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by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jan 20, 2018 | Workplace Discrimination
Immigration is back in the news lately. Since immigration is largely a federal matter, the decisions made by lawmakers in Washington affect the ability of thousands of Californians to remain in this country. However, the California Assembly has taken steps to protect...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jan 18, 2018 | Whistleblowers
The filing of a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by a former San Francisco Police Department officer has resulted in a $100,000 settlement offer from the city. A woman, who had worked for the department for 22 years, asserted...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jan 18, 2018 | Sexual Harassment
In her powerful acceptance speech of the Cecil B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes, Oprah declared, “Their time is up!” referring to those who have habitually gotten away with sexual harassment in a variety of workplaces. Her words created quite at stir in the...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jan 16, 2018 | Workplace Discrimination
A group of women has filed a class-action lawsuit against Google claiming that the technology giant's employment practices violate California law. Lawmakers in Sacramento amended the California Equal Pay Act in 2017 to forbid employers from using prior pay to set...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jan 8, 2018 | Workplace Discrimination
A proposed bill in California would require hotels to provide panic buttons to employees. These buttons would allow employees to seek assistance if they are threatened or other put in danger by a guest. According to one of the bill's authors, the intent is to protect...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jan 2, 2018 | Workplace Discrimination
Workers in California are protected from discrimination at work by both state and federal laws. A transgender woman is suing Sam's Club alleging discrimination. According to court documents, she was fired from a North Carolina store after making repeated complaints...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jan 2, 2018 | Whistleblowers
Workers in California and throughout the country are protected from retaliation by their employers if they become whistleblowers. Protecting them can be important to employee safety, as unsafe workplaces kill more than 4,000 workers each year. In New York, a man had...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Dec 28, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
A recently released study suggests that some of the largest employers in California and around the country use social media sites like Facebook to make their job listings available only to members of certain demographic groups. Online platforms allow advertisers to...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Dec 23, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
Sexual harassment is unfortunately too common in workplaces throughout California. Victims of sexual harassment at work are protected by both state and federal laws. To file a lawsuit against an employer for sexual harassment, a victim may need to take certain steps,...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Dec 21, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
Women in California and throughout the country may feel as if they are discriminated against in the workplace. That was one of the finding of a Pew Research poll of 4,914 adults conducted during July and August 2017. Specifically, 42 percent of respondents said that...
