On March 19th, Governor Newsom signed California’s COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law (SB 95). We are happy to share that the law gives many workers access to two weeks of paid sick leave, dating back to January 1, 2021. Before the law’s passage, many workers had access to only three days of paid sick… Continue reading California Passes Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law to Protect Workers and the Public During COVID-19
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Statement of LAAW President Joan Graff Regarding the Recent Wave of Anti-Asian Violence
We are heartbroken for our friends, colleagues, and communities who have been put in harm’s way as the terrifying display of anti-Asian racism sweeps across our country and jeopardizes the wellbeing of members of the AAPI community. We are at a moment of inflection. We have seen firsthand the scapegoating and denigration of immigrants and… Continue reading Statement of LAAW President Joan Graff Regarding the Recent Wave of Anti-Asian Violence
Fair Play For Girls in Sports Project Testifies Before California State Assembly on Gender Inequity Issues in Youth Sports Reopening and Importance of Instilling Equity
Legal Aid at Work’s Fair Play for Girls in Sports project testified at a Joint Informational Hearing (testimony here) convened by the California State Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media and the Higher Education Committee on March 17, 2021. The Committee Chair, the Honorable Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva, and the Honorable Vice-Chair Assembly Member… Continue reading Fair Play For Girls in Sports Project Testifies Before California State Assembly on Gender Inequity Issues in Youth Sports Reopening and Importance of Instilling Equity
We Can Level the Playing Field for Girls in Sports
Every day, girls and young women face persistent, blatant gender inequities in school and community sports in towns and cities throughout the nation. Across the U.S., even though girls want to play in greater numbers, high schools give one million more athletic opportunities to boys compared to girls, including 100,000+ more in California. In community… Continue reading We Can Level the Playing Field for Girls in Sports
LAAW Unveils New Resources for LGBTQ Workers and Introduces Skadden Fellow Jared Odessky
LAAW is excited to share our updated resources for LGBTQ workers in California, and to introduce Jared Odessky, who will provide expanded legal services for LGBTQ workers. Our new fact sheet on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination and Harassment provides up-to-date information about workers’ legal rights under federal and state anti-discrimination law. Among other revisions, the… Continue reading LAAW Unveils New Resources for LGBTQ Workers and Introduces Skadden Fellow Jared Odessky
Statement of Legal Aid at Work President Joan Graff on the Violent Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6
January 6, 2021 will go down in history as a day of ignominy and reckoning in our Nation. We saw the very heart of our democracy under violent attack by right wing rioters aiming to disrupt the orderly transfer of power to the duly and fairly elected President and Vice-President elect—Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.… Continue reading Statement of Legal Aid at Work President Joan Graff on the Violent Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6
Mary Jo Shartsis, 1942-2021
We mourn the loss of our cherished Board member and leader, who died on January 2nd, 2021. Mary Jo Shartsis, who was a litigation partner at Shartsis Friese for much of her career, was a force bringing vitality, energy, and vision to Legal Aid at Work and other institutions fortunate enough to have her involvement.… Continue reading Mary Jo Shartsis, 1942-2021
Covid-19 Update: Legal Information for Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Many workers have questions about how the Coronavirus outbreak will affect their jobs and income. For questions about how to get time off from work for reasons related to COVID-19 and income when you are not working (whether you are ill, caring for another, or have had your hours cut), tap the green button below… Continue reading Covid-19 Update: Legal Information for Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Say Their Names: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn the transgender and gender non-conforming people who have been killed in 2020. As we remember these remarkable individuals, we also condemn the sweeping discrimination and violence facing the transgender community and Black and Latinx transgender women in particular. With the memories of those we have lost in mind,… Continue reading Say Their Names: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020