On behalf of Nelson Law Group | Sep 18, 2020 | Workplace Discrimination
Every day, millions of people all around the world log onto Pinterest to look at a wide variety of pictures and articles that interest them. It’s easy to forget that there is a team of professionals working behind the scenes of their favorite app. However, a...
On behalf of Nelson Law Group | Aug 10, 2020 | Workplace Discrimination
Businesses and employees tend to approach their relationship from opposite mentalities. A worker wants to maximize the compensation that they receive for the job that they perform, while a company typically wants to get the best work or labor possible while minimizing...
On behalf of Nelson Law Group | Jul 30, 2020 | Workplace Discrimination
In California, many expecting mothers experience discrimination at their jobs based on their pregnancy status or medical conditions related to their pregnancies. Pregnant workers are protected in all of the various aspects of employment, including hiring, promotions,...
On behalf of Nelson Law Group | Jun 5, 2020 | Workplace Discrimination
Technology companies in the San Francisco, California, Bay Area provide rewarding careers, but older workers in this industry may not feel welcome. A report from a people analytics company in 2019 compared average ages for workers in the technology industry to workers...
On behalf of Nelson Law Group | Feb 6, 2020 | Workplace Discrimination
The federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act is designed to protect expecting mothers from discrimination in workplaces in California and around the country. However, it can be hard for you to protect your rights if you don’t know what they are. Your rights under...
by Nelson Law Group | May 7, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
Hair is sometimes referred to as someone’s “crowning glory,” so it’s only appropriate that a bill aimed at ending discrimination in California against historically black hairstyles is called the CROWN Act. Otherwise known as Senate Bill 188,...
by Nelson Law Group | Apr 24, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
Are you 40-years-old or older and looking for a job? Whether you’re seeking a promotion from within your current company or looking for a position with another firm altogether, you might expect that your years of experience and hard-earned knowledge more than...
by Nelson Law Group | Feb 26, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
“I have a migraine,” you tell your boss. Your boss rolls her eyes and says, “I get terrible headaches, too. Take some Advil.” Except a migraine isn’t a headache — although it (usually) makes your head hurt. A migraine is actually a...
by Nelson Law Group | Feb 14, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
More police departments than ever — including those in California — are facing a reckoning with their past when it comes to discrimination against their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) brothers and sisters in blue. In the past, many gay...
by Nelson Law Group | Jan 16, 2019 | Workplace Discrimination
A former employee of the California Senate won a discrimination suit against her former employer for failing to accommodate her needs and retaliating against her for requesting accommodations. The Senate was ordered to pay the former employee $350,000 — a figure...
