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Woman Sues Employer Over Gender-Based Pay Discrimination
The gender pay gap is well known. Women get paid less than men of similar professional background in exchange for the same work. Comedians of both sexes make jokes about it, and some people even commemorate the day each year by which women’s pay catches up to the...
New Law Gives California Employees the Benefit of the Doubt in Employer Retaliation Claims
Many cases of employment discrimination follow a familiar story. The employee does not feel welcome in the work environment from the start. Her direct supervisor seems to find fault with her about issues great and small, and coworkers make derogatory comments about...
Can an Employer Discriminate Against You Because You Are Not Good Looking Enough?
Everyone knows that you are not supposed to judge people based on their physical appearance, but most of us do not apply that precept consistently in our daily lives. Finding a community of people who judge each other based on their actions instead of their looks is...
Abusive Treatment by an Employer Is Still Abuse, Even When It Is Not Discrimination
Many employment discrimination lawsuits arise from work environments where a work supervisor harasses employees because of one or more protected characteristics of the employees, such as their race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or family status. To file...
Business Partner Accuses Fashion Designer of Misappropriating Company Funds for Personal Use
Everyone in Los Angeles has creative vision in abundance, but not everyone has business sense. Therefore, partnerships between an artist and an entrepreneur are common here in the City of Angeles. Egos can clash in any business partnership, even one that sells...
Is Accent Discrimination Legal?
If the cultural and linguistic diversity of Los Angeles disappeared, it would be a shadow of its former self. According to a 2019 report by World Population Review, 224 languages are spoken in Los Angeles. This means that a large portion of workers in the Los...
Can You Sue If Your Business Partner’s Big Ego Caused Your Business to Tank?
If you operate a business, there is a chance that it will close because of financial losses, with or without having first enjoyed a period of success. If you operate the business with a partner, it is virtually guaranteed that you and your business partner will...
Investor Claims That Business Partners Intentionally Caused Business Venture to Fail
When business projects fall apart, it is easy for each partner to blame the others’ mistakes for what went wrong. While many businesses end with hard feelings among the partners, most people do not have grounds to sue their former business partners simply because the...
The Law Protects Prison Employees Who Report Abuse From Retaliation
Reporting misconduct by your employer is a legally protected activity. This means that, if you see employees in your workplace violating legal regulations, committing crimes, or simply engaging in reckless or malicious acts that cause physical or financial harm, you...