If you are familiar with the ADA or the FEHA, you are probably familiar with the phrase “reasonable accommodation.” This phrase refers to the legal requirement that employers have to make changes to a work environment that facilitate a disabled individual’s ability to perform the functions of…
You are not alone in the myriad of emotions, thoughts and fears you may go through when you first realize you are expecting a new addition to the family as many new parents share a similar experience. While, the fact that becoming pregnant may cost them their…
Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act, citizens who suffer from a disability cannot legally be denied the opportunity to work based on their disability as long as they are able to perform the functions of the job. This has helped many Americans fulfill their desires of…
You may be familiar with the concept of whistleblowing. That is, informing the authorities of illegal acts your employer is engaging in. You may also know that it is illegal for your employer to fire you for whistleblowing. However, did you also know that it is illegal…
They say that if you find a job you love, you never work a day in your life. Many of us spend years searching for that dream job, but unfortunately, not everybody is lucky enough to find it. Other times, we have the opportunity to take our…
When most people think of discrimination, be it in the workplace or anywhere else in society, they typically think of non-white racial groups, females or a combination of both. Of course, while these may be the demographics that are most commonly viewed as discriminated against, anyone can…
When we talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, we often discuss the issue in the context of people who are working together in the same building, perhaps even right next to one another, in face-to-face scenarios. It is in these scenarios that a person is most…
To many people, whistleblowing has a negative connotation, bringing with it the same implication as being called a “tattletale” on the grade-school playground. While whistleblowing is often seen as a traitorous act in which a person is betraying his or her employer, it can also be seen…
In many cases, disability discrimination is very easy to recognize. Perhaps the most common example of obvious disability discrimination is when an employer refuses to provide reasonable accommodation to a disabled employee, or when employment is denied to a disabled person because the employer does not wish to…
Sexual harassment is an issue that is commonly discussed in modern society, especially as the question of gender equality in the workplace becomes more and more prominent. There are many laws, both federal and state, that provide for protections against sexual harassment in the workplace, but the…
