Discrimination

A former Sony employee who was featured in a Black History Month video meant to tout the company’s commitment to diversity and inclusion says that her experience there did not match the corporate rhetoric. This month she filed a lawsuit in a California court claiming...

While several federal and state laws protect against workplace discrimination, proving that you’ve been the victim of discrimination can be a daunting task.  There are specific details and documentation that you should provide when filing a workplace discrimination...

The news recently reported on a sexual harassment and racial discrimination case involving the California trucking company Tri-Modal. Two women filed lawsuits stating that the company had denied them promotions because of racial discrimination. One of the women went...

California's CROWN Act is over a year old. Yet not every employer will have got the message. There is still a chance your boss discriminates against you because of your hair. CROWN stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair. The act aims to...

You know that your boss doesn’t like you. They always treat you aggressively, often making you feel like you wish you hadn’t come to work. You wish they’d treat you like an adult, but they never do. Is this something you just have to deal with? Are they allowed to...

If you work at one of the big tech or social media companies such as Google, Facebook, Pinterest and Amazon, you probably signed a nondisclosure agreement. You may have signed a non-disparagement one too. The "Silenced No More Act" targets these documents as...

Both federal and California state laws protect workers in need of disability accommodations. Employers cannot discriminate against existing workers or candidates capable of performing the functions of a job with reasonable accommodations. Unfortunately, while...

You might think that women in the upper echelon of their company’s structure would generally be safe from gender bias and discrimination -- but that’s not always true. Take, for example, the recent settlement by Pinterest to the tune of $22.5 million for...

What does an ancient social system in India have to do with Silicon Valley? Everything, if you happen to be a Dalit living and working in California’s tech industry. Indian tech workers in California say that discrimination based on caste -- a social system that once...

When you think about racial discrimination in the workplace, it’s natural to assume that people of a certain race are being discriminated against based on that race. For instance, a white employer refuses to hire any African American employees. This is a clear...