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- Legal Aid at Work Applauds EEOC’s Robust Final Rule for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- LAAW and Partners Filed Amicus Brief on Taxpayer Deception Initiative
- New Resources on Paid Family Leave for Family Caregivers
- Sandra Johnson Will Be Attending the Premiere Conference on Issues of Incarceration for Women and Girls in Puerto Rico
- LGBTQ+ Veterans Still Suffer Harm from “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” 12 Years After Repeal
- SB 474 Can Prevent Families from Struggling to Support Their Loved Ones in Prison
- Lead Plaintiff Ashley Badis of Hawai’i Title IX Case Wins a Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award
- Legal Aid at Work Celebrates Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
- Righting a Decades-Old Wrong for Black Servicemembers
- Celebrating 30 Years of the Family and Medical Leave Act
- Two LAAW Staff Members Recognized with New Titles for their Dedicated Service
- LGBTQ Veterans Still Feeling Harms from Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
- Recent Improvements in California Family and Medical Leave Laws
- Landmark California Court Decision Protects Immigrant Workers from Abusive Discovery
- Moms Work to Improve Lactation Accommodations for Others
- What the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision Means for LGBTQ+ Rights
- San Francisco is now the First City in the Nation to Grant Working Families the Right to Workplace Accommodations to Help with Family Caregiving and Childcare
- KQED discusses with Katie Wutchiett why the CA Budget Needs to Increase Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance Payment Rates
- This Father’s Day, We Should Make Caregiving Leave More Accessible by Passing SB 951
- LGBTQ+ Equal Pay Awareness Day Highlights Economic Disparity for LGBTQ+ People
- LAAW Honored with 2022 Gender Justice Award from the ACLU of Southern California
- Uneven Playing Fields: In Depth Report on Gender Inequity in High School Sports Features LAAW’s Clients and Attorneys
- New Toolkit for Transgender and Nonbinary Workers
- On Equal Pay Day 2022, Here are 3 Things You Can Do to Advance Gender Equity
- Two LAAW Staff Members Recognized with New Titles for their Dedicated Service
- UPCOMING EVENT: “Disability Accommodations on the California Bar Exam: Individual and Collective Strategies for Change”
- Five LAAW Staff Members Recognized with New Titles for their Dedicated Service
- A Veteran Reflects on the 10-Year Anniversary of DADT Repeal
- LGBTQ+ Veterans Still Suffer Harms From “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Ten Years After Repeal
- Thanks for Supporting Legal Aid at Work’s 105th Anniversary Virtual Event, Justice Rising
- On Title IX’s 49th: Nine Steps for Gender Equity in Athletics
- This Father’s Day, Support Dads by Supporting National Paid Family Leave
- Celebrating the First Anniversary of Bostock v. Clayton County
- LAAW featured in Issue Brief on “Why Care About Care? Our Economy Depends on It” by the Asset Funders Network and Economic Opportunity Funders
- Settlement with Vista Unified School District Concerning Gender Equity in Athletics Featured in Multiple News Outlets
- Instilling Gender Equity in Youth Competitive Sports Run and Hosted by Local Districts
- You Are Not Alone: Toolkit offers valuable resource to combat workplace sexual harassment
- Maddening March Gender Inequity: Tip of the Unfairness Iceberg for U.S. Girls and Women
- Working for Free: A Day in the Life of a Female American Worker
- Sharon Terman Co-Authors Chapter on Paid Leave and Unemployment Insurance during the Pandemic and Beyond as part of the COVID-19 Policy Playbook
- California Passes Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Law to Protect Workers and the Public During COVID-19
- 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
- We Can Level the Playing Field for Girls in Sports
- 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
- Mary Jo Shartsis, 1942-2021
- Covid-19 Update: Legal Information for Workers during the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Say Their Names: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020
- Today is Latina Equal Pay Day!
- Honoring Intersex Awareness Day
- California’s Expansion of Job-Protected Family and Medical Leave under SB 1383: 5 Things Workers Should Know
- New Chatbot Explains Workers’ Rights to Leave and Pay During COVID-19
- Governor Newsom Signs Historic Family and Medical Leave Expansion Bill
- Statement on the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by LAAW President Joan Graff
- Don’t Let Gender Inequity Come Back to School
- Today is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day!
- #BlackWorkersMatter: Our new know-your-rights zine for Black workers
- Announcing the 2020 Elizabeth Cabraser Summer (Remote) Lecture Series!
