California workers will get additional protections starting in January 2023. There are two new laws that will go into effect in January that will impact employee leave.
More and more people are needing to take time off to care for family members, including senior parents, sick family members, and children. New labor laws in California will make it easier for workers to keep their jobs while also taking care of their loved ones.
Age discrimination is very real, and millions of people are experiencing it as they get older. Although age itself isn’t a disability, conditions that are age-related are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
If you’ve experienced age discrimination or your employer has violated ADA protections for people with age-related disabilities, you can file a claim against that employer and hold them accountable for violating the law.
California fast food workers have more voice in their industry and more protection under the new Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act. Gavin Newson signed the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act into law in 2022, and it became effective on January 1, 20203. The FAST act is just one of several new California employment laws designed to give workers better protection.
The Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) protects you if you are a whistleblower from retaliation by your employer for reporting safety violations committed by your employer. The STAA also protects drivers who refuse to drive when conditions are unsafe.
STAA protects private sector drivers from wrongful termination as whistleblowers in the following situations:
If you have been reading the news recently, you may know about the tensions between the railroad workers and their major freight line employers in the United States. On Monday, November 21, 2022, a contract deal that was brokered by the White House was rejected by one of the biggest railroad unions in the country due to frustrations surrounding railroad workers’ sick leave and attendance policies. Now, the country is bracing for a possible rail strike that could begin as imminently as December 5th, 2022.
Any employee who believes their employment rights were violated can file a discrimination complaint with the EEOC. This includes job applicants, current employees and past employees.
You don’t need to be employed full time in order to file a complaint, as temporary, part-time and seasonal employees may also file a job discrimination complaint with the EEOC.
If you were fired illegally in California, you may want to speak with a California wrongful termination lawyer. Racial discrimination is prohibited by both state and federal laws, and you have protections in place to help you fight your employer. You can ask to be compensated for the damages you suffered because of being a discrimination in the workplace victim. Here is a closer look at how to address the matter.
Many forms of discrimination in the workplace are illegal, including discrimination on the basis of racial group or religious affiliation. A still commonly experienced form of discrimination at work is anti-Semitism. This is when an employee is discriminated against because they are Jewish.
On October 19, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released their new “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. It replaces their old “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster that had been in place for more than a decade.
Labor laws, both state and federal, help to protect employees from harsh actions by their employers. Truck drivers who work for a trucking company and who have been wrongfully terminated or have not been paid correctly can file a complaint with a state or federal labor agency.
