Workplace Discrimination

• California Workers Face a Furlough

  James Cool | January 30, 2009 1:30 AM | 1 CommentVentura, CA

  The Silicon Valley Mercury News reports that a Sacramento judge has given California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the go-ahead to furlough hundreds of thousands of California government...

• Governor Receives Criticism for Failures in California’s Workers Compensation System

  James Cool | January 17, 2009 8:46 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  Visit Governor Schwarzenegger’s website and you’ll see news of plans to disseminate 18 million dollars in job training grants that are meant to help get the unemployed back to work....

• Returning to Work: Getting Information About the Return to Work Process

  James Cool | December 21, 2008 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  With the year wrapping up, many workers are taking time off to spend with friends and families. But workers who have been injured on the job just prior to the holidays may be planning on...

• Philadelphia Police Officers Win $10 M Judgement

  Greg Owen | May 16, 2008 9:45 PM | 1 CommentGlendale, CA

  The three officers were awarded a total of $10 million by a jury this week. The jury awarded $2 million to Raymond Carnation, $3 million to William McKenna, and $5 million to William's twin brother...

• East St. Louis Sued for Wrongful Termination

  Shannon Weidemann | January 14, 2008 8:25 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  A former employee of an East St. Louis city department has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the city. The woman claims that she lost her job after refusing to sign a petition in 2006. She worked for the Community Development Department. According to a lawsuit Robinson filed against the City of East St. Louis, the city "violated the plaintiff's substantive and procedural due...

• Two Men Seriously Injuried on the Job

  Rick Patterson | August 26, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  In Washington two workers received serious injuries while on the job. It appears that while the two men were working when they were hit by a steel beam. "D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter said the men were about 30 feet below ground when they were lowering the beam and something broke loose." The injuries, while not life-threatening, are serious. One of the injured men was hit in the...

• Women and Minimum Wage

  Rick Patterson | February 08, 2007 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Minimum wage is a hot topic. Why wouldn't it be. While the middle class is shrinking, the gap between the - almost all male - CEOs and minimum wage workers - largely women - has grown enormously. I believe we can surmise that can't be good for the country and/or the economy. It is true that business owned by woman are growing at twice the national average. With that said, women business...

• Wrongful Termination Award Slashed

  Rick Patterson | January 05, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  In Northern California, a jury award of more than $19 million has been slashed to $3.405 million. Charlene J. Roby was fired by McKesson Corporation after working for them for 25 years. Charlene had presented substantial evidence to the court that the company fired her based on a psychiatric condition. Additionally, she showed that the company failed to reasonably accommodate her disability....