Legal Protection For Workers
The California Supreme Court recently made an important decision that will better ensure that Fresno employees who work by the hour get paid for all of their work. This recent decision made a bit of a splash in the news media, since it undermined a common practice...
Fresno employers probably know that discrimination based on pregnancy is unlawful. Unfortunately, this means that some employers who treat pregnant employees differently try to hide their violations.With that in mind, California employees who are expecting need to be...
Interviews can be nerve-wracking. You try to find a balance of professionalism and personality, while your potential employer analyzes your background and your answers to their questions.Though you may feel as though your possible employer inquires about...
Several recent reports suggest that people in the Fresno, California, area and throughout the United States have some areas to brush up on when it comes to how they treat older workers. For instance, one report found that managers are not thinking about having a...
If you've ever seen a coworker subjected to inappropriate behavior, it can be a helpless feeling. You want to step in but aren't sure what exactly would be the most helpful. Here are a few things you can do to support someone you suspect has been a victim of sexual...
According to statistics that were summarized by a major source of entertainment media, the outing and subsequent legal troubles of the major movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has led to a spike in the number of sexual harassment claims regulatory authorities in California...
There are many people in Fresno, Sacramento, Oakland and the Bay Area who serve in the reserves or the National Guard. They may, at any time, be ordered in to active duty and have to leave their jobs and homes to serve their country.While one would hope that...
Most people associate diversity in the workplace with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. While the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission comes from that era, it protects many different workers: race, nation of origin, and religion are well-known, but many...
There are many women in the Fresno area who work hard to balance both their desire or even need to hold down a full-time job against their desire to have a family.The balancing act is particularly difficult when a woman is actually going through a pregnancy, as it...
There’s no field that is completely immune from harassment in one form or another. Though it seems that the more people you deal with on a daily basis, the more likely you are to be the victim of harassment.It seems no matter how much management declares a...
