Category: Discrimination
When You Are Being Pushed Out From Work Due to Age Discrimination
All too often, long-time employees, who have witnessed their employer terminate different workers over the year, have a pretty good idea when their employer is trying to get rid of them as well for because of their age (or for another unlawful, discriminatory reason). Here are a few important things you should keep in mind Read More …
One Strategic Mistake To Avoid In Mental Disability Discrimination Cases
https://youtu.be/LEop67lBZ80
How Exaggerated Harassment Accusations Can Lead To A Downward Spiral
Here is a fairly common scenario that we have been seen over and over again: An employee (let’s call her Maria), who is lately been under stress due to increased workload and/or various office frictions, goes out to lunch with her manager (let’s call him James), or that manger gives her a ride to a Read More …
Proving Disability Discrimination Doesn’t Require Proving Ill Will Toward The Employee
In many disability discrimination cases, employers defend their case by claiming that there is no evidence that they had any ill will toward the plaintiff-employee because of his disability, i.e. they never said anything negative about his disability, and didn’t do anything else that would suggest that they on purpose wanted to harm that employee Read More …
Is Reverse Discrimination at Workplace Illegal in California
https://youtu.be/PV5zWvrr9qw
EEOC Sues Raley’s For Religious Discrimination
Sacramento based supermarket chain Raley’s violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee’s request for work hours that did not conflict with her religious worship and then firing her, according to the lawsuit filed by US EEOC today. This is a classic case of religious discrimination. According to the filing, prior to her hire Read More …
Employers’ Duty to Prevent Discrimination And Harassment
California employers have an affirmative duty to take reasonable steps to prevent harassment or discrimination from occurring (Government Code 12940(k). Employers’ duty to prevent discrimination requires that employer respond promptly and properly to allegations of harassment or discrimination that are known to it (Trujillo v. North County Transit District (1998)). And it applies equally to Read More …
A Critical Document For Proving a Disability Discrimination Case
One of the common types of wrongful termination cases based on the employer’s violation of medical leave and disability laws is terminating an employee who is supposed to return to work at some future date after being out for several months or longer, and after extending his originally granted leave once or a few times. Read More …