If a California job seeker over the age of 40 does not get a position that he or she applied for, it could be the result of discrimination. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act makes it illegal to discriminate against a worker over the age of 40 based on his or...
Quid pro quo harassment and hostile work environments
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | May 25, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
California employees might be the victims of two different but related types of sexual harassment in the workplace at the same time. Hostile workplace harassment may involve creating a difficult work environment for a person through comments or behavior while quid pro...
Sexual harassment in the workplace
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | May 22, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
In California, employers are responsible for creating safe workplace environments. This includes sexual harassment, which includes any unwelcome advances or conduct that is sexual in nature. When sexual harassment incidents occur at work, some employees may find that...
Female doctors claim discrimination at work
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | May 15, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
A study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that four out of five female physicians had experienced discrimination at work. Researchers asked members of an online community called the Physicians Moms Group about their mental...
The implication of "after-acquired" evidence
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | May 9, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
California workers who are thinking about filing a discrimination lawsuit against an employer may want to know more about the "after-acquired evidence" defense. As the name implies, after-acquired evidence is information that an employer discovers about an employee...
Sexual harassment in the workplace takes many forms
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | May 8, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
Workers in California and around the country are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the courts have recognized various types of this kind of harassment. Quid-pro-quo- sexual harassment takes place when...
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