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by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 31, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
The LGBTQ communities of California and the rest of the nation do not have specific protection under employment law, according to the Justice Department. The department stepped into a civil discrimination lawsuit in July to give its opinion to the question of whether...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 26, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
Tesla is a California company that wants to shape the future. However, the experiences of some of its female employees appear to be mired in the prejudices of the past. One female employee has filed a lawsuit against the company. She claims that the company fired her...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 20, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
Women of color in California and across the country who work in some of the most advanced scientific fields continue to experience hostile environments based on their race and gender, a study has found. Their experience in the workplace underlies some of the key...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 18, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
Some California employees who are involved in a dispute with their employer over workplace discrimination might have heard of back pay damages. Back pay damages are the amount an employer may be required to pay to cover an employee's economic losses. This may include...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 14, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
Most of the wage discrimination claims that are based on gender are filed by women. However, workers in California should also know that the some cases are filed by men. This is according to published and unpublished charge filing data from the Equal Employment...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 7, 2017 | Sexual Harassment
For decades, women working in California's tech industry region Silicon Valley have suffered sexual harassment and gender discrimination, with little done to solve the problem. Now, in a dramatic couple of weeks, attitudes toward harassment in this male-dominated...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 6, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
Workplace discrimination suits face legal hurdles when the plaintiff is a high-level executive or a partner at a California firm. To qualify for protection from discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a person must be an employee instead of an...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 5, 2017 | Racial Discrimination
A discrimination case against a national restaurant chain ended in a settlement with the business paying a hefty fine and establishing a fund for workers who suffered adverse effects. California-based Panda Express, which has an estimated 30,000 workers across the...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 29, 2017 | Workplace Discrimination
California workers may be interested to learn that a former McDonald's employee filed a lawsuit claiming that she was subjected to discrimination and was sexually harassed because she is transgender. The defendants are the company as well as the owner of the franchise...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 29, 2017 | Pregnancy Discrimination
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg famously urged women to "lean in" at work and move into leadership positions. That is certainly a worthy goal. Yet for many women who work in the tech industry and become pregnant, it can be hard to take the leave you are entitled to under...
