Legal News Articles

Silicon Valley Sexual Discrimination

San Francisco, CA On the heels of two recent California labor lawsuits where Facebook and the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers were sued for alleged sexual discrimination comes another charge, this time targeting Twitter.

April 6, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

Two Very Different California Labor Code Lawsuits

San Francisco, CA His employer didn’t require advance notice of media appearances. And a former managing director of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) did not specifically represent the views of his employer when he was recorded for a segment of The Daily Show last year. Nonetheless, plaintiff Todd Wilemon’s employers were not happy with the outcome of what turned out to be a short segment on the show and terminated Wilemon from his job. Wilemon alleges the termination is in violation of California labor law and has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit.

March 30, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

Uber Faces More California Labor Claims

San Francisco, CA Following news of a California labor lawsuit filed against Uber for allegedly misclassifying its workers as independent contractors comes news of another lawsuit against the company alleging violations of California labor law. This new lawsuit, however, does not deal with employee pay or classification. Instead it alleges violations of California state labor laws requiring companies to properly protect employee information.

March 23, 2015

CALIFORNIA OVERTIME

Health Club to Settle California Employee Lawsuit

Hollywood, CA Equinox Holdings Inc. has agreed to pay up to $4 million to settle allegations that the company failed to provide proper overtime pay, meal and rest breaks for employees. Although that lawsuit has been tentatively settled, the company still faces allegations of violations of California overtime law, alleging it did not properly pay employees all required overtime pay. In 2014, the company paid $2.9 million to settle overtime wages and meal break violations.

March 12, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

California Labor Lawsuit Seeks to Distinguish Employees from Contractors

San Francisco, CA Yet another company involved in a California labor lawsuit is alleged to have misclassified its employees as subcontractors, denying them proper pay and breaks as owed to employees. Now, a judge has suggested he might agree with the workers, and deny a motion by the defendant to dismiss the California labor law claim.

March 9, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

All Eyes on Pao v. Kleiner et al in California Labor Lawsuit

Sacramento, CA One would think that in this day and age the equality gap in terms of remuneration, opportunity and civil deportment between the sexes would be continuing to narrow. Many would go so far as to suggest that any inequality, of any degree and depth, has no place in modern society. Sadly, that does not appear to be the case. Even basic labor and discrimination tenets governed by California labor law continue to be challenged in the workplace through misplaced and sometimes juvenile behaviors.

March 2, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

California Labor Law Protection for Discrimination and Retaliation?

Bakersfield, CA The State of California’s Division of Labor Standards investigates complaints that allege discrimination in the workplace. It states that “As an employee in the State of California…your employer cannot fire, demote, suspend or discipline you for answering any questions or providing any information to a government agency.” Although most employees know their basic rights and that discrimination is a violation of the California labor law, they are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation. Juan feels he has nowhere to turn.

February 24, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

Wal-Mart Hit with California Labor Lawsuit

Santa Ana, CA Arguably the largest retailer in North America has been hit with a California labor lawsuit by a pharmacist formerly employed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on behalf of all pharmacists employed by Wal-Mart across the country. At issue are allegations of missed rest periods and unpaid overtime, which is an affront to California Labor Law.

February 16, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

Uber and Lyft Face California Labor Lawsuits

San Francisco, CA Though they may be relatively new on the business scene, Uber and Lyft already face California labor lawsuits alleging drivers for the businesses are misclassified as independent contractors when they should be considered employees, and therefore eligible for overtime, minimum wage and expenses. US District Judge Edward Chen, in San Francisco, has made comments on the Uber lawsuit, but according to the Los Angeles Times has not yet issued a ruling.

February 9, 2015

CALIFORNIA LABOR LAW

Cheerleaders to Gain Under Proposed California Labor Law Bill

Sacramento, CA On the heels of perhaps the greatest spectacle in professional and broadcast sports, the Super Bowl, a California assemblywoman and onetime cheerleader wannabe has authored a bill hoping to improve protections under California labor code for cheerleaders.

February 2, 2015