Category: Feature

California has long been known as a state that offers employees some of the greatest workplace protections in the country. This results from laws allowing employees to bring claims against their employers based on issues such as discrimination, harassment, unpaid overtime, and what types of restrictions may be placed on employees (e.g. non-compete clauses). Some…

Sexual harassment has been a significant issue in 2016, touching areas from the presidential campaign to high-profile lawsuits against media moguls. And while the events of this past year are no doubt part of a trend that has gone on for decades, despite vigorous battles by courageous victims and their attorneys, their occurrence at the…

In the same week that a union filed sexual harassment complaints against McDonald’s on behalf of 15 workers, a Washington, D.C.-based research firm released the results from a survey regarding fast-food workers. The survey indicated that 40% of female fast-food workers reported having been sexually harassed on the job. The survey, which included polling more…

The wage gap – the average difference between what men and women are paid for doing the same job – has been a topic of widespread discussion since at least the 1970’s. Yet, four decades later, women are still experiencing lower pay than men for the same work. Consequently, the wage gap is one of…

Most of us probably witnessed bullying while growing up in school. We probably all thought that it would end when we moved on into the workplace. But it doesn’t. And some of the worst bullying we may ever face can be in the workplace. As with other types of bullying, workplace bullying can take the…

Within weeks of former Fox News Chief Roger Ailes resigning from his long-held post at the cable news company over allegations of sexual harassment, more allegations of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing continue to be made public by those who worked at the company. Earlier this summer, former Fox and Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson filed…