On behalf of Law Office of Frank S. Clowney III | Oct 3, 2019 | Employee Rights, Employment Disputes, Workplace Discrimination
Unfortunately, California employees who face the prospect of retaliation might refuse to speak up about workplace mistreatment. While there are laws in place to protect employees against retaliation and wrongful termination, retaliation can manifest itself in numerous...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Apr 29, 2015 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
A new report claims that an outside investigation at the University of California, Los Angeles, discovered that female staff are working in a hostile environment in the research center for Alzheimer’s disease. The center is part of the David Geffen School of...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Mar 30, 2015 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced that eight Napa Valley vineyard workers will share $65,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. The complaint was filed against a vineyard owner, a management...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Mar 23, 2015 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
On March 16, a former Facebook employee filed 11 complaints against the social network in a California court. The woman’s claims stemmed from her time working for Facebook between June 2010 and October 2013. She alleges that race and gender discrimination were...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Mar 12, 2015 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
Although discrimination based on religion is one of the things prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, previous cases ruled in favor of allowing employers to discriminate against visibly religious applicants based on the dress code or...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Mar 2, 2015 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
As many California workers may know, workplace discrimination may be cited when an employee is treated unequally due to his or her sex. A case in Silicon Valley that began jury selection in San Francisco on Feb. 23 involves this issue. According to legal sources, the...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Feb 23, 2015 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
California employees who are discriminated against at work due to their disability may seek recourse against their employers under state or federal law. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a federal agency that pursues claims against employers who it...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Jan 2, 2015 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
The Fair Employment and Housing Act is California’s non-discrimination statute. Tracking closely with and sometimes expanding upon the provisions of federal civil rights laws, FEHA prohibits discrimination in employment and housing based on a person’s...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Dec 29, 2014 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
On Dec. 18, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department is now interpreting workplace discrimination laws as prohibiting discrimination against people who are transgender. Consequently, transgender people who have been subjected to...
by Law Office of Frank S. Clowney, III | Nov 25, 2014 | Firm News, Workplace Discrimination
On Nov. 18, a federal judge upheld a jury’s $185 million punitive award to a former AutoZone store manager for pregnancy bias, discrimination and retaliation she experienced at one of the retailer’s San Diego locations. The judge rejected AutoZone Stores...
