate...
Discrimination is common and often easy to spot. What’s more difficult is determining why it exists. Even if two people have different religions, different cultures or different skin color, why would those differences pit them against one another? Why would one person...
In recent years, Bank of America (BOA) has been in the news frequently for all the wrong reasons. Now, however, they appear to be trying to head into the right direction regarding diversity, or the lack thereof in their organization. The company set diversity goals...
There are a few different ways to look at workplace discrimination. Clearly, if someone tells you that you can’t have a promotion due to your gender or that they’re not going to hire you due to your race, that’s discrimination. But, if you shook your head at those...
LGBTQ rights have been a big topic in the national news this year. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which outlaws sexual discrimination in the workplace, does cover gay or transgender people, even though it does not...
Francoise Brougher, former Chief Operating Officer at Pinterest, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of Gender Discrimination, Retaliation, And Wrongful Termination. The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court, begins: Even at the very top ranks...
Do you believe that you were discriminated against on the job? This can happen in many different ways and for many different reasons. For instance, the discrimination could be based on your gender, race, age or something else entirely. It could also have many...
Workplace discrimination is an ongoing problem in California and across the U.S. This continues to happen despite increased attention paid to the problem. Researchers assess such issues as gender pay gaps and equality in the workplace to gauge its frequency and find...
Two former educators at a Catholic high school, both of whom were laid off in what the school claims was an effort to cut costs, are now alleging that the school discriminated against them because they are African American. One of the educators was a classroom...