A high-profile gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit is underway in Silicon Valley, with one of the area’s oldest venture capital firms in the center of the storm. In her complaint, Ellen Pao claims she was subjected to five years of retaliation after she refused sexual advances from several of the…
While sexual harassment claims are often filed by women who suffer discrimination or retaliation by male superiors, a recent federal case filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a reminder that discrimination and harassment can go both ways. According to a statement from the EEOC, a well-known restaurant…
McDonald’s is facing some of its most egregious accusations of racial and sexual discrimination and harassment, which could result in a significant settlement or verdict for 10 former employees. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the company in January of 2015 in the U.S. District Court for the…
Transgendered employees are a protected class under California state laws and federal law. The Justice Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hold it is illegal for employers to discriminate against transgendered employees. In a recent turn of legal events, Saks & Co. administrators in a federal motion asserted the…
The American Civil Liberties Union has succeeded in taking on a gender discrimination case against a Catholic school in Indiana. According to court documents, a teacher was discriminated against after she sought in vitro fertilization treatment to get pregnant. After working at the school for more than seven years as…
A Seattle soccer team owner has been sued for sexual harassment and members of the team have questioned whether he was properly screened and background checked. Twenty-two players quit the Seattle Impact FC team after only one season game. Players stood alongside the dance team known as “Ladies with Impact,”…
Protected classes under California state and federal law are always evolving. Minorities, women, those with disabilities and members of the gay and lesbian workforce were not always given legal authority in the face of discrimination. A new class has emerged raising a new question—should the obese be established as a…
Making legal history, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed two lawsuits against companies accused of transgender employee discrimination. The lawsuits were filed under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, offering protections against sexual discrimination. This is the first time the EEOC has taken action since federal law was…
Sociological studies have often focused on which groups suffer most in America’s labor force as a result of demographics, education, and discrimination. Minorities and youth in today’s workforce have high unemployment rates — but nothing compared to that faced by the transgendered community. According to reports, inequalities and discrimination prevent…
Women seeking jobs in math dependent professions are discriminated against regularly by biased employers. Our employment lawyers in California know that gender bias is a real problem for female employees in the workforce. A recent report in the Washington Post discusses just how severe gender bias can be in relation…