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Family Status Discrimination Series

April 16, 2008 14:45

One employment law claim that has been quickly becoming more popular these days is “family status discrimination”. That is, discriminating against someone based on their familial obligations or simply because they have a family in the first place. Widespread use of this claim is so...

The Best Worst Paid Leave Policy Ever

January 28, 2008 15:03

A Reuters story this morning deals with what is both one of the most liberal paid leave policies I have ever seen and also one of the most blatantly discriminatory. Hime & Company, a Tokyo-based marketing firm, offers paid leave to employees who have a bad breakup, termed “heartache...

“Mind-Numbing Lawyer Gobbledygook” Overrated?

January 19, 2008 22:27

An article in Thursday’s Los Angeles Times discusses their own parent company, Tribune Co.’s new employee handbook that was introduced by their CEO, Sam Zell, via a recent e-mail to employees. This caught my eye because it is not every day that a company publicly releases or discusses...

Schwarzenegger “Terminates” Employee Rights (Part 3)-Family Values?

November 05, 2007 14:43

This is our final installment in a series dealing with employee rights laws that California’s legislature passed in 2007, but which Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed last month before they could take effect. SB 836 Senate Bill 836 was heralded nationwide as the first law prohibiting employer...

Schwarzenegger “Terminates” Employee Rights (Part 2)-Difficult Choices

November 04, 2007 16:16

This is the second post in a series on several very important bills the California legislature passed in 2007 to protect employees that the Governor vetoed at the last possible moment last month. SB 537 Despite supporting a strong new law providing protected leave to military spouses whose...