We noted in a blog post last week that state legislators have been decidedly fixated on the subject of gender-based pay disparity in California workplaces. Our October 8 entry discussed Senate Bill 358, new legislation just enacted into law by Gov. Jerry Brown that...
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California gender-based pay law amended in material way
Gender-based pay inequality in California might have been dealt a serious setback earlier this week when Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 358. And it is possible that material change could rest heavily on the mere substitution of a couple new words for a single...
Probe underscores concern with wage-and-hour-law violations
California workers who are paid by the hour are of course cognizant of and thankful for a state labor law that takes their personal welfare into account when they work exceptionally long hours. That law mandates that they be paid 1.5 times their regular pay for every...
Older employees’ rights at the workplace, Part 2
We noted in our immediately preceding blog post that workplace reality "often features discrimination in both subtle and blatant ways, with the brunt force of discriminatory practices and policies often being aimed at older workers" (please see our September 30...
Older workers: Do you know your rights at the workplace?
Commentators across a broad spectrum of areas and interests, including employment law, often make reference these days to America's "aging workforce."Does anything concrete or especially noteworthy necessarily flow from that? Is there any particular relevance attached...
Does an employer’s bad opinion about a worker defame that person?
As with so many legal-based inquiries, the answer to the above-posed headline question must be a qualified response, namely this: It depends.On the one hand, if you are a worker in California or elsewhere who is on the receiving end of some unflattering statements...
EEOC job-related point: base hiring decisions on ability
Sometimes employment discrimination matters are very individual-specific and not universally applicable. That is, the facts most central to an allegation or case are narrowly tailored to only one person and not overly instructive in any generic or broad-based...
Independent contractor misclassification: all too common
What do at least 10 million workers across the country have in common?According to California state officials, they share the same status as so-called independent contractors, a designation that yields clear consequences for them personally and for the businesses that...
BMW settles federal race discrimination lawsuit
EEOC to BMW: There's a formula for this, and you got it wrong.Here's how it works. You are fully entitled to conduct criminal background checks on prospective employees. When you do, though, and such investigations start resulting in disproportionately high exclusions...
Mild epilepsy leads to alleged wrongful termination
It is not uncommon for workers with disabilities nationwide, including in California, to suffer workplace discrimination. For that reason, the Americans with Disabilities Act is in place for the protection of the rights of these workers. Unfortunately, such...
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