Tag: discrimination
‘No-Rehire’ Clauses In Employee Settlements Now Illegal Under California Law
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 749 earlier this week making it illegal to have no-hire clauses in settlement agreements with former employees. Many employers currently settle claims and lawsuits from a former employee with a settlement that includes a...
Female Dockworkers In Los Angeles And Long Beach File Discrimination Suit
A Federal discrimination suit against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13 and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) has been filed by the ACLU in Los Angeles. The lawsuit claims that both the union (ILWU) and the shippers...
California Close to Adding ‘Source of Income’ as Newest Housing Discrimination Protection
Section 8 housing vouchers can become one step closer to being a source of income for housing applicants if Senate Bill 329 passes the final Assembly vote. Currently under California law, Section 8 and similar vouchers for housing are not...
Why are Vaccine Adverse Events Not Acknowledged or Reported by Medical Professionals?
Physicians are bound to their Hippocratic Oath to “First, do no harm,” but government officials do not carry any liability for injury or harm, nor do pharmaceutical companies since the 1986 National Childhood Vaccination Injury Act protects them. Legislators have...
In Gender ‘Neutral’ California, Why Mandate More Women on Corporate Boards?
What both bills will likely cause is for male minorities to lose board seats to white women. In 2018, the California Legislature passed a bill to require large corporations with base operations in California to put more female directors...
Bill to End ‘Hair Discrimination’ In the Workplace Moves Ahead
While existing state and federal laws prohibit racial discrimination in schools and workplaces, one area has not legally evolved — hairstyles, or rather “natural hairstyles” traditionally worn by African American men and women. Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) authored SB...