Most California residents have likely heard about Bill O'Reilly being fired recently from his job with Fox News. One explanation given for O'Reilly's termination after years of sexual abuse allegations leveled against him was that the landscape in corporate America...
Month: April 2017
FMLA leave and “in loco parentis”
A California employer of a worker who has applied for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for someone who is not legally or biologically the employee's parent or child might still be required to grant that employee FMLA leave. "In loco parentis"...
Court rules that sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited
The state of California has laws that protect employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation, but it is only one of 22 jurisdictions that do so. On April 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled that under Title VII of the Civil Rights...
How some companies prevent sexual harassment claims
Employees in New York who attempt to resolve sexual harassment issues in the workplace might find that their company is more interested in protecting itself than preventing sexual harassment. This appears to have been the case in some recent high-profile cases, such...
