LAS-ELC Sponsors Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members

  The bill would allow workers to receive Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits while caring for seriously ill grandparents, grandchildren, siblings, and parents-in-law.  California’s PFL program, which is funded entirely by employee payroll deductions, was the first in the nation to provide partial pay to workers taking time off to care for seriously ill family… Continue reading LAS-ELC Sponsors Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members

WageHELP Recovers $1 Million for Low-Wage Workers

In just 18 months, the Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center has recovered over $1 million in backpay on behalf of low-wage workers through its Wage and Hour Enforcement Litigation Program (WageHELP). 

LAS-ELC Launches SURVIVE Employment Law Clinic

Yesterday, February 26, 2013, the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center launched its SURVIVE Employment Law Clinic at the Alameda County Family Justice Center.  This twice a month clinic offers free and confidential information to survivors of domestic violence about their legal rights at work, including information on taking time off to obtain counseling, medical services,… Continue reading LAS-ELC Launches SURVIVE Employment Law Clinic

Coalition Petitions California Supreme Court to Review Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Case

In an amicus letter filed on February 13, 2013, the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, Equal Rights Advocates, Legal Momentum, and National Women’s Law Center argue that the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd. misinterprets established law to the detriment of women working during pregnancy.  The letter to the California Supreme Court emphasizes… Continue reading Coalition Petitions California Supreme Court to Review Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Case

Legal Aid Files Class Action Against Marriott for Disability Discrimination

Today, February 6th, 2013, Legal Aid and TRE Legal filed a federal class action against the Marriott hotel chain. That complaint alleges that Marriott discriminates against blind and disabled employees by requiring its managers to use inaccessible computer software and rejecting accessible alternatives. The lawsuit seeks to dismantle unnecessary barriers to workers with disabilities that… Continue reading Legal Aid Files Class Action Against Marriott for Disability Discrimination