A new California law takes a giant step toward helping employees who have faced workplace discrimination. In a state that has more than 12.1 million workers — with 5.54 million of them women and 7.67 million non-white, just to name a couple of categories — the issue has broad implications. Discrimination is pervasive but often underreported. During the past year, many companies have been grappling with varying concerns related to that very issue, including Pinterest, Facebook and even … [Read more...]
COVID-19 contact-tracing apps spread; so do privacy worries
Despite concerns about potential privacy issues, multiple states have been moving ahead with apps designed to alert people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 — a technology-based tool in the fight against a pandemic that has claimed more than 212,000 U.S. lives. Roughly a dozen states have released contact-tracing apps, according to an Oct. 1 report by The New York Times. California was not listed among the states, though some localities are pursuing such apps. And Google said on its blog … [Read more...]
Returning to work in the COVID era: 7 changes your employer owes you
Increasing numbers of employers are bringing people back to work in some measure, but the office view — from masks to mandates — looks far from normal. The return of “non-essential” employees, many of whom have been working from home, has varied widely across the country, with some bosses even prohibiting masks at work. In California, the government is attempting to guide a safe return, offering a COVID-19 Employer Playbook and legislative efforts to revamp employment laws to protect workers … [Read more...]
Don’t turn your social media post into a pink slip: 7 tips to stay out of trouble
A law firm administrative manager got fed up this summer with requests to wear masks, even though he said he had tested negative for COVID-19. In a rant on his personal Facebook page, the Texas man vented his frustration in a big way, circling around to mentions of a handgun and hollow-point bullets. The threatening post promptly resulted in a pink slip for the man, whose longtime employer publicly apologized for the incident, saying it violated the firm’s values and merited a notification of … [Read more...]
Gay, transgender employees win more protections under Supreme Court ruling – Watershed court ruling amps up protections for gay, transgender employees
In a landmark decision this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a 1964 civil rights law clearly protects gay and transgender workers. The ruling makes it illegal for employers nationwide to fire workers for being gay, bisexual or transgender. Significantly, though such discrimination already was illegal in California (as well as in 21 other states), victims now can bring lawsuits in both state and federal court. “Today, we must decide whether an employer can fire someone simply for … [Read more...]
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