San Diego Employment Law Blog

Federal employees in San Diego and throughout the entire country gained new job protections last week. The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Nov. 27.Whistle-blower claims often involve workers who have...

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in San Diego may have faced some tough challenges throughout their lives as a result of their sexual orientation or nontraditional gender identities.Some men and women might not have had the support from...

Earlier this month on our San Diego employment law blog, we had mentioned that a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by a former model from the game show "The Price Is Right," was being heard by a jury in California. Last week, it was reported that the jury did...

Both Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act and California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibit religious discrimination in the workplace. Many instances of religious discrimination involve either the employer failing to offer a reasonable...

California has strict laws against sexual harassment in the workplace, but unfortunately the treatment still occurs. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a female worker was sexually harassed and retaliated against at Tenaya Lodge, a hotel...