Many of our callers report being tortured at the hands of a bad boss. They call to ask us if they have a legal right to better treatment, or to get their job back after they have been fired. Often we must deliver bad news. The answer is usually no. In this blog, we will […]Continue reading
Sexual Harassment in the News Open a newspaper. Check your Twitter feed. Turn on the TV. No matter where you look, the news is full of women coming forward with stories of sexual harassment in the workplace. Members of the House and Senate are dropping like flies. Hollywood is awash with sexual assault allegations. The […]Continue reading
Sexual harassment is in the news. Again. Last week, Harvey Weinstein was accused of being a serial sex offender. If true, Weinstein, one of the biggest moguls in Hollywood, is a predator who used his power to sexually abuse a series of fragile young women for decades. His methods were despicable. His control over their futures, […]Continue reading
California’s Equal Pay & Fair Pay Acts: If you’ve read our previous posts on the topic, you will know that the State of California enacted legislation taking aim at pay disparity between genders in the workforce. Here’s a quick summary from the California Department of Industrial Relations: For decades now, the California Equal Pay Act […]Continue reading
Race in the Workplace: The Facts about Discrimination We may want to believe we live in a post-racial society, but the facts often say otherwise. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) reports more than 32,000 race discrimination cases filed in 2016, representing about 35% of all cases pursued by the agency. We live in a […]Continue reading
Defining and understanding harassment and retaliation Most people know that laws exist to protect employees from discrimination and harassment. However, many don’t understand how these laws operate to provide such protection. Nor do they always understand the relationship between unlawful harassment and discrimination, or how subsequent retaliation ties in. The concepts themselves are two of the […]Continue reading
Tough Questions: Salary History for Women One of the primary factors in gender based wage disparity is the “salary history” portion of a job interview. Is there any legitimate reason a prospective employer needs to know this information? No. It is meant to be used as a way to hedge a potential employer’s opening offer. […]Continue reading
In September 2013, we wrote a piece called “LOGAN’S RUNWAY: Age Discrimination in the Workplace […]” which dealt with age discrimination in hiring and employment. Apparently, ageism is alive and well, as underscored in a recent survey utilizing fabricated resumes. We’ll take a look now at workers who have been told they are “past their […]Continue reading
The Issues Potential clients often call us with stories of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior at work. These narratives may include descriptions of a really “handsy” supervisor, or crude comments by a co-worker. People also describe “harassment” that isn’t unlawful at all. Whatever their stories, people call us with the hope that we may be able to help. Many of these […]Continue reading
Getting fired for being pregnant is still illegal, but not as rare as you’d like to think… Recently, we wrote about a pregnant employee who was terminated when she submitted a request for an accommodation designed to protect her unborn child during a difficult pregnancy. Even in an at-will employment state like California, where employment […]Continue reading
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