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The Los Angeles City Council has threatened to cut off the city’s ties with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California due to allegations of sexual harassment. MWD makes up about 49% of the city’s total water, the rest coming from the Los Angeles Aqueduct and...
Various female employees around the country are taking a stand against McDonald’s and telling their story of alleged abuse and harassment in the workplace perpetrated by their male co-workers and supervisors. The female employees have either filed discrimination...
In December of 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded the District Court of Oregon’s grant of defendant Umpqua Bank’s summary judgment initiated under Title VII by a former bank employee who alleged she was harassed in the...
The Proposed “Silence No More Act” On February 8th, 2021, California state Senator Connie Leyva introduced the “Silence No More Act” in an effort to protect employees who speak out about discrimination in the workplace even if they’ve signed nondisclosure agreements....
This past summer, the Supreme Court advanced civil rights with their sweeping decision to deem workplace discrimination for LGBTQ workers unconstitutional. Many states already had their own laws on the books protecting workers from being discriminated against due to...
On January 25, 2021, the California Labor Commissioner issued citations and filed a lawsuit against Baked in the Sun, New Vista Baking LLC and private equity firm HCAP Partners III, L.P to collect around $1.3 million unpaid wages and damages 189 workers are owed [1]....
The dispute between Uber and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPCU) occurred after Uber voluntarily disclosed an 84-page “safety transparency” report which revealed around 6,000 cases of sexual assault that took place during rides in 2017 and 2018. [1] Uber...
Following years of sordid history with unions in the tech industry, Google parent company Alphabet launched a union with unconventional means of achieving their goals. After frustrations with alleged unfair business practices and unethical business deals, this has...
California Governor Gavin Newsom lately authorized a handful of bills that will affect employers in the new year, most notably legislation that will expand the state’s current family medical leave law, the California Family Rights Act (CFRA), and COVID-related...
In accordance with SB 3, beginning January 1, 2021, the California minimum wage will rise.[1] The minimum wage for employers with 25 or less employees, will increase from $12.00/hour to $13.00/hour. For employers with 26 or more employees, the minimum wage will...
