Disability

Hitachi Automotive Systems Agrees to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit for $85,000

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Discrimination
The EEOC announced recently that Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc., agreed to settle a disability discrimination claim for $85,000 and other relief. Hitachi is a global supplier of automotive parts. The lawsuit by the EEOC claimed that Hitachi had refused to accommodate the disability of an assembly worker and ...

SB 271 Expands Unemployment, Disability, And Family Leave Rights for Motion Picture and Television Production

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights
SB 271 ensures that workers in the motion picture and television entertainment industry who work partially in other states will be entitled to full, instead of partial, unemployment insurance (UI), state disability insurance (SDI), and paid family leave (PFL) if they meet the other criteria for those laws. Prior to ...

$7 Million Age And Disability Discrimination Verdict Against Major Newspaper

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights
A jury awarded an award winning columnist $7.1 million after finding that the Los Angeles Times discriminated against him due to his age and disability. In this blog post, we will provide a brief overview of age discrimination and disability discrimination claims. We will also explain how the law protects employees aga...

Have You Been Discriminated Against By Your Employer Due to Your Pregnancy? U.S. Supreme Court is Currently Debating a Case with Enormous Consequences to Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Workplace Discrimination
The main federal law protecting expecting parents is the Pregnancy Discrimination Act ("PDA"). Enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, PDA prohibits discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. Discriminatory action may come in the form of hiring (or non-hir...