by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 12, 2015
Gender Discrimination Cases Suffer Token Set-Back. Ellen Pao, the superwoman of the finance and tech world, has suffered another indignity added to those she endured while working for venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins. Having lost her gender...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 11, 2015
THE PAGA CASE AND ARBITRATION: BACKGROUND. Whether ‘tis nobler to endure the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and thereby to represent the public good, or to submit to the charge of leech feeding upon the lifeblood of the California economy, that is...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 3, 2015
Gender Bias Hurts Not Just Women, But Children and Families. From 1950 to 2013, women’s labor force participation nearly doubled from 33.9 percent to 57.2 percent. In addition, more women pursued higher education to seek better opportunities in the labor force. Among...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Sep 2, 2015
OLDER WORKERS AND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS You’ve seen your paycheck whacked every pay period with money pumped into the black hole of Social Security, while hearing that the Trust Fund isn’t going to be there after the tsunami of Baby Boomers. Your impulse is to take...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 31, 2015
Employee’s Appeal From Labor Commissioner Award is “Successful” If More Than Zero. Our Orange County appellate district, Justice Bedsworth, has clarified: goose and gander are not to philander on remander. [I liberally paraphrase from the colorful...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 24, 2015
The Blind Audition Can Bypass Costly Subconscious Prejudices That Lead to Poor Hiring Decisions Hiring for results should be independent of the gender, the facial features, race, the ethnicity, the skin color, the age, the religion, the weight, the hair and dress...
