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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for certain family and medical reasons. FMLA helps California employees balance the demands of work and family, while also protecting...
Discrimination in the workplace can occur in many forms, from verbal to physical. Unfortunately, the victims of such behavior in California are often unaware of their legal rights, sometimes even of the fact that this is happening to them. Knowing about the different...
Over the past fifty years, women have made incredible gains in the workforce in California. They have fully moved into a wide variety of industries. Many families stake their financial futures on the income that a woman brings in. But this importance has not entirely...
The California Civil Rights Department has announced that the production company behind the hit television series “Criminal Minds” has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. The agency took legal action in 2020 after about a dozen male crew...
If you have been the victim of workplace sexual harassment, you may feel like you are alone. You are not. Millions of people experience workplace sexual harassment each year, including in California. It can be a very difficult experience to go through, but with time...
Disclosures of sexual violence require an enormous amount of trust. If someone chooses you as their confidant, you do not want to violate that trust by responding inappropriately. Whether they are disclosing sexual harassment in a California workplace or a sexual...
California employers must provide a place for lactation to their employees. They must also give the employee time to pump breast milk throughout their workday. Ideally, these periods run concurrently with breaks already provided to the employee. Still, if additional...
In California and all other states, there are two different types of employees: exempt and nonexempt. If you recently accepted a new job, it’s crucial to know which classification applies to you and how the two compare. Exempt employment explained Exempt employees...
The California-based gaming company Activision Blizzard has been accused of turning a blind eye to sexual harassment once again. The latest allegations have been made by a former product manager who claims that a hostile work environment encouraged a male coworker to...
The continuing violation doctrine has significantly contributed to increasing fairness in the California workplace by giving employees additional means of recovery from employers' unlawful actions. The doctrine essentially holds an employer accountable for any...