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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...
Amazon Prime Sued for Labor Wage Violations in New Class Action Law Suit The plaintiff in this new lawsuit against Amazon Prime was defined as an “employee” with the company, and worked in Los Angeles county[1]. Hired in April 2020 as a non-exempt employee, the...
On November 2, 2020, Brenda Nix, a Los Angeles police officer, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles. Nix joined the LAPD in 2002 and alleges was subject to a hostile work environment beginning in February 2017 to present day. The lawsuit...
In February of this year, the California Supreme Court ruled that Apple, Inc. is required by state law to pay its employees for the time they spend undergoing mandatory bag searches after clocking out from their shifts. Previously, Apple employees had to wait up to...
In a novel lawsuit that caught the attention of the national media, an Asian American man from Hawaii has brought a discrimination lawsuit against Uber, the ride hailing company.¹ The lawsuit alleges that the five-star rating system, whereby passengers rate their...
Starting on January 1, 2021, a new law recently signed by Governor Newsom, known as SB 1383, will go into effect. This law will expand the coverage and scope of the CFRA, the state analogue to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). CFRA requires covered...
Despite significant progress and changes in wage equality there still remains a persistent and identifiable wage gap. This wage gap occurs not only in gender but in race and ethnicity as well. On September 30th, 2020 Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-973 which...
Marc McWilliams, Kris Jenner’s former bodyguard, is suing her over sexual harassment complaints. In the lawsuit, McWilliams has also named the security company responsible for employing him and Jenner’s daughter, Kourtney Kardashian, for allegedly violating California...
The curtain is slowly but surely being rolled back on the idyllic work environment marketed by many tech giants. Many employees are coming out of the tech industry complaining of toxic work environments, gender discrimination, racial discrimination, and retaliation...
