Legal Protection For Workers
A federal judge has ruled that Abercrombie & Fitch was wrong when they fired a female Muslim employee of one of its Bay-area stores for insisting on wearing a hijab, which is a scarf that covers the head. The company argued that the hijab she wore violated its...
Legislators in California are considering revoking the tax-exempt status from a number of groups, such as the Boy Scouts and different little league sports, if they discriminate when choosing members. The bill, SB 323, stops any of the nonprofit youth groups from...
Lawmakers are in the process of trying to raise California's statutory minimum wage of $8 per hour. A California Assemblyman proposed a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $8.25 per hour in 2014, $8.75 per hour in 2015, $9 per hour in 2016, $9.50 per hour in...
California residents might be interested in a case that occurred in March 2010, in which a woman sued her former employer, Regus Group, for wrongful termination, claiming that they fired her because she lodged a complaint about cutbacks in rest and meal breaks. When a...
A bill that would end LGBT worker discrimination throughout the United States was seen as possibly going to a vote in the Senate. Specifically, sexual orientation discrimination, as well as that based on gender identity, would be banned under the Employment...
Another California city is facing allegations of impropriety by an elected official. With San Diego still reeling from allegations of its mayor's sexual misconduct, the City of Los Angeles is coming under fire for the alleged conduct of city councilman Jose Huizar....
California residents might be interested to hear that the founder of a popular style of yoga was accused of rape and sexual assault. Furthermore, a lawyer for a former employee of the guru told the Huffington Post that the man inspired fear in his employees and ran...
California residents who follow national news relating to employment law are taking notice of a lawsuit that was filed recently in Concord, New Hampshire. A former employee of the grocery store chain Shaw's filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court claiming that she was...
Californians know that on June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA held that same-sex marriages performed in states that recognize these unions were not to be recognized by the federal government. Now that DOMA has...
Workers with disabilities are sometimes being paid as low as $0.22 per hour. This amount is far less than minimum wage, not just in California, but throughout the nation. This fact is due to a loophole in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. This exception is...
