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We Specialize in Righting Workplace Wrongs
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We Specialize in Righting Workplace Wrongs
If you are expecting to welcome a new baby into your family, you may worry about how your pregnancy and the months after it may affect your career. Fortunately, federal and state laws likely protect your job during your pregnancy-related medical leave. As you may...
After getting sick or experiencing a debilitating injury, you need accommodation or time off work to recover. When you make the request or take protected medical leave, your employer may not retaliate with a termination or demotion. Review the signs that you may have...
First fired, last hired When companies seek to reduce costs, older workers are sometimes a convenient target. Companies may try to reduce costs by replacing older workers with younger workers whose salaries and benefits may not cost the company as much. Age...
Social media has become a repository for sexual harassment allegations to such an extent that even high-profile figures have suffered the consequences. Some social media platforms encourage employees to post these kinds of complaints anonymously, but can this help to...
California employees have protection from workplace harassment based on sex, race, age, disability, national origin or religion. When your boss is the person creating a hostile work environment, however, you may be unsure about how to seek recourse for the stress,...
California is an at-will employment state, and this means that your employer will say that you can be terminated for any reason. However, the employer cannot interfere with one of your protected rights. So, how do you know if your employer was on the right side of...
If your California employer has more than five full-time employees, you have rights to prevent harassment and discrimination if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. For example, while you are pregnant, your employer must allow routine accommodations that help...
When a couple plans to start a family or have another child, the announcement of a pregnancy is typically a reason to celebrate. Unfortunately, despite the fact that U.S. and California state laws require employers to extend important employment protections to...
Discrimination of any type is not legal in employment situations. However, every day there are new claims from employees who face such issues. Pregnancy discrimination is one such area that seems to keep coming up despite laws and other efforts to stop it. It has a...
California law prohibits employers from retaliating against a woman who requests reasonable accommodation during and following pregnancy. Considered a medical necessity, lactating employees may use a pump during work. In addition to local and state employment laws,...
