There are many professions in the United States in which men and women are basically treated as equals. However, there are also some industries in which men dominate and women have difficult experiences because of their gender. The trucking industry is one of those....
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Were you treated unfairly at work due to your age?
Sometimes we do not need to meet specific educational requirements to advance in our careers. Our job performance over time often makes us candidates for a promotion, especially if we have worked at our job for many years. It can be frustrating, then, if you are an...
Common wage violations in California
Before you accepted your current job, it is likely that you considered several factors, including rate of pay. Under federal and state wage and hour laws, employers are legally obligated to make sure that employees are paid in accordance with their employment...
Employers cannot discriminate against pregnant people
In our state, we are blessed to have strong employment discrimination laws that exceed what is required at the federal level. Indeed, California has some of the most worker protections of any state in the United States, including for pregnant people. The basics Unlike...
Recent changes to California’s Equal Pay Act
California workers have likely heard of California’s Equal Pay Act. In its simplest terms, the act requires “equal pay for equal work”, meaning it is an illegal form of workplace discrimination to pay employees of the opposite sex or of another race or ethnicity less...
Protections under the California Equal Pay Act
The California Equal Pay Act was enacted to protect the rights of employees whose employers engage in discriminatory practices based on gender. Since the act became law, it has been updated many times and strengthened along the way to help ensure pay equity. Its...
Have you been illegally required to work off the clock?
When you perform work for your employer, you deserve to be paid. The sad reality, though, is that many employers try to cheat workers out of their pay by utilizing a number of illegal tactics. One of those strategies is requiring workers to perform their duties while...
Key factors to worker classification
The way that you’re classified as a worker can have a tremendous impact not only on the way you carry out your work duties, but also how you’re compensated. This is because workers that are classified as employees oftentimes receive benefits such as health insurance...
The basics of age discrimination that you should know
You’ve worked hard to build experience in your line of work, and you’ve demonstrated loyalty to your employer. But have you noticed that you’re consistently passed over for promotion and that your employer tends to favor younger workers? Have you been subjected to an...
Three key steps in building your sexual harassment claim
Despite a public campaign to raise awareness of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace, sexually harassing behavior continues to occur across America’s workplaces. If you’ve been subjected to sexual harassment, reported it, and subsequently faced a...