Employment Law Blog
U.S. Soccer makes concessions to women’s national team
The U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) has avoided a trial over four issues with the U.S. Soccer Federation as part of the team’s 2019 lawsuit alleging gender discrimination. As part of the settlement, U.S. Soccer has agreed to put new policies in place to...
Former female execs file retaliation claims against United Way
Three former executives for United Way Worldwide say the organization fired or bullied them in retaliation for addressing sexual harassment within one of the world’s largest nonprofits. According to their claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
New OT rules kick in for agricultural workers on New Year’s Day
For decades, farmworkers in California were excluded from most state and federal wage and hour laws requiring employers to pay overtime for time worked exceeding 40 hours per week or eight hours per day. Since 1976, agricultural employers were only required to pay OT...
How will Prop 22’s passage affect gig workers?
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 22 on election day after an aggressive record-setting $204 million campaign bankrolled by Uber, Lyft and other app-based companies. Nearly six in 10 voters favored the measure that allows these companies to...
Fired Uber driver files discrimination lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by a former Uber driver from San Diego claims the ride-sharing company’s system to rate its drivers is racially biased. Thomas Liu was fired in October 2015 when his star rating fell below 4.6. In its app, Uber asks passengers to rate drivers on a...
Appeals court rules Uber and Lyft must consider drivers as employees
The California First District Court of Appeal says ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft must treat Golden State drivers as employees and provide them with the appropriate pay and benefits. The ruling affirms state court actions and legislators’ beliefs that gig...
How are LGBTQ workers protected in California?
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibit employers from discriminating against anyone because of their sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. While limited exceptions exist – for religious...
Appeals court awards former bank exec $17M over defamation claim
The California Court of Appeals, Third District, ruled in July that a former regional president for U.S. Bank in Sacramento is entitled to receive $17 million in compensation after a jury determined he was wrongfully terminated, and that U.S. Bank National Association...
‘Time’s Up’ study uncovers ‘shocking’ number of retaliation complaints
Three years after the #MeToo movement brought workplace sexual harassment into the spotlight, a new study shows a disturbing result – nearly three-quarters of the people reporting harassment say they were retaliated against for complaining. The National Women’s Law...
California extends deadline to file discrimination complaints
Workers now have one year to file a discrimination or retaliation lawsuit against their employer with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1947 into law on Sept. 30. Before the measure became law,...
