In the State of California, being a domestic worker or home healthcare worker is not an easy job. These employees have not traditionally been fairly compensated, and there are a variety or reasons for this. One of the reasons is that many domestic workers are women, and, as we all know,…
In some gas station markets, you can go to the counter where fresh sandwiches and other food is prepared and use a computer screen to place your order. You can decide what you want on it, what you want with it, and pay for your order at the kiosk. You…
When we think of an electric car, several economy models like the Chevrolet Volt, the Nissan Leaf, or Toyota Prius might come to mind. However, for those looking for a higher end luxury or sport model electric car, a Tesla might be a better option. Two of these new model…
According to a recent news feature from the Los Angeles Times, SuperShuttle has filed a lawsuit in California to get all of its many drivers classified as independent contractors. There are a variety of reasons for this, but it is primarily because company leaders do not want to have to…
There are many full service car washes in Los Angeles and Orange County, California. For many years, these workers would put in a full day of hard work at leave with less than $50 paid in cash. There was no fixed schedule, according to a recent news article from Truthout. Workers…
Many people who stay in hotels, even very expensive luxury hotels, will leave all kinds of trash for housekeepers to deal with. According to a recent news article from NBC Los Angeles, this often includes medical waste that must be specially handled and safely disposed of in an approved receptacle. While the hotel…
Chicken doesn’t come cheap. Or at least, not for the workers who toil to process it for the masses. A new report by Oxfam America asserts workers in U.S. poultry processing plants risk high rates of injury, illness, difficult working conditions and unsympathetic bosses. But perhaps the worst offense, the…
A $57,500 settlement was reached in an Orange County gender discrimination lawsuit in which plaintiff, an employee of Irvine Range Water District, alleged she suffered system sexism by her superiors. Although the settlement agreement did not require the employer to concede any wrongdoing, plaintiff’s complaint asserted there was plenty. According…
A sharply divided California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Eight, issued a decision allowing a plaintiff to proceed with his associational disability discrimination claim against his employer. This was a reversal of the trial court’s opinion in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highways Express Inc., wherein a father alleged he was…
A former division chief for the San Bernadino Fire Protection District has been awarded more than $700,000 by a jury in California after successfully arguing he was the victim of age discrimination. Jurors determined age with the “substantial motivating reason” behind the termination of the then-58-year-old fire official. Now 62,…