Employment Discrimination

A 60 year old man who had been the top-ranked salesperson for a local company has recently recovered a $225,000 settlement for being terminated due to his age and health issues.  The client, who felt he had unjustly been the victim of age discrimination, initially contacted Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys, PLLC….

Employment discrimination is a difficult area of the law in which plaintiffs can succeed.  Many of the women who have stepped forward to tell their stories of being victims of harassment and workplace wrongdoing have come from white collar jobs.  There are concerns blue collar workers will not see much…

If you or someone you know has been raped, sexually assaulted, or sexually harassed at work, reporting it to the police quickly is important due to statutes of limitations, or time limits on when you can report a crime. Even if you’re not comfortable reporting what happened to you immediately…

Approximately one-third of Native Americans say they have experienced discrimination in the workplace when getting promotions, earning equal pay, or when seeking jobs, according to a new poll by NPR, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Almost two-thirds of Native Americans living…

Representative Jackie Speier recently stated that $15 million had been paid by the federal government to settle cases of harassment within Congress. The money paid to compensate these victims of sexual harassment comes from a taxpayer-funded account managed by the Office of Compliance (OOC).  The fund pays settlements for a…

The National Women’s Law Center has formed the Legal Network for Gender Equity and has recruited more than 80 attorneys from 50 states to assist women and girls who are victims of sex discrimination.   The Law Center has grown concerned that sex discrimination protections have weakened under the Trump…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a new online system for filing and tracking claims of workplace discrimination, effective November 1, 2017. Generally, someone who believes he or she has been discriminated against must file an EEOC charge before they can file an employment discrimination lawsuit under Title VII…

Col. Christopher de Los Santos’s family recently filed a lawsuit against University of California, Davis, after his suicide in October 2015. After leaving the military, Santos began working for UC Davis, but got into trouble during a weekend retreat with co-workers.  One witness stated it was a booze cruise, and…

More and more states are legalizing marijuana use for medical conditions, and employers are struggling to keep up with the changing laws.  Courts in at least six states where medical marijuana use is legal have held that employers have a right to enforce zero tolerance drug policies.  But recent cases…