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What Are Your Sick Leave Rights in California?

Everyone gets sick. Unfortunately, rather than showing sympathy for this normal part of the human condition, some employers demand constant and superhuman availability and fire employees for even a few unscheduled absences. Other times, employees are concerned that missing work will jeopardize their chances at promotions and other employment...

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Pregnancy Discrimination in Job Interviews

For a variety of reasons, women often apply for jobs during their pregnancy. Maybe they were victims of pregnancy discrimination at a prior job. Maybe they are looking for a stable, better-paying job to support their family. Whatever the reason, women have the right to interview for jobs during...

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Attorney Portrait

What is the Good Faith Interactive Process?

Most California employers who employ more than 5 people—as well as most employers nationwide who employ more than 15 people—are legally required to engage in the “good faith interactive process” when an employee requests an accommodation due to a disability or pregnancy. Though the interactive process is nothing new,...

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California Passes Covid-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

Even as we see hope on the horizon, employees and their families are still being ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Luckily, the California Legislature has seen the impact the pandemic has had on those employees on the front lines and has passed additional emergency relief in the form of...

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Are You Being Denied Reimbursements for Work from Home Expenses?

We are living in a time where a worldwide pandemic has forced much of the workforce to convert living rooms and bedrooms into long-term home offices. Although working from home has some benefits, it has added a number of additional expenses that would not be present while working at...

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Can Your Employer Require You to Get Vaccinated?

As vaccinations spread and California starts to re-open, we expect to see a rise of litigation relating employers illegally requiring their employees to choose between their health and the jobs. For instance, last week, a woman sued her previous employer for terminating her after she sought accommodations to protect...

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Attorney Portrait

What is Family Responsibilities Discrimination?

Is it Illegal to Discriminate Based on Family or Parental Status? In California, it is illegal to discriminate against an employee because of their role as a caregiver for a child, parent, or person with disabilities. This is known as family responsibilities discrimination (“FRD”). Family status discrimination is not...

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The IRS Will Pay You to Report Tax Fraud

According to a new bombshell report by the New York Times, a whistleblower has come forward testifying that Credit Suisse, who previously settled claims with the U.S. Government that it helped rich Americans hide money from the IRS and evade taxes, continued to brazenly help these individuals continue to...