Several months ago the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) updated its website to allow employees to make an online appointment to lodge a complaint of employment discrimination or harassment. Now the DFEH allows employees to obtain immediate right-to-sue notices online. The website (www.dfeh.ca.gov) instructs that “Persons represented by counsel, who wish to [...]
Archive for June, 2008
DFEH Allows Employees To Obtain Immediate Right-To-Sue Online
Posted in Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Discrimination, Harassment or Retaliation, Medical Leaves of Absence on June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Living Wage Ordinance Also Applies to Out-of-City Employees
Posted in Policies & Best Practices, Wage & Hour on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In June 2008, the First District Court of Appeals held that employees are entitled to the protection of a living wage ordinance (LWO) even if they work outside the boundaries of the city. In Amral v. Cintas Corporation No. 2, the court found that in accepting a contract with the City of Hayward to provide [...]
DFEH Uses YouTube To Teach Employee Rights
Posted in Discrimination, Harassment or Retaliation, Hiring on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has produced a series of youth outreach videos entitled “Equal Rights 101” under a grant from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The content includes pregnancy discrimination, pre-employment inquiry, reasonable accommodation and sexual harassment in the workplace. Although the videos are geared toward youth in employment, the [...]
Holiday Premium Pay Not Part of Regular Rate of Pay
Posted in Wage & Hour, tagged holiday pay, overtime, premium pay, rate of pay, regular rate of pay on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Like many employers, Advanced-Tech Security Services has a policy of paying “premium pay” (1.5 times the regular hourly rate of pay) when its security guards have to work on particular holidays. While premium holiday pay is not required, it is an added benefit to employees and an attempt to compensate the employee for having to [...]
