Category Archives: Employment Law
What Is the Difference Between Disparate Impact and Disparate Treatment?
While the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up the issue of the future of the disparate impact analysis to show discrimination, President Obama’s administration seems to employ it more frequently...
Illegal Harassment on the Job
Sexual harassment cases seem to attract the attention of the press. Ask San Diego's embattled former mayor, Bob Filner, who is facing a sexual harassment lawsuit from his former director...
Age Discrimination Lawsuits Hold Employers Accountable
In April 2013, California Superior Court awarded two plaintiffs $2.6 million in damages in an age discrimination case. The plaintiffs, Nimet Behar, aged 49, and Clorinda Greek, aged 63, were...
California Supreme Court Clarifies Meal Breaks at Work
Last year, in Brinkley v. Superior Court, the California Supreme Court decided the important issue of whether employers must make sure that employees take their breaks or simply provide opportunity...
California’s Legal Protections Against Workplace Discrimination
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits discrimination in employment based on religion just as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans such discrimination at the...
City Employee Files Lawsuit, Describes Filner Headlock
San Diego Fox 5 News has an exclusive with the 14th woman to come forward, accusing former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment. She is now the 2nd...
Disability Discrimination and the Death of a Newborn
Reyna Garcia worked at Albertson’s in Atascadero as general merchandise manager, which involved loading and unloading significant quantities of merchandise. When she became pregnant in 2012 and suffered pelvic pain,...
