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This week, the United States Senate passed landmark legislation ending forced arbitration for victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the work place.   The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act passed with strong bipartisan support and is a major milest...

If you work in California, consider yourself one of the lucky ones.  California has some of the most robust employment laws protecting its workers.  While there's been a lot of fuss in recent years over employers leaving the state for this reason, I personally think they'll be back (or at least w...

On Monday, October 5, 2021, I went to watch my good friend and colleague Bernard Alexander (who also co-counseled a hard fought disability discrimination case we took to trial and won) give his closing arguments in Owen Diaz v. Tesla.   The monumental nature of the case was not lost one me.

Many employers are ill-prepared for their employees to take extended leave. While an employee taking leave under the California Family Rights Act can expose existing stresses on a business, all too often, the employer will make the employee's already stressful situation worse by lashing out.   ...

Most people are generally familiar with the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and often assume that the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) - the state's counterpart to FMLA - provides the same protection. While the FMLA and the CFRA are both forms of protected unpaid leave, California employees will receive greater protection under the 2021 amendments to the CFRA.

Oakland-based medical provider Kaiser Permanente recently agreed to pay $18.9 million to settle two class-action lawsuits that alleged that the company discriminated against its employees by paying them less because of their race. Read more about the case and key takeaways.

You may be asking yourself, "What is employment law"? and "What kind of employment lawyer do I need"? Employment law is a complex field of law that governs the relationship between employers and employees.  Specifically, it deals with the rights of employees and the responsibilities of employers.  Emplo...