We often hear stories about workplace retaliation. This occurs when an employer punishes you for engaging in a legally protected activity. Examples of legally protected activities include reporting discrimination, being a whistleblower, requesting a reasonable...
Workplace discrimination continues to run rampant in workplaces across our country. Those who are subjected to it are treated unfairly and oftentimes experience adverse employment actions as a result. This includes demotion, reassignment, lost hours and even...
Social media’s integration into our lives means our personal and professional lives often blur together. Unfortunately, social media can also make it easy to engage in harassing and bullying behavior, and this, too, can spill over into our working lives. Social media...
A growing number of employers are relying on artificial intelligence to help them find employees. This new technology could have some advantages, but it also presents some potential problems. One is the possibility of unlawful discrimination. In California, there is a...
Many California workers enjoy their jobs and have had long and fulfilling careers. If this is your situation, you may feel lucky to have had such a rewarding career experience. However, as you get older, you might start to notice changes. Perhaps you notice other,...
Workplace harassment remains a major challenge for California workers. As people feel greater freedom to express themselves, there is growing concern that they will face negative implications in the workplace because of it. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
By now, almost everyone knows, or should know, that it is illegal to sexually harass someone in the workplace. Unfortunately, many California employees continue to be victims of sexual harassment, sometimes from their own bosses. When you are a victim of sexual...
You deserve to be protected from discrimination and harassment at your place of work. While that’s a guarantee that all workers should enjoy, a fair amount of them don’t. They’re sometimes treated unfairly simply because of their existence in a protected class such as...
Workplace discrimination continues to run rampant in California. Employees are frequently treated unfairly because of their age, race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual identity. As a result, these workers face tremendous consequences that can impact their careers and...
You deserve to be safe in your workplace. All too often, though, employers terminate employees for illegal reasons, including for discriminatory purposes and as retaliation for reporting harassment and other wrongdoing at work. If that’s happened to you, then you’re...