California Family Rights Act

Disability Discrimination Victory of $1,000,000 for a Deputy Fire Chief in San Diego and Associational Disability Discrimination Claim against California Trucking Company

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Workplace Discrimination
As some of California’s leading attorneys, Stephen Danz & Associates are proud to represent hundreds of California residents spanning San Diego to Sacramento in their pursuit of justice against discrimination.  We start off this blog post by a report from our San Diego Employment Attorneys about an ex-deputy fir...

Background Check Policy Disproportionately Screens Out Minorities AND Associational Discrimination Violation under FEHA

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Employment - Class Actions, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
A long running class action settled this week when the U.S. Census Bureau agreed to pay $15 million dollars and repair how it screens job applicants for census positions.  The main allegation was that the agency disproportionately screened minority applicants.  A non-monetary component of the settlement includes a ch...

This Week Pregnancy Discrimination Strikes Again and More

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
In a recently filed case, a California court saw an office assistant claiming that she was discriminated against due to her pregnancy and ultimately wrongfully terminated in retaliation.  The Plaintiff filed the lawsuit against both her staffing agency, Williams Lea, Inc., and the client law firm Arnold & Porter, ...

New Updates on Accommodation, Retaliation, and California’s Family Rights Act

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights
In this segment of ‘Weekly Employee Rights Update’, we aim to provide our employee subscribers with timely educational information from recent cases and laws. New Workplace Protection to Employees Requesting Accommodation: Last week, the California Assembly finalized its review of a bill that will revise portio...

Danz’ Weekly Five Employee Rights Update

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights
In this segment of Danz' 'Weekly Five Employee Rights Update', we aim to provide our subscribers with a healthy dose of educational and timely information from recent cases and new laws. Enjoy. (1) Understanding Reasonable Accommodation: One of the of the most hotly contested areas within Employee Rights and D...

In 2015, Employee Rights Expand by California Family Rights Act

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights
In 2015, the California Fair Employment and Housing Council will provide employees with additional workplace discrimination protections under the California Family Rights Act ("CFRA"). The CFRA is California's version of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), and offers expanded employee rights. See t...