Our Focus We provide legal advice and representation before the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board to people facing denials of unemployment benefits, allegations of false statements, overpayments by the Employment Development Department, and other challenges. We ensure that our clients’ voices are heard at administrative agencies, in courts, and in the legislature, and we help… Continue reading Unemployment Insurance
Project SURVIVE
Our Focus We protect the rights of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking to keep their jobs, take time off, and obtain accommodations while seeking safety or medical or legal help. We represent low-wage workers, provide community education, and advocate for policy change to expand survivors’ workplace rights. We provide free confidential legal… Continue reading Project SURVIVE
Community Legal Services
Our Focus The Community Legal Services Program operates LAAW’s Workers’ Rights Clinic, which provides free comprehensive legal advice to approximately 1,500 low-income Californians each year about legal rights related to work in California. LAAW is proud to operate 13 sites of the Workers’ Rights Clinic throughout California. At the Clinic, legal counselors interview clients about… Continue reading Community Legal Services
Disability Rights
Our Focus The Disability Rights Program advances the civil rights of people with disabilities in employment, education, and public services. Partners
Central Valley Workers’ Rights Project
Our Focus The Central Valley Workers’ Rights Project is committed to providing access to justice for workers, regardless of immigration status, who face discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other unlawful conduct on the job. With dedicated staff based in the Central Valley, we empower and advocate for low-wage workers in the Central Valley to assert their… Continue reading Central Valley Workers’ Rights Project
Fair Play for Girls in Sports
Our Focus The Fair Play for Girls in Sports Project spurs schools and park and recreation departments to treat girls equally on and off the field, through litigation, technical assistance, training, and legislative advocacy. Focusing particularly on girls of color and girls who live in low-income communities, this work promotes the health, educational achievement, and… Continue reading Fair Play for Girls in Sports
Wage Protection
Our Focus The Wage Protection Program aims to help build a just economy where all workers are empowered to win fair wages and dignified workplaces through legal representation and advocacy. We believe that building worker power is fundamental to achieving our mission. As lawyers, we strive to ground our legal advocacy in community-led efforts because… Continue reading Wage Protection
Racial Economic Justice
Our Focus The Racial Economic Justice Program empowers Black and Brown workers who are discriminated against and economically exploited. We protect and advance the civil rights of people of color in the workplace and beyond, with the aim of building a world with racial equity, solidarity, respect, dignity, and economic justice for all. We seek… Continue reading Racial Economic Justice
National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights
Our Focus Our National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights Program advocates for the workplace rights of persons who face discrimination because of their ethnicity or the parts of the world they have migrated from. We do this through litigation, policy work, and community education. Among other things, our cases have challenged discrimination against workers because of… Continue reading National Origin and Immigrants’ Rights