Google has agreed to settle allegations brought by female software engineers who claimed that men received higher salaries for doing the same work and Asian and female job applicants who were denied positions with the company. The U.S. Department of Labor announced...
Gender Discrimination
Addressing workplace discrimination
Workplace discrimination based on gender, race, sexual orientation or other immutable personal characteristics was once an accepted part of everyday work life. Thanks to decades of struggle by activists in California and the rest of the United States, legal...
Female employees and challenges with “sex-plus” discrimination
It is illegal to discriminate against employees based on classifications of age, race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin or sexual preference. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act makes this clear. Employees have protections against discrimination at...
What’s the Equal Pay Act of 1963?
Californians are slowly waking up to the fact that men and women don't get paid the same amounts for the same efforts. More often than not -- especially when you look at national averages -- men get paid higher wages than women for the same type, quantity and quality...
Does the pay gap between women and men continue?
After all these years, and after all the fighting for women's rights, you'd think that it would be easy to enact legislation that ensured women received equal pay compared to their male coworkers. However, the pay gap continues. Even though laws do exist to prevent...
Transgender harassment and discrimination in the workplace
Every employee deserves to work in an environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Harassment and discrimination - although illegal - are a reality in many U.S. workplaces.Transgender employees often face...
Sexual harassment and discrimination against female police officers
Law-enforcement is a male-dominated industry. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, about 12 percent of active duty police officers are female. Unfortunately, many female police officers are subject to unfair treatment in their jobs - and this treatment is...
The rights of breastfeeding mothers in the workplace
Deciding whether to breastfeed is an important decision that every new mother has to make. Breastfeeding has a huge impact on a child's health, and has emotional and psychological benefits as well. Unfortunately, some women feel forced to stop breastfeeding because of...
The unintended conseqeunces of Hillary Clinton’s paid maternity leave proposal
The birth of a child is a life-changing event. As parents adjust to life with a newborn, most take parental leave. In the United States, some companies provide paid time off for new parents. But many offer limited paid time off - or no paid time off at all. Paid...
Bononi Law Group Takes On Sex Discrimination Suit Against Toymaker Mattel
Bononi Law Group has filed suit on behalf of a former employee of Mattel, Inc., the giant toymaker based in El Segundo. The lawsuit alleges that the vice-president of corporate affairs in 2013 and 2014 created a hostile work environment for women by making derogatory...
Why Hire Bononi Law Group?
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.