Workplace harassment in any form is unacceptable. In California, workers are protected by both federal and state laws to ensure they aren’t the victims of such negative treatment in the workplace. Those who are harassed or discriminated against at work can take legal action accordingly. Unfortunately, although the law may officially prohibit workplace harassment, it […]
In February, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a lawsuit, alleging Tesla, Inc. harbored an atmosphere of harassment and racial discrimination against the company’s workers of color. When workers spoke up concerning the treatment, Tesla retaliated. This lawsuit is just the latest accusations in a checkered history of misconduct by Tesla. If […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered the way many people in and around the Los Angeles area go to work every day. In many cases, employers have allowed the majority of their workers to shift to a home-based work situation. This has worked out well for many people, but working from home has also opened […]
With the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are required by law to provide reasonable accommodation for job applicants and employees with disabilities, provided that doing so does not cause any undue hardship to the employer. When they fail to do so, they can be penalized in several ways. Such was the […]
Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the U.S. with more than 610,000 employees, has a problem with employment discrimination, or at least that’s what many former and current employees are saying. Just this past month alone, Amazon has been sued for racial discrimination, wrongful death on the basis of disability discrimination, and as a cherry […]
If you think being a female doctor means looking sexy and smiling all the time, as well as agreeing to everything your male colleague says, then you are discriminating against more than 880,000 women working in the U.S. medical industry. Fact: Of nearly 1.1 million doctors of medicine all across the United States, women make […]
Being in the center of gossip at work can be very frustrating and painful, especially if the gossip centers around your medical condition. But is there any way to put an end to the water cooler talk once and for all? This is the question our Los Angeles employment law attorney here at Rager & […]