Category: Employee Rights

A hostile work environment is a workplace where an employee feels intimidated, uncomfortable, or humiliated because of unwelcome actions or behavior of others. Every employee should be aware that the law protects them from being exposed to or targeted by such misconduct. However, it is also important to distinguish between what legally counts as harassment […]

What traps for the unwary may an employee on extended medical leave face? Our firm recently settled a disability discrimination case against a national company apparently unfamiliar with California medical leave and disability discrimination law. It made every mistake that could be made in respect to disability leave in California. Let’s take a look: Disability […]