In a significant step forward for gender equity in San Francisco, on Friday Mayor Edwin Lee signed into law a local ordinance that requires companies that contract to do business with the city track and share data on pay equity.
Month: December 2014
LAS-ELC Assists Veterans in L.A. at Largest Ever “Stand Down”
This weekend LAS-ELC provided employment legal services at the Los Angeles Stand Down for Military Veterans and their families, the largest “Stand Down” for homeless and hard-luck military veterans to ever take place in the country.
Mayor Lee Signs Equal Pay Ordinance, Advancing Gender Equity in San Francisco
For Immediate Release December 22, 2014 Contact: Cynthia Foster, Equal Rights Advocates, cfoster [at] equalrights.orgSara Feldman, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, sfeldman [at] las-elc.org, 415-593-0071 Mayor Lee Signs Equal Pay Ordinance, Advancing Gender Equity in San Francisco In a significant step forward for gender equity in San Francisco, on Friday Mayor Edwin Lee signed into… Continue reading Mayor Lee Signs Equal Pay Ordinance, Advancing Gender Equity in San Francisco
Did You Work at Pier 1 in California While Pregnant?
The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center is representing Kimberly Erin Caselman, in a class action alleging Ms. Caselman was forced onto unpaid leave after requesting pregnancy accommodations at her job at Pier 1 Imports.
LAS-ELC Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Pier 1 Imports for Pregnancy Discrimination
(San Jose, CA. April 16, 2014) Today, LAS-ELC filed a class action lawsuit in Santa Clara Superior Court against Pier 1 Imports, Inc. alleging pregnancy discrimination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Kimberly Erin Caselman, the named plaintiff in this case, alleges she was denied reasonable accommodations for her pregnancy and was… Continue reading LAS-ELC Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Pier 1 Imports for Pregnancy Discrimination
LAS-ELC Receives “Chairman Robert M. Dell Award for Extraordinary Pro Bono Service” Donation from Latham & Watkins LLP
LAS-ELC is deeply honored to have received the first awardee-directed donation associated with the “Chairman Robert M. Dell Award for Extraordinary Pro Bono Service” from Latham & Watkins LLP, which will enable us to provide free legal services to even greater numbers of low-income workers facing urgent workplace problems.
U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Decision Affirming California Law Protections for Undocumented Workers
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Supreme Court of California’s August 2014 opinion in Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co., which reaffirmed that, with few exceptions, undocumented workers enjoy the same state law protections and remedies against workplace abuses as all other employees in the California workplace.