California state law doesn't require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. An attempt by New York City to make paid sick leave mandatory there has earned the promise of a veto from current Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It appears that the City of New York will...
Month: March 2013
EEOC Says Placer ARC Failed To Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Employee
Prior to being transferred to the Roseville facility, Homeyra Kazerounian had successfully worked for Placer ARC in Auburn. The transition did not go well, however. Supervisors at the Roseville location failed to accommodate Kazerounian who is hearing-impaired and...
Dancers Charged For Stage Time By Club Owners Fight Back
Tired of having to pay club owners for the 'privilege' of providing entertainment for guests of gentlemen's clubs, dancers are fighting back. Improper classification of dancers as independent contractors rather than employees allowed club owners to charge fees to...
Former SVU Colorist Fights Back Against Employment Discrimination
With seven years in with the hit TV series Law & Order: SVU and over 27 years of experience in the industry, colorist Charlotte Grau is now out of a job. But she's fighting back. Grau claims in an employment lawsuit recently filed in LA that she was fired for...
Former Price Is Right Model Headed Back To Court For Pregnancy Discrimination
It's back to the trial court for former Price is Right model Brandi Cochran. She'd previously been awarded $7.7 million in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against the TV show's producer FreeMantle Media North America, but that verdict was set aside and a new trial...
Rights For Domestic Workers Back On CA Legislative Agenda
Overtime. Meal breaks. Rest breaks. Sick leave. These are basic employee rights that many people take for granted. But not domestic workers in California. Nannies, housekeepers, in-home caregivers and others throughout our state don't have these same labor...
To: CC: BCC: Whether Your Employer’s On It, He Or She May Be Reading It
It's big news on the other coast: administration at Harvard University searched the emails of 16 members of the faculty. Administrators were trying to root out a leak; the university was embroiled in a cheating scandal last fall and there was reason to believe that...
Housekeeper Claims Wrongful Termination After Back Injury
Angelica Castillo is fighting back. A former housekeeper for Sharon Stone, Castillo is asserting in a wrongful termination lawsuit against her former employer that she was fired because an injury she suffered while on the job limited the tasks she was able to...
Common Examples Of Pregnancy Discrimination
Discrimination based on pregnancy may be obvious - "You're fired because you are pregnant." But in many cases, it's much more subtle. Failing to make reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions or forcing a female employer to take unnecessary medical...
Fired After Requesting More Than Four Months For Pregnancy Leave
Ana Fuentes Sanchez was hired by Swissport, Inc., to clean airplanes in 2007. She was fired two years later after taking 19 weeks off because of pregnancy-related complications. That included all of her unused vacation time as well as the four months she was allowed...
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You can choose among many California law firms when seeking an attorney for your employment law matter. Here are four reasons you should consider Bononi Law Group.