The government’s largest contract provider of security services has agreed to pay $1.26 million to 26 female employees for pregnancy discrimination, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Our Los Angeles employment attorneys represent women in the fight for fair treatment in the workplace. Whether the charge is pregnancy…
A Los Angeles sexual harassment lawsuit has been settled after a parochial school employee said she was sexually harassed by the church pastor, FOX News reported. Our Orange County sexual harassment attorneys and Riverside employment rights lawyers understand the need for experienced, high-quality legal representation for victims who have faced…
A vacation-home rental company will pay $165,000 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against Latino employees, according to the Sierra Star. The Los Angeles office of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission reported that “An investigation was undertaken that led to a finding of discrimination, harassment and…
An employment lawsuit in Los Angeles has been filed against a clothing company, alleging disability discrimination. The Mercury News reports that the
Two police officers claim they were wrongly transferred after being falsely accused of sexual harassment in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Independent reports the LAPD sergeant and officer worked for the bomb squad at the Los Angeles International Airport. They are claiming gender discrimination and retaliation. A Los Angeles employment…
The California Attorney General’s Office has filed an employment lawsuit in Los Angeles against eight car washed owned by the family that runs the trendy Koi restaurants popular with celebrities around the world. Businessweek reports that the lawsuit accuses owners of the car washes of not paying the minimum wage,…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Chapman University of discrimination, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Our Los Angeles employment attorneys represents clients facing discrimination, wrongful termination and other employment issues throughout the Los Angeles area, including Santa Ana, Orange County and Riverside. Chapman…
Servers working in restaurants, especially the larger and busier chains, need to know their rights when it comes to overtime, rest and meal breaks and compensation paid to other employees. A practice that is somewhat prevalent in the industry is the requirement that servers pay a portion of the wages…
Many unscrupulous employers resort to misclassifying their employees as “independent contractors” in order to avoid: 1) Paying overtime and benefits to the employee AND 2) Paying payroll taxes to the government. Both result in enormous harm to the community and to the families of the employees. Recently our Orange County…
When economy turns slow as it has in the past year or so it affects issues related to employment law in many different and unique ways. One of the impacts we’ve observed is that employers begin to obscure the line between exempt and exempt employees in order to save on…