How common is pregnancy discrimination in large corporations in California and across the country? While many companies have taken steps to improve their benefits for pregnant women in the workplace over the last decade, female employees continue to suffer work-related consequences when they decide to get pregnant. For many women,…

If you believe you have faced discrimination in the workplace, or if you have been the victim of sexual harassment, you may be thinking about filing a complaint. You may have looked into your options, and you may have realized that many employment discrimination claims can be filed under either…

Regardless of where you are in your pregnancy, there will come a time when you need to consider your options for maternity leave. Fortunately, both federal and California law protect you against discrimination when you do take leave; certain statutes also mandate that qualifying employers give you time off, so…

Many people use the terms sexual harassment and sexual discrimination interchangeably, which leads to a great deal of confusion regarding these two different forms of unlawful conduct. The fact that some acts may qualify as both harassment and discrimination does little to clarify the issue; plus, both sexual discrimination and…