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Category Archives: Workplace Discrimination
What to Do About Favoritism at Work Towards Others in California?
Favoritism at work is an age-old workplace plague that has given organizations issues for many years. It occurs when one person in power gives preferential treatment to some employees over others without any logical reasoning. An example of logical reasoning would be to award a…
Google settles class action claim based on gender discrimination
Google settled a class-action lawsuit for $118 million involving over 15,000 women who accused the company of gender discrimination. The claims included pay disparities with a nearly $17,000 wage gap and being placed in positions with limited career advancement. Although Google denied wrongdoing, the settlement…
What are my rights as a pregnant employee?
Expecting San Diego mothers should be able to enjoy their pregnancy and the time leading up to the birth of their child without having to worry about their job. Pregnancy discrimination, or discriminating against an employee because they are pregnant, is illegal, and there are…
What do you need to know about age discrimination?
Most of the time when we hear about discrimination occurring in the workplace, we probably think of race or gender discrimination. To be sure, news stories about these two types of discrimination seem to pop up in California quite frequently. But, it is important to…
Are mothers allowed to pump during the workday?
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Last Modified on Oct 24, 2025
Being a working mom is hard, especially when you recently gave birth to a child. Not only do you have to achieve your performance goals, but you also need to feed and take care of your baby. In California, you have the right to paid…
Bipartisan bill proposed to protect pregnant employees
When a woman gets the news that she is pregnant, she is likely so thrilled that she is not thinking about anything else. However, once reality sinks in, some women will pause and think how this will impact her current job and future career options.…
Some ways to gather evidence of workplace discrimination
If you suspect that you’re being discriminated against in the workplace, then you might foresee legal action on the horizon. This is especially true if you end up suffering from a negative employment action, such as demotion, a pay cut, a worse work assignment, or…
Kaiser Permanente settles racial discrimination lawsuit
Kaiser Permanente recently settled a racial discrimination class-action lawsuit for $11.5 million. This lawsuit involved alleged discrimination against over 2,000 African-American employees in administrative support and consulting services, specifically concerning compensation packages and opportunities for advancement. In addition to the monetary settlement, Kaiser Permanente will…
Legal protections from workplace disability discrimination
Disability discrimination occurs when an employer treats a disabled individual who is either an employee or an applicant for employment unfavorably because of the employee or applicant’s disability. Because of the important employment law protections for disabled individuals, they should be familiar how the law defines disability…
U.S. government does ‘about face’ on transgenders in military
With President Biden’s recent executive order allowing transgender people to serve openly in the military again, U.S. employers cannot help but take note. The issue — or non-issue — regarding transgenderism continues to gain a great amount of attention. More and more people in U.S.…
Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is an important employee rights law. It provides protections for workers to be free from discrimination in the workplace based on their actual, past, and perceived disabilities. Under the ADA, a Californian cannot be discriminated against in the workplace…
San Diego’s Southwestern College accused of institutional racism against black employees
Allegations of institutional racism against Black employees at San Diego's Southwestern College were first raised in a 2018 report by the University of Southern California, which described a "palpable climate of anti-Blackness." A subsequent employment discrimination lawsuit filed by current and former employees suggests that,…
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