• posted: Aug. 07, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  Business,  Discrimination,  Equal Pay
• Employment,  employee,  Business,  Equal Pay Act

California’s Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in Rizo v. Yovino that held that an employer violated the Equal Pay Act because of its bright-line policy rule of paying Read More

• posted: Aug. 01, 2017
• Amanda Rydza
• Employment Law,  Discrimination,  Family Responsibilities
• Business,  discrimination,  family businesses,  nepotism,  nepotism in the workplace

What is nepotism? Nepotism is the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. What is the law and how can someone sue Read More

• posted: Jan. 26, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Labor Law,  Business,  Applying for a job,  Discrimination,  Employee Rights,  Disabilities Act,  Family Responsibilities,  FMLA
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  employer,  Business,  Labor law,  FMLA

Family responsibilities discrimination (FRD) is a common type of employment discrimination that occurs in the workforce, especially towards pregnant women and mothers. However, FRD is not a type of discrimination Read More

• posted: Jan. 20, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Discrimination,  Employee Rights,  FEHA
• employee,  workplace discrimination,  disability,  FEHA

  Ever since California passed its first law protecting the rights of workers with disabilities in 1974, it has been at the forefront of the Americans with Disabilities movement. Under California’s Read More

• posted: Jan. 06, 2017
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Law,  Discrimination,  Employee Rights,  First Amendment,  Protected Rights,  Social Media
• Employment,  employee,  Social media,  Labor law,  First Amendment Right

Individuals find themselves in hot water all the time over what they post on social media. For some, their posts go so far as to get them arrested; for others, Read More

• posted: Jan. 05, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Labor Law,  Wage & Hour,  Discrimination,  Employee Rights
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  Business,  Labor law,  Wage & Hour,  Background Checks

Labor laws are constantly changing, and it is important that California employers keep up with those changes so that they do not unknowingly violate any of them. The Pleasanton business Read More

• posted: Oct. 04, 2016
• Melinda Garcia
• Uncategorized,  Discrimination,  Employee Rights,  Wrongful Termination
• Employment discrimination,  employee,  Labor law

“How can I ask my older employees to retire?” This is a question that a lot of employers find themselves asking as their workforce ages but shows no signs of retiring. Read More

• posted: Aug. 17, 2016
• Melinda Garcia
• Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination,  Employee Rights
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  harassment,  employee

Today’s women want it all: The career, the marriage, the house, and yes, the family. And they can have it all, with some juggling, multitasking, and super-human willpower. Unfortunately, some Read More

• posted: Mar. 01, 2016
• Tod C. Gurney
• Uncategorized,  Discrimination
• harassment,  employee,  employer,  Business,  workplace discrimination

The U.S. Constitution protects the right of all citizens to practice the religion of their choice and prohibits government entities from establishing a “preferred” religion. What happens when an employee’s Read More

• posted: Dec. 23, 2015
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Law,  Discrimination
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  employer

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in an employment law case involving a federal employee who filed a discrimination lawsuit based on what he believed to be constructive discharge, or Read More

• posted: Nov. 18, 2015
• Tod C. Gurney
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Labor Law,  Discrimination
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  Labor law

Employees have a myriad of rights that are illustrated by various local, state, and federal laws that provide them with certain guarantees in the workforce. One such law, the Age Read More

• posted: Sep. 01, 2015
• Melinda Garcia
• Employment Issues,  Employment Law,  Business,  Discrimination
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  employer

No employer wants to lay off large numbers of employees as it is typically a symptom of an economic downturn. Unfortunately, layoffs and reductions in force are a part of Read More

• posted: Aug. 14, 2015
• leslieburkhammer
• Employment Issues,  Sexual Discrimination,  Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination
• Employment,  Employment discrimination,  employee,  employer,  Sexual Discrimination

As one Golden State vice-mayor is discovering the hard way, even an allegation of sexual harassment in the workplace can have serious negative side effects on an entire office. In Read More

• posted: Aug. 13, 2015
• leslieburkhammer
• Employment Issues,  Labor Law,  Sexual Discrimination,  Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination
• litigation,  Employment,  Employment discrimination,  harassment,  employee,  employer,  Labor law,  Sexual Discrimination,  civil litigation

In order to run a successful business, today’s leaders understand that they must know more than just what their product is and how to sell it. They must know what Read More

• posted: Aug. 03, 2015
• leslieburkhammer
• Sexual Discrimination,  Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination
• Sexual Discrimination,  EEOC,  sexual orientation

Employers this week eagerly awaited the most recent decision by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on the rights of employees based on their sexual orientation. Once the 3-2 decision was Read More

• posted: May 29, 2015
• Tod C. Gurney
• Discrimination,  Gender Discrimination
• Employment discrimination,  transgender,  workplace discrimination

A transgender former employee of Barnes & Noble Bookstore is suing in Orange County federal court, alleging that the management at the store where she worked refused to allow her to Read More