In California and across the US, discrimination can happen in the workplace. National origin discrimination occurs when company employees or job applicants are treated unfairly based on their national origin, ethnicity or accent, or perceived national origin. This...
When most people think about sexual harassment, they may assume that the perpetrator is a man and that the victim is a woman. However, employees in California and throughout the country can be victims of sexual harassment regardless of their gender or the gender of...
California is known for having some of the most employee-friendly laws in the country, giving employees more protections in the workplace than they would have in nearly any other state. Despite this, gender discrimination is still a common occurrence at the office,...
Employers are not allowed to create workplace policies that have a disparate impact on employees. This is true even if a California company had no intention of discriminating against a protected class of people when creating it. According to Title VII of the Civil...
Media outlets have reported that Papa John’s has agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by workers who accused the Kentucky-based pizza chain of violating California wage and hour laws and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The plaintiffs...
