Workplace retaliation in California occurs when an employer disciplines or punishes an employee for taking part in activities protected by law. An act of retaliation could be anything from firing the employee, reducing their salary, demoting them, or reassigning them to a different task or shift. Sometimes, the adverse nature of these actions is obvious, […]
Harassment by coworkers is one of the most traumatic experiences an employee may go through. For the protection of employees against this type of harassment, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) says that an employer may be held liable for workplace harassment even if the perpetrator was not a supervisor but only a coworker. […]
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) broadly describes two ways to categorize sexual harassment at the workplace. Under the Act, sexual harassment refers to: (a) unwelcome sexual advances or other types of physical, verbal or visual misconduct of a sexual nature; and/or (b) actions that create a hostile, offensive or intimidating workplace environment based […]
Though the topic of sexual harassment has gotten much more attention is recent years, many are confused as to what exactly constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace. How do you recognize it when it happens, and what can you do about it? Below, we discuss some examples of sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as […]
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, sexual harassment in the workplace has become a hot button issue. For years, companies have educated their employees on proper conduct and the ramifications of improper conduct, but have only sporadically enforced their own policies. These policies, which are backed by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, […]
Attorney Steven Rubin won the Top Verdict award for his work on Mecredy v. Sonic Industries Inc. that earned the plaintiff $474,004.00 in compensation. Steven Rubin, the founding employment attorney at Rubin Law Corporation, was recently awarded Top Verdict for his work on Mecredy v. Sonic Industries Inc. This accolade recognizes lawyers and law firms […]
