As we mentioned in our previous post, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) marked the 20th anniversary of its signing on Monday, July 26. When George H.W. Bush signed the law, he borrowed a line from President Ronald Reagan's speech pertaining to the fall of the...
Month: July 2010
Americans with Disabilities Act Marks 20 Years This Week
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 29, 2010 | Discrimination, Employee Rights
It was 20 years ago Monday that President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. The law's goal was to break down barriers facing people with disabilities in society and the workplace. The ADA is a broad law that is meant to...
Vilsack, White House Admit Sherrod Was Unfairly Fired
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 22, 2010 | Discrimination, Wrongful Termination
Agriculture SecretaryTom Vilsack has admitted that USDA worker Shirley Sherrod was unfairly fired when he made a hasty decision based on inaccurate and misleading facts. Sherrod, the USDA Georgia State Rural Development Director, was...
Employees File Race Discrimination Lawsuit Against Edison
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 21, 2010 | Discrimination
The Contra Costa Times reports that current and former employees of Southern California Edison filed a race discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the company in Los Angeles Superior Court. The eleven current and former black employees accuse the...
Laid-Off CA Workers Sue Toyota, Factory, Claim Unfair Severance
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 16, 2010 | Discrimination
According to The Associated Press, former employees of the closed Nummi auto plant filed a lawsuit against the factory and Toyota on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Oakland, California. The employees say the Fremont-based company discriminated...
24 Hour Fitness Sued by Employees for Discrimination
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 14, 2010 | Discrimination
According to the San Francisco Business Times, employees of the gym chain 24 Hour Fitness have filed a class-action lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court alleging race and gender discrimination on the part of their employer. The employees allege that the...
Is Google Discriminating Against Unmarried Domestic Partners?
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 9, 2010 | Discrimination
This month, retroactive to January 1, Google will begin reimbursing its U.S. employees who pay federal tax on health benefits for their same-sex domestic partners. Google now belongs to a small contingency of employers who are actively trying to...
Attorneys Fees for EEOC Proceedings
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 8, 2010 | Employee Rights
Civilian Federal Employees Can Seek in a Federal Court Lawsuit Just Their Attorney Fees for EEOC Administrative ProceedingsFederal employees usually go through administrative proceedings under the auspices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to bring...
Man Suing Pacifica, CA, Company for Wrongful Termination
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 7, 2010 | Wrongful Termination
A former employee of Coastside Scavenger has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the company. Jose Castellanos was an employee of the trash hauling and recycling company for 37 years before he was fired a year ago, which he alleges was in retaliation for his...
Medical Marijuana Patient Sues Wal-Mart for Wrongful Termination
On behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Jul 1, 2010 | Employee Rights, Wrongful Termination
The American Civil Liberties Union has helped a Michigan man file a wrongful termination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, who fired him for using marijuana, even though the drug had been prescribed by his doctor. The ACLU says that fourteen U.S. states and the District of...
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