In The New York Times Opinion section today, Addington Stewart, president of the International Association of Black Professional...

According to Reuters, a U.S. study suggests that “[w]omen training for careers in surgery are more likely to abandon the profession when...

In California, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee because of his/her disability. The definition of...

Under California law, employers may not discriminate against an employee because of his/her mental disability. Bipolar disorder is...

According to The National Law Review, the EEOC has sued a Golden Corral franchisee in Georgia for allegedly violating the federal...

According to the Los Angeles Times, a campus review found that Thomas A. Parham, a former UC Irvine vice chancellor, "violated university...

Does your employer have a maximum leave policy? A maximum leave policy is when an employer sets a cap or a “maximum” on the amount of...

Compensatory time off, or “comp time,” is the practice of permitting non-exempt employees to take extra time off in lieu of receiving...

According to CNN Money, "'subtle discrimination'" can "create a hostile work environment and make it difficult for some workers to do...

According to The Atlantic magazine, "[i]n 2016, the World Bank estimated that the global market for online freelancing was $4.4 billion."...

Originally Published on September 3, 2018; Revised on August 10, 2021 You quit your job in Washington D.C. and moved all the way to...

California Labor Code Sections 1025 to 1028 (“California’s Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Law”) provide that if your employer has...

According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, individuals who are 55 and older "remain out of work longer than their younger peers when they...

Generally speaking, California Labor Code Section 230.2 provides that if an employee is a victim of crime, an employer must allow the...

According to The Sacramento Bee, the legislative proposals that have "emerged in response to the #MeToo movement" are "expansive and...

Generally speaking, California law requires employers to pay overtime compensation to non-exempt employees. Consistent with this,...

Make-up time is when a non-exempt employee takes time off from work on a certain day of the workweek and then “makes up” for that time by...

According to Outside Magazine, women who work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service "face not just aggressive come-ons...

According to Forbes today, California could start requiring the boards of California-based public companies to meet gender diversity...

Under both federal and California law, employers must provide a break period to accommodate an employee who wants to express breast milk...