Bay Area Employment Law Blog
How to combat a hostile work environment
Professionals like you in the San Francisco Bay area may find that they are working in hostile work environments, even though federal and California laws are in place to protect workers who suffer from harassment or other negative situations. A hostile work...
Company settles lawsuit filed by nurses
If you work over 40 hours in a week, you are entitled to overtime pay for those extra hours. The standard overtime rate is 150% of your normal wage, and several different types of employer benefits could be excluded when calculating that wage. However, employers who...
An overview of a pregnant worker’s rights
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 the PDA...
Celebrity restaurant owners accused of unpaid overtime
Too many California workers continue to struggle with unpaid overtime and other wage and hour violations, even potentially those who work for well-known owners. The star of TV's "Vanderpump Rules" and her husband are facing a class action lawsuit filed by a former...
New CA law helps victims of workplace sexual harassment
Victims of sexual harassment in the workplace often don’t report incidents right away. Some may fear losing their job, while others may not feel comfortable coming forward. And many who do come forward find their company taking steps to keep the complaint secret with...
Choosing a Bay Area Employment Lawyer
If you believe you need an employment attorney, the following may help you in choosing one to represent you: What Is "Employment Law?" Employment law involves issues arising in the workplace, such as wrongful termination, harassment and unpaid overtime (see [LINK] for...
California moves to ban hair 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, the "Create a Respectful...
Age discrimination in hiring (and how to spot it)
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 make up...
How much should sexual harassment cost a company?
What's a fair price, in your mind, for a company to pay when an employee has endured sexual harassment that's put his or her career in jeopardy and caused serious emotional harm? Right now, federal law says the maximum any sexual harassment case is worth -- no matter...
California school sued over retaliation, wrongful termination
The Olive Grove Charter School that operates in numerous locations around Santa Barbara is facing allegations that it wrongfully terminated an upper-level employee who complained about certain improprieties going on. The allegations come from a former employee who had...