It's always wise to be aware of your employer's policies about use of company computers, email, phones and other technology and equipment for non-work-related purposes. A vice president for the Fox Cable Networks Group learned that lesson the hard way. The Los Angeles...
Month: April 2014
Police chief and supporters say firing was due to discrimination
A veteran police chief who was recently fired by a city's mayor believes she was terminated because she is a lesbian. Her termination was met with picketing and prayer vigils by citizens of the small community on her behalf. It also prompted the town's city council to...
Married Los Angeles police officers suing city for discrimination
It's a familiar story. An employee complains to superiors about discrimination, sexual harassment or unethical actions and that employee finds him- or herself the target of retaliation and possibly out of a job. Now two married Los Angeles Police Department officers...
Speier seeks mandatory sexual harassment training for Congress
The latest story of extramarital shenanigans by a member of Congress has brought the issue of sexual harassment of employees from California and the rest of the country who work on Capitol Hill to the forefront. While there have been no reports that the relationship...
Los Angeles police captain alleges discrimination, retaliation
A captain with the Los Angeles Police Department who is suing the city claims that he had been denied advancement for unjust reasons. One of these reasons, according to his suit, is that he has voted not to terminate officers who have come before the department's...
Is age discrimination is behind Boeing unit’s move to California?
The Boeing Company's recent announcement that it is moving its Commercial Aviation Services unit and 1,000 engineering jobs from the Seattle area to Southern California is good news for our economy and employment picture. However, the CAS engineers, who monitor...
California woman files federal suit over sexual harassment
A California woman has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit charging her former employer, a Kentucky police department, with sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Her attorney says they plan to request that the claims made in the civil suit she filed last...
Fired reporter says problems began with FMLA request
When a local newspaper fired one of its veteran journalists, the people in charge may have anticipated that the reporter would use her social media skills to go public with her story. It's rather unlikely that the people at The Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon,...
Appeals court rules for plaintiff in Wal-Mart discrimination case
There has been yet another ruling related to the gender bias allegations by female Wal-Mart employees. As we noted here last August, in 2001, a class-action suit representing about 1.6 million employees was filed against the retail giant. On March 31, a federal...
Disability a leading cause of discrimination in California
Disability discrimination cases topped the list of employment discrimination cases brought to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing in 2012 according to a report issued by that civil rights agency. However, looking ahead to the coming year, it...
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