A Muslim employee has been allowed by Disney to wear her religious headscarf at work after intervention by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The woman was hired over the phone by Disney as an intern. When she arrived at Disneyland from Chicago and...
Month: September 2010
Soldiers With PTSD Face Discrimination in the Workplace
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 21, 2010 | Discrimination
There have been a few articles in the news lately about the challenges people with mental disabilities or illnesses can face in finding and keeping employment. The Los Angeles Times recently published an article that tells the stories of several...
New Bills Aim to Crack Down on Wage Abuses
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 21, 2010 | Employee Rights
The California legislature has passed two bills that aim to crack down on wage theft in the state and better protect workers from wage-and-hour violations. Among other things, the new legislation would make wage theft a misdemeanor crime punishable by prison time and...
Interviewers Cannot Ask You About Immigration Status
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 17, 2010 | Employee Rights
In an earlier post, we discussed a few questions that may seem innocent enough if you're asked them in an interview, but that employers are actually prohibited from asking. Questions about pregnancy or marriage may seem okay in a more casual setting, but we told you...
Muslim Job Applicant Accuses Clothing Chain of Discrimination
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 13, 2010 | Discrimination
Clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch again stands accused of discriminatory employment practices. Earlier this month, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the clothing chain on behalf of an...
Know Your Rights in an Interview
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 10, 2010 | Discrimination, Employee Rights
You might already know that employers cannot ask questions regarding your age (besides whether you are at least 18), race, religion or disability in an interview. Other questions you might be asked in an interview may seem like harmless and innocuous questions tossed...
Wal-Mart Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Moves On To Supreme Court
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 8, 2010 | Discrimination
In 2001, six women filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. claiming gender discrimination in employment. The lawsuit is seeking class-action status in order to include as plaintiffs more than 1.5 million women employees who have worked at any of Wal-Mart's...
Flu Shots: Mandatory or Voluntary for Healthcare Employees?
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 3, 2010 | Employee Rights
Since the outbreak of swine flu, a controversy has been brewing in the healthcare field. Some hospitals have changed their policies of voluntary flu vaccination for their employees to making vaccination mandatory. Some healthcare workers believe it a heavy-handed...
Disabled Workers Face Higher Unemployment Rate, Discrimination
On Behalf of San Diego Employment Law Group | Sep 2, 2010 | Discrimination
The Wall Street Journal recently took an in-depth look at a Labor Department study examining the situation of disabled workers in the U.S. The study was the first of its kind for the government. Overall, it found that people with disabilities were more likely than...
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