An investigation by the Los Angeles Times recently looked into how child labor laws are applied on the sets of reality TV shows in California and across the nation. The Times found that, for several reasons, the laws protecting children from...
Month: June 2010
Lucasfilm Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Trial Underway
A trial is underway in Marin Superior Court regarding a discrimination lawsuit brought against Lucasfilm by a rejected job prospect. The prospect, Julie Gilman Veronese, said that Lucasfilm hired her and then fired her again after they learned she was...
Nicollette Sheridan Adds to Assault Claim in Discrimination Lawsuit
Former "Desperate Housewives" actor Nicollette Sheridan, 46, filed a lawsuit against ABC last April claiming sex discrimination, age discrimination, assault and battery, and wrongful termination. In the original document, Sheridan alleged that Marc Cherry, the...
Supreme Court Rules Employee Right to Privacy Limited
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a California employee's rights were not violated when his boss read transcripts of sexually explicit text messages he sent to his mistress via his work pager. The justices ruled 9-0 in favor of the employer. Police Sgt....
Former Transgender Employee Suing Macy’s For Discrimination
A former employee of Macy's filed a lawsuit against the company late last month in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming gender discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination. The employee claims she was discriminated against because she is...
Nurses Plan Rallies in San Diego, Around CA, in Lieu of Strike
Nurses in San Diego and throughout California are planning rallies for today to protest hospital staffing problems and patient safety after a judge blocked a planned one-day strike. A San Francisco Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order on...
Companies Discriminating Against Unemployed Workers
As if it wasn't hard enough to find a job in this economy, The Huffington Post is reporting that some companies are ignoring all applications by currently unemployed candidates. The HuffPost found several job opening advertisements across the Web that all came with...
Lawyers Warned Wal-Mart of Potential Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
The New York Times is reporting that Wal-Mart was warned of their vulnerability to a sex discrimination lawsuit and urged to do more to prevent one more than 6 years before the current class-action gender discrimination lawsuit was filed against...
Genetic Discrimination Law to Undergo First Major Test
A woman who filed a complaint last month with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will be one of the first to test a new law banning discrimination based on genetic information. The woman, Pamela Fink, claims she was wrongfully terminated after she disclosed...
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