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According to a complaint filed in a California court, United Airlines has been using discriminatory employment practices in staffing its charter flights for athletes. The complaint says it is only staffing the flights with flight attendants who are young, white and...
No one should endure sexual harassment anywhere, especially while at work, yet workplace sexual harassment remains an ongoing problem in California and across the country. When issues arise in the workplace and complaints are filed, job providers must take those...
Employers in California and throughout the country are required to abide by laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. Various laws prohibit discrimination based on protected attributes such as disability, gender, race or national origin. Under federal law,...
A former legal assistant who worked for more than 30 years at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis found it necessary to file a discrimination lawsuit against the company. The former employee underwent brain surgery in 2019 and was relieved of her duties shortly...
A group of former workers for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" says that their work environment quickly turned from a dream job into a nightmare. An investigation in California is currently underway to determine whether writers and executive producers for the show sexually...
Some people in California may be aware that Fox News Channel is facing more accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct. Several years ago, accusations of sexual harassment led to the dismissal of the chairman, Roger Ailes, and one of the network's stars, Bill...
The #MeToo movement has been beneficial in many ways: It has influenced California legislators to adopt more employee-friendly sexual harassment laws, and it has also encouraged more and more women to come forward to speak up about sexual harassment in the workplace,...
Age discrimination in the workplace is illegal under both federal and California law. Some people may think of age discrimination as terminating or refusing to hire an employee because of his or her age, but discrimination can encompass much more than that. Age...
Media sources in California report that the nine-woman group that filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein for sexual harassment and abuse have agreed to settle the case for $19 million. The settlement is expected to be used to create a fund for the benefit of women...
In the course of everyday living, people get dismissed from work. There are different reasons as to why an employer can decide to fire their employees. In California, for example, work is at will. This gives the employer the authority to determine who should be hired...