LAS-ELC applauds the Department of Labor for acting to help workers care for family members in need. In a new Administrator’s Interpretation issued January 14th, DOL clarified that parents may take leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to tend to an adult child with a disability who is incapable of self-care, regardless… Continue reading DOL Interpretation of FMLA Allows More Workers to Care for Adult Children
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Legal Aid Defends Law Protecting Applicants With Disabilities
In 2012, with the support of the American Bar Association, the California Legislature enacted AB 2122, a law requiring that the administrator of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) provide testing accommodations to test-takers with disabilities who need them, and to cease its practice of “flagging” LSAT scores achieved with accommodations.
LAS-ELC Welcomes VABANC Public Interest Fellow
We are thrilled to announce that the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California (VABANC) has awarded the annual VABANC Public Interest Fellowship to the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center and Betty Duong. The Fellowship funds a recent law graduate to provide legal services and advocacy to the Vietnamese American community and other underserved, underrepresented… Continue reading LAS-ELC Welcomes VABANC Public Interest Fellow
LAS-ELC Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Employment Rights of Gender-Based Violence Survivors
The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center is pleased to join with CALCASA and the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence in co-sponsoring SB 400, introduced by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara). This bill will protect the employment rights of survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. If passed, California would join five other states (Illinois,… Continue reading LAS-ELC Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Employment Rights of Gender-Based Violence Survivors
San Francisco Passes ‘Retail Workers Bill of Rights’
San Francisco passes first-in-nation limits on worker schedules
San Francsico Expected to Pass First-In-The-Nation Legislation Promoting Predictable Schedules for Hourly Workers
Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is expected to pass the San Francisco Predictable Scheduling and Fair Treatment for Formula Retail Employees Ordinance—legislation that will give at least 35,000 hourly workers in the city of San Francisco, who work for major chain-stores, the predictable schedules and regular pay they need to secure their families’… Continue reading San Francsico Expected to Pass First-In-The-Nation Legislation Promoting Predictable Schedules for Hourly Workers
Obama Acts to Protect Millions of Undocumented Immigrants from Deportation
The steps taken by President Obama to provide immigration relief to millions of deserving immigrants are steps in the right direction.
S.F. Supervisors Vote Unanimously to Approve Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights
Yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor the Retail Workers Bill of Rights, which will give more predictable schedules and greater opportunities for full time work to restaurant and retail workers.