http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/ Published by Greenberg & Rudman, LLP en-us 2010-02-22T14:04:37-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/windsor_california_discriminat.html Windsor, California is a town located in Sonoma County. This town was originally settled by Europeans in 1851. This city is home to over 25,700 residents. However, Windsor is not a very diverse city. Most of its residents, over 78... EMPLOYMENT CLAIMS Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-22T14:04:37-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/male_employees_who_dread_going.html Sexual harassment by males towards other males is not as uncommon as one might imagine. In addition, it is illegal under California and federal law. If you continually face sexual innuendo, inappropriate touching, comments about your body, and/or crude sexual... WORKPLACE HARASSMENT Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-21T23:32:12-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/woman_settles_with_financial_c.html Just last week, a major east coast financial company agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought by the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a hearing-impaired former worker. The lawsuit alleged that she... DISABILITY / MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-20T06:25:19-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/seventhday_adventist_sues_form.html The Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought a lawsuit on behalf of a Seventh-Day Adventist who was fired after refusing to work on the Sabbath. The EEOC sued the employee’s former company for religious discrimination an alleged the company... WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-19T14:17:14-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/los_gatos_employee_settles_dis.html A former employee of the Los Gatos solar power company, Akeena Solar, agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC alleged that the employee’s supervisor fired her... DISABILITY / MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-18T11:08:13-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/were_you_denied_a_job_because.html The Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against an international manufacturer, The Timken Company. The lawsuit alleges that the company refused to hire a female employee for a full-time position because they were... DISABILITY / MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-17T19:57:02-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/el_cerrito_california_discrimi.html El Cerrito, California is located in the SF Bay area Contra Costa County. This city was originally founded by refuges from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This northern California city is home to over 24,200 residents. This city has quite... EMPLOYMENT CLAIMS Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-16T10:49:00-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/02/your_boss_cannot_fire_you_beca.html A hernia is a protrusion of tissue or part of an organ through the body’s muscular tissue. Most often, hernias occur in the abdomen. Symptoms of a hernia include pain at the site, a visible lump, or more vague symptoms... DISABILITY / MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION Greenberg & Rudman 2010-02-15T17:43:01-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/01/if_your_boss_is_refusing_to_gr.html Federal Title VII does not explicitly require employers to grant pregnancy leave. However, it does prohibit pregnancy discrimination. In addition, Title VII does required employer to grant medical leaves which are applicable to pregnant women. However, California’s Fair Employment and... EMPLOYMENT CLAIMS Greenberg & Rudman 2010-01-26T13:15:01-08:00 http://www.sanfranciscoemploymentlawyerblog.com/2010/01/has_your_work_performance_suff.html Sexual orientation discrimination is not only wrong, but it is illegal. California law protects individuals from facing this type of discrimination in northern California workplaces. In addition, the law also protects employees from being discriminated against on the basis of... WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION Greenberg & Rudman 2010-01-25T20:10:10-08:00