Legal Protection For Workers
A former background actress on the CBS show "The Mentalist," filed suit on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Warner Bros. Television Group, its casting agency and a co-worker. She alleges claims of sexual harassment, retaliation and failure to take remedial...
A former Disneyland restaurant employee filed a federal employment discrimination lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company based on religious discrimination and harassment. The 28-year-old Muslim employee, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, said Disney fired her...
A car dealership will pay five American workers of Afghan origin almost half a million dollars to resolve a discrimination lawsuit. The supervisor at the organization labeled the employees as terrorists and intimidated them. He promised retaliation if they reported...
Several employees of a summer camp run by the Boy Scouts responded in solidarity to a gay young man who was dismissed from his position. The camp's official stance was that he was released because he wasn't dressing appropriate for the camp. As his co-workers took a...
A Northern California yoga teacher was fired after she scowled at a student who was on a cell phone during class. The six-year instructor, who taught Facebook employees, expressed her belief that people need to focus on the yoga during class in order to benefit. She...
It's no secret that people in Fresno, California, are feeling the effects of the weak economy. While individuals and families do what they can to get by, cutting out unnecessary expenses whenever possible, employers and businesses are doing the same thing. In some...
Being a spy is undoubtedly a dangerous profession, but, according to reports coming out of the Central Intelligence Agency, fighting off the amorous advances of the boss might be a female spy's greatest challenge. The CIA is increasing its enforcement of a...
A young woman who sued Domino's Pizza in a sexual harassment suit, only to have the claim dismissed in court, might get justice after all: An appellate court ruled that the suit could go forward. The young woman, who was just 16 at the time of the alleged harassment...
In yet another workplace discrimination case, the United States Department of Justice is suing a state agency of California's neighbors to the east for discrimination in the wrongful termination of an employee. The Department of Justice lawsuit is seeking monetary...
A seven-year employee of Zionist Organization of America accuses the organization of workplace discrimination and wrongful termination after she took maternity leave. The organization's president took the stand as the final witness in the bench trial last week. The...
