Tag: EEOC
California Budget Crisis Leads to Rare Outbreak of Common Sense
It took a state budget crisis to concentrate California bureaucrats on their own wasteful spending. That’s the clear takeaway this week after the state’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) dropped its harassment charges against Activision Blizzard. The Department has spent several...
Tesla Files Complaint with OAL Against Department of Fair Employment and Housing Over Lawsuit Issues
Electric vehicle and clean energy company Tesla filed a complaint with the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on Tuesday against the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) over rushed filings of lawsuits, using “underground regulations,” and for...
Tesla Files To Halt DFEH Discrimination Lawsuit
Electric vehicle and clean energy company Tesla filed a motion in the Alameda County Superior Court on Monday to halt a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company for 120 days. In February, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing...
Department of Fair Employment and Housing Employee Alleges Gov. Newsom Interfered in Activision Case
Governor Gavin Newsom faces new scrutiny on Wednesday over the firing of Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) Chief Counsel Janette Wipper following reports that she had allegedly been let go by the Governor for not listening to him...
Bill Creates a Homeless Employee Tax Credit
On March 11, Assemblyman Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) amended his Assembly Bill 675 to create a tax credit for employers hiring the homeless. The bill would add and repeal Section 23628 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. Section One of...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Uber in San Francisco Over Discrimination Claims
On Monday, a group of former Uber drivers filed a class-action lawsuit in a San Francisco court against the rideshare company, alleging that the company’s system of evaluating drivers is influenced by passenger racial and ethnic bias. The suit also...