NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Buzzfeed recently announced that it would be laying off 15% of their staff, amounting to over 200 employees, to help the company turn a profit. The firing process was staged over several days and employees were originally not going to receive paid time off that […]

By ANDREW J. CAMPA Former special education director Sunita Batra filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Burbank Unified School District in 2017, the Burbank Leader has learned, alleging various forms of retaliation, discrimination and harassment. The case was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Sept. 18, 2017, and both sides appear to […]

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Google has announced the end of its forced arbitration policy for employers, which will go into effect for current and future employees on March 21, 2019. Under the new policy, Google will not reopen settled claims but its current employees can litigate past claims beginning […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — According to a review of public records and media reports conducted by USA Today, there have been 11 lawsuits filed alleging harassment and discrimination against LGBTQ law enforcement officers since 2016. Experts note that while discrimination against LGBTQ officers is not new, the number of […]

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A former employee of an electric scooter company has filed suit, Case Number 19STCV03082, alleging he was terminated after raising public safety concerns. Matt Fisher worked for Bird Rides, Inc. for nearly a year prior to being fired after raising concerns that relate to how scooters were being […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A former pastry chef at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Graham Randall, alleges he was fired for exposing sexual harassment against his female colleagues. In the lawsuit, Randall alleges that two female employees came to him with complaints of sexual harassment in April 2017. According to the lawsuit, […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In an ongoing lawsuit against the technology giant Oracle, the US Department of Labor alleges that the company underpaid female and minority employees by $401 million from 2013 to 2016. The Labor Department also alleges that Oracle intentionally shows “extreme preference” in the hiring of […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — According to an online survey conducted by auditing and consulting firm Deloitte, at least one-third of employees at the United Nations have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. Both men and women cited sexual references and offensive remarks about physical appearances as the most frequent […]

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A man who worked at a Southern California Whole Foods store says he was terminated after raising public safety concerns, which included but weren’t limited to, the existence of cockroaches in the kitchen where food is prepared for the public. Michael Orellana began his career with Whole Foods […]

‘The Legislature Has Reacted’ In Wake Of #MeToo Movement, Says Employee-Rights Attorney Carney Shegerian, an employee-rights attorney, appeared on KCAL9 News with Amy Johnson to discuss new laws in place designed to protect employees in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Click to Watch KCAL9 Coverage of this story

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A jury on Wednesday awarded a former Baldwin Park Police chief $7 million for being fired in 2013 because of her gender. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for less than a day before finding that 63-year-old Lili Hadsell was subjected to gender discrimination, gender harassment and retaliation. Hadsell, sitting in […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Earlier this week, Kourtney Liggins, a former Catholic school teacher, was awarded $3.75 million in a verdict against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for wrongful termination. A Los Angeles Supreme Court Jury also awarded Liggins $87,000 in punitive damages against Archdiocese’s Father Michael Tang. A former educator at the […]