Los Angeles Employment Law Legal Blog
How professionals of color deal with bias
Racism and bias don’t exist in professional circles of American society, right? Try telling that to professionals of color who deal with racial bias every day. The bias is so prevalent that some professionals alter the most basic things about themselves to avoid...
IKEA accused of age discrimination
IKEA is coming under attack for alleged age discrimination. In the past year, five lawsuits have been filed nationwide against the home furnishings retailer. In the latest lawsuit, a 48-year-old Connecticut man alleges IKEA has a "corporate culture of age bias" and...
Is sexual misconduct to be expected in male-dominated workplaces?
"This job was everything I'd ever wanted," Jennifer G. told the New York Times. It was a physical job, but Jennifer was a bodybuilder. The job involved guarding a highly classified Energy Department site where scientists perform top-secret nuclear tests and work on...
Guest sexual misconduct is a serious issue in hospitality industry
In 2017, a drunken male guest barged into a Marriott hotel lobby bathroom that a housekeeper was cleaning. He groped her and offered her $50, presumably in exchange for sex. The woman’s supervisor joked that the man should have offered $100. Unfortunately, it’s not...
Chili’s server denied promotions due to her gender nonconformity
When Meagan H.’s supervisors at a Phoenix Chili’s Grill & Bar invited her to apply for a manager training program, she was thrilled. She loved her job as a server and was good at it. Things began to go bad when Meagan appeared at a seminar regarding the company’s...
Majority of workers over 50 face unwanted termination, report says
Age discrimination may be far more common — and more damaging — than most people ever thought. The nonprofit news organization ProPublica and a think tank called the Urban Institute recently analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a detailed survey...
Judge says African-Americans can proceed with class action against Kaiser
Two former Kaiser hospital employees claim Kaiser has a policy of discriminating against workers on the basis of race, gender and age. The workers allege their own experiences of being harassed, being denied promotions and ultimately being wrongfully terminated are...
Private Attorneys General Act gives relief to wronged employees
Fifteen years ago, a state budget crisis pushed California to adopt the Private Attorneys General Act, or PAGA. This law allows private attorneys to sue employers on the state’s behalf when those employers violate certain state employment and labor laws. The law is...
More than 1,100 women accuse KPMG of discrimination, assault
“We allege that KPMG discriminates against women in pay and in promotions, and that this happens within a boys’ club culture that fails to address these disparities — even though KPMG has known about them — and that fails to address complaints of gender discrimination...
Tech giants won’t require arbitration in sexual harassment claims
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that companies could require employees to resolve their employment law claims through individual arbitration rather than by class action or ordinary lawsuits. After the ruling, it was widely expected that companies would...