A group of celebrity investors have been named in a lawsuit by two men who worked for a restaurant and allege they weren’t paid proper wages and were refused legal break times. Wage and hour violations in Orange County can make work downright awful. How much an employee was owed…
Imagine walking into a department store you love to shop at and having an employee tell you you can’t buy something or they won’t help you because of what you look like. That’s what a woman says happened to her in 2010, when she tried to buy a men’s shirt…
The U.S. Department of Justice recently settled its lawsuit against a Southern California city that it accused of violating the civil rights of a Buddhist group, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. The city of Walnut, which is east of Los Angeles, settled the complaint with federal authorities recently after…
A former female Los Angeles Airport police lieutenant was awarded nearly $1 million in a gender discrimination case by a jury recently. This is just another case of businesses and agencies that don’t treat their employees fairly and pay a hefty price for their illegal and unjust actions. Cases of…
The saga between Wal-Mart and potentially 1 million female employees who believe there is widespread discrimination continues as the giant retailer agreed to give the plaintiffs an extra 90 days to file their cases, Bloomberg reports. California Employment Lawyer Blog recently reported on the situation, in which the U.S. Supreme…
A Houston-area woman has sued her former employer for age discrimination, alleging she was told to dye her gray hair and was fired after refusing to do so, the Houston Chronicle reports. The Employment Law Team of Orange County is committed to helping employees who face discrimination for any reason,…
The U.S. Supreme Court in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. V. Dukes recently ruled that a class-action lawsuit made of 1.5 million female Wal-Mart workers can’t proceed because the plaintiffs haven’t shown justification for class-action status. Orange County Employment Lawyers believe this is another slap in the face to workers who stand…
The California State Senate Judiciary Committee recently voted in favor of a bill that would strengthen employment, housing and other civil rights protections to all Californians, especially those discriminated against based on gender identity and expression, the San Francisco Bay Times reports. Discrimination can come in all aspects of life,…
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has dismissed a major discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed by a former police lieutenant, according to the Burbank Leader. The police lieutenant alleged that he was placed on administrative leave in retaliation for complaining of an improper relationship between the police chief and…
A Los Angeles Police officer recently was awarded $1.1 million by a jury after claiming he was harassed and suffered retaliation because he is gay, The Los Angeles Times reports. The Orange County Employment Law Team has seen how retaliation and discrimination in the workplace can make working in an…