Religious Discrimination

Weekly Recap: Religious Discrimination Uptick Exemplified by $260,000 Settlement by Shipping and Trucking Company to Sikh Workers and $175,000 Settlement for Racial Discrimination of San Diego Cop

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
We report an uptick in the number of religious discrimination cases in California. An interesting settlement this past week personifies the type of narrow minded and outdated policies that some California companies persist in enforcing. The case involves several truck drivers working for a large shipping and trucking c...

Rising Religious Discrimination in California and Recent Amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Harassment, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
In the last several weeks, our attorneys report a number of religious discrimination lawsuits.  One of these lawsuits was brought by a group of Muslim women on May 2nd against Urth Café in Orange County.  The women, who were wearing traditional Muslim hijabs or covering, allege that they were kicked out because of t...