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Sexual harassment at work can be as distressing and frustrating as it may be illegal. When you are the target of sexual harassment, knowing what to do – and how to document each incident – can be crucial to protecting your rights. It can also help you collect potential evidence for a future case. So, […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on behalf of a transgender woman, who claims her employer Bojangles Restaurant Inc. discriminated against her sexuality and harassed her during her employment. The EEOC claims Bojangles violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, […]
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to pay $750,000 to a high-level economic development official who claimed he faced retaliation for reporting improper financial dealings and racial bias at his workplace. City lawmakers unanimously backed the legal settlement with Ninoos Benjamin, who was fired two years ago from his post at the Economic and […]
Today, April 12th, has been designated as National Equal Pay Day, “the date in the current year that represents the extra days a typical woman working full-time would have to work just to make the same as a typical man did in the previous year,” according to the White House. To honor this day, below […]
The California Fair Housing & Employment Act (FEHA) protects workers against various types of discrimination and harassment in the workplace. To clarify some of the provisions of this statute while enhancing some of its protections, a series of updates to the FEHA have been enacted, with many of these going into effect on April 1st […]
Believing some common misconceptions about workplace sexual harassment can be harmful. That is because these myths can mislead people about what constitutes workplace sexual harassment and what their options are for justice if they are subjected to it. To set the record straight, below we have presented the truth behind some common, possibly damaging myths […]
As of Jan. 1, 2016, the minimum wage throughout the state of California increased from $9 to $10.1 This increase, which will reportedly cost the state about $250 million, has been lauded by labor leaders and advocates, as well as by some lawmakers. In fact, Gov. Jerry Brown has remarked that lawmakers had a “moral […]