by Jay Butchko | May 10, 2024 | Discrimination Harassment
Working for the California State Parks system sounds like an ideal job. You get to spend your entire workday enjoying some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth and ensuring that it stays safe for future generations to enjoy it. Of course, it only takes one bad...
by Jay Butchko | Apr 26, 2024 | Discrimination Harassment
Employment discrimination occurs when an employer fires you or refuses to hire you because of a protected characteristic, such as your race, religion, age, gender, or country of origin. Just because your employer has not fired you, or has not even threatened to do so...
by Jay Butchko | Apr 12, 2024 | Discrimination Harassment
Being a police helicopter pilot sounds like an awesome job. It almost sounds like the response that fourth graders would give if you asked them to think of the most fun job they could imagine. Jobs that are so much fun that even people who have never been in the...
by Jay Butchko | Mar 15, 2024 | Discrimination Harassment
Most employment discrimination lawsuits name an entire company, nonprofit organization, or public sector employer instead of or in addition to an individual coworker. In some cases, an adversarial relationship with a particular supervisor or bullying by a particular...
by Jay Butchko | Feb 16, 2024 | Discrimination Harassment
Sometimes the jobs that look like the most fun are the most unpleasant places to work. When you visited Disneyland as a child, you probably dreamed of working there as a costumed character. Of course, having to wear full-body costumes in the summer heat to portray...
by Jay Butchko | Feb 2, 2024 | Discrimination Harassment
If you have a public sector job that you have held for more than a few years, you are in a better position than most people. You have more job security and more generous health insurance benefits than most people have, and you might even have a retirement pension;...