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In employment disputes, arbitration is increasingly common, especially since the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Epic Systems Corp v. Lewis that employment contracts can lawfully include mandatory arbitration clauses. Unfortunately, these clauses are usually the...
If you’re a registered nurse, LPN, CNA or any healthcare professional at a hospital, you’re in a position to notice patient safety problems and unsafe working conditions. When you do, it’s part of your job to report these issues to the hospital. Patient safety should...
Journalists have been leaders in the #MeToo movement, publishing articles that have brought the problem of sexual harassment to the nation’s attention. But have news organizations been providing safe harbor for harassment in their photojournalism departments? A...
In another shakeup for Uber Technologies, Inc., the company’s chief people officer resigned following an investigation into whether she handled discrimination complaints properly. An anonymous group of whistleblowers has accused the executive of systematically...
The New York Times recently published an expose about how common pregnancy discrimination continues to be in the U.S. After reviewing thousands of pages of public records and court documents and interviewing dozens of women, their lawyers, and public officials, the...
There are two basic types of illegal discrimination: intentional bias and “disparate impact” discrimination. The second type of discrimination can be intentional, but it need not be. It is a type of discrimination where unnecessary employment barriers are put in the...
In a case in Indiana, a hospital recently paid $15,000 to settle a lawsuit regarding the hospital’s failure to provide a disabled employee with a reasonable accommodation. Specifically, the hospital did not permit the employee to transfer to a vacant position for...
Michael T. thought his career was in good hands with Allstate. It was not. The 55-year-old Californian had worked for Allstate for 30 years, ever since he graduated from college. He had worked his way up to the position of field sales leader and advised 30 independent...
“There is still a strong bias against mothers in the workplace, and we encourage women who feel discriminated against due to pregnancy to come forward and let the EEOC help defend your rights,” says the director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s San...
Here in California, employers are prohibited from asking job applicants about their salary histories. With women making about 82 cents for every dollar a male peer makes, we need a way to close the pay gap. When wages and salaries are based on past pay rates, any...