Orange County employment lawyers
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If you’ve lost your job as a result of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, you may want to consider getting the help of a skilled Orange County employment lawyer and filing a claim for discrimination. However, keep in mind that the employer may seek to restrict or cut off entirely the damages you can recover by…
Read MoreEmployer’s Discriminatory Intent
Intentional discrimination in the workplace is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state anti-discrimination laws. In order to succeed in a discrimination claim, you and your Orange County employment lawyer will have to show the employer’s discriminatory motive in the adverse employment action. The easiest way to prove this…
Read MoreHow Were You Hired?
Once you retain a skilled Orange County employment lawyer, he or she will begin to gather facts and information in order to strengthen your discrimination claim. After obtaining background facts on you and the defendant, your attorney will ask you specific questions about the hiring process you went through. Your Orange County employment lawyer will…
Read MoreEvaluating Your Employment History
If you think you have suffered unlawful retaliation or termination at your place of work, you may be considering contacting an employment attorney. There are many factors that an Orange County employment lawyer will consider when deciding whether or not to take your case. The attorney will look at your entire chronological employment history and…
Read MorePanda Express in San Jose sued for national origin discrimination
A national origin discrimination lawsuit was recently filed in the U.S. District Court in San Jose alleging the Panda Express restaurant on El Paseo de Saratoga discriminates against Latino employees and favored Asian employees. The company, based in Rosemead, does have a discrimination policy but “there was a failure to implement it,” according to the…
Read MoreCA Supreme Court rules nonresidents should be paid overtime
Last month, the California Supreme Court ruled against Oracle in a lawsuit involving overtime pay paid to nonresident workers. With the ruling, the Supreme Court declares that all nonresident workers in California are entitled to overtime pay from businesses in the state. The ruling came out of a class-action overtime pay lawsuit filed against Oracle.…
Read MoreTarget settles Orange County discrimination suit
Wednesday, Target Corp. settled a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit was filed in 2009 on behalf of a man who worked as a cart attendant at a Target store in Orange County. According to the lawsuit, the company reduced the man’s hours after he returned from a period…
Read MoreState Senate passes language discrimination bill
Last month, members of the California Senate passed a bill to protect foreign language speakers and workers in the state from facing language or national origin discrimination in the workplace. Senate Bill 111 would add language into the state’s civil rights law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, and make it illegal for employers to require…
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