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by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 15, 2015 | Religious Freedoms
California law is very protective of the rights of its citizens to be free from all forms of discrimination. California has long required businesses to accommodate the religious beliefs of workers. Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) includes religious creed in...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 11, 2015 | Religious Freedoms
Gay Marriage vs. Religious Freedom: The Collision of Competing Rights or a Mask for Illegal DiscriminationThe welcome and long overdue US Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage generates as many legal issues as it resolves. One of the areas of...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 2, 2015 | Overtime
OBAMA ANNOUNCES SWEEPING CHANGES IN FEDERAL OVERTIME LAW Yesterday, President Obama issued an order that fundamentally changes the rules and regulations concerning calculation of overtime payments under federal law. These changes are going to result in making overtime...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jul 1, 2015 | Pregnancy Discrimination
What is Pregnancy Disability Leave?There are several laws in place in California that protect the rights of pregnant women. These protections extend beyond just maternity leave. In fact, California, pregnant mothers are entitled to maternity leave for reasons beyond...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 26, 2015 | Sick Leave
Employees Paid Sick Leave Now ProtectedEffective July 1, 2015, Californians will be guaranteed the right to take at least some paid sick leave without getting fired or worrying about losing their jobs or getting wrongfully terminated.Governor Brown signed the Healthy...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 5, 2015 | Joint Employer
Who is my "Employer?" There are multiple situations in the modern workplace where employees work for several different entities. For example, an employee might be retained by a temporary agency to provide services to another company. In other situations, employees...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 3, 2015 | Pregnancy Discrimination
The ProblemWhile the days of shameless sex discrimination depicted in the AMC Series Mad Men may be a thing of the past, pregnancy and other forms of sex discrimination in the workplace continue to present female workers with a very pervasive, significant, and...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 1, 2015 | Pregnancy Discrimination
What Are My Rights to Pregnancy Leave? There are two principal statutes involved in determining a family's rights with respect to pregnancy leave. The first of these is the Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"). As it related to pregnancy, it applies only to women...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | Jun 1, 2015 | Meal & Rest Period
Meal and Rest Period Laws: California Supreme Court to clarify on-call rest break law Whether employers can require employees to have cell phones or radios while on break will be the focus of an upcoming Supreme Court case. California requires employers to allow...
by The Law Offices of Daniel Feder | May 8, 2015 | Joint Employer
Recently, I was contacted by a former employee of a gas station that was part of a huge multi-national conglomerate oil company. The employee had been denied an accommodation based on her disability, denied medical leave, and treated terribly by the owner of the...