- Our Fair Play for Girls In Sports Program’s Settlement with OUSD Covered in Several Major News Outlets
- Title IX and AB 2404: Equity for Women and Girls in Sports in 2020
- Racial Trauma and Anti-Racism Resources
- Reflections on LGBTQ Equality
- Know Your Rights, No Matter What SCOTUS Decides
- Statement on the Murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and So Many Others
- Summer Speaker Series Event #1: “Employment Law in the COVID Era” on June 3, 2020
- Remembering Nelson Henry
- The U.S. Women’s Soccer Gender Equity Battle Mirrors the Struggle of Our Nation’s Girls
- Legal Aid at Work and 100+ Organizations Call on Governor Newsom to Protect Undocumented Workers Affected by the Covid-19 Outbreak
- Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day, All Year Round
- After LAAW’s Advocacy Efforts, Federal Court Recognizes Undocumented Worker’s Basic Right to Obtain Relief for Unlawful Employment Practices
- LAAW Welcomes Fair Chance Community Organizer, Katie Dixon
- Your Donation Will Help Labor Trafficking Survivors Like Irene
- Elizabeth Kristen Participates in Podcast Series on Sex Harassment
- Announcing the Pregnancy + My Job Roadmap & Guide
- Giving Girls a Playbook for Gender Equity On and Off the Field
- 5 things workers should know about possible ICE arrests
- Recognition and Respect
- LAAW Attorney Stacy Villalobos Comments on EEOC Investigation Backlog in Vox Article
- Discriminatory “Blue Discharge” Finally Reversed After 75 Years in Case Brought by Legal Aid at Work and Golden Gate Law School’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic
- This Equal Pay Day, Support Equal Pay for Equal Play!
- Fair Play Joins in Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day
- Roundup of Press Coverage of our $1M Settlement for Worker who Had Immigration Called on him in Retaliation for Asserting his Workplace Rights
- Legal Resources for Workers Affected by the Camp and Woolsey Wildfires
- Yet Another Reminder of Why We Do this Work
- Reserve Your Spot for the October 30 Healthy Mothers Workplace Awards!
- LAAW and the California Breastfeeding Coalition Vow to Continue the Fight for Workplace Equity for New Parents
- LAAW Co-hosting Walk-out & National Moment of Solidarity with Survivors of Sexual Assault on 9/24
- Your Rights Under the ADA—Free Webinar on August 28!
- Announcing the 2018 Healthy Mothers Workplace Awards!
- Statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision
- Statement on the Supreme Court Decision Upholding President Trump’s Muslim Ban
- 46 Years After Title IX, Girls Still Don’t Have Equal Rights on the Playing Field
- This Father’s Day, Don’t Just Fight for Paternity Leave—Use it!
- Statement of Joan Graff on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis
- Announcing the 2018 Elizabeth J. Cabraser Summer Lecture Series In Public Interest Law
- This Mother’s Day, Support Nursing Parents!
- Equal Pay Day: Seeking a brighter future
- Elizabeth Kristen speaks at Junior Giants Softball Symposium
- LAAW President Joan Graff Receives “Woman of the Year” Award at State Capitol
- Workers’ Rights Disability Law Clinic: Two Sessions Left Before Summer!
- NBC’s Today Show Features Legal Aid at Work Client Helen James
- Legal Aid’s Fair Play Project Celebrates National Girls and Women in Sports Day
- As FMLA turns 25, California expands access to family leave, but gaps remain
- New Site of Workers’ Rights Clinic Launches in San Bernardino
- Legal Aid at Work Participates in 2018 Women’s March
- 90-year old Lesbian Veteran Seeking Justice in Federal Court
- Time’s Up!
- Worker claims wage, trafficking violations in janitorial ‘franchise’ scheme
- Northern California high school moves toward equality with Title IX settlement
- Deadline to apply for disaster aid is Thursday
- 5 things employers should know about workplace raids
- 5 things workers should know about immigration raids #YourRightsAtWork
- Workers’ rights after a disaster[:es]Derechos de los trabajadores después de un desastre
- Free legal help for low-wage workers affected by wildfires
- Healthy Mothers Workplace awards honor 64 employers for supporting working parents
- Female high school athletes reach final settlement with Oregon school district
- Everyone should be able to take parental leave without fear of losing their job
- DOL must uphold its mission to help workers
- New Parent Leave Act passes state Assembly!
- DACA is essential: Statement from Legal Aid at Work
- Legal Aid at Work Welcomes New Board Members
- Equal rights to parental leave: A strong start for all children
- Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky reviews Supreme Court term
- Eric Holder: ‘Legal Aid at Work has your back’
- Unemployment insurance appeal turns a couple’s life around
- Annual dinner this Wednesday
- Paid Parental Leave: The right thing to do, the right way to do it
- Immigrants at Work Twitter chat
- 5 facts about undocumented workers’ rights
- Meet our summer 2017 law clerks!
- Lawyers discuss resisting executive orders at third summer lecture
- Many Calif. schools don’t report on gender equity in sports as required: Report
- Defending disability rights in workplace and education
- 5 Important Facts about Dads and Family Leave
- First summer lecture focuses on activism in Trump era
- Summer lectures kick off with talk about resistance
- Parental leave expansion passes state Senate, heads to Assembly
- Seeking justice at 90: A veteran’s quest
- Safeguarding civil and workplace rights: Our summer lecture series highlights the work at hand
- In veterans’ supportive housing, homeless women need gender-specific options
- Hearing showcases San Francisco’s leadership on support for working families
- May Day in San Francisco in video
- Your political protest rights[:es]Sus derechos a participar en protestas políticas[:zh]工人参与政治抗议的权利
- Fifth Anniversary of Fresno Clinic
- Equal pay: 5 ways to help maintain the momentum
- California law protects victims of hate crimes or threats related to bias
- For International Women’s Day, ask your legislators to vote to broaden parental leave laws
- New lawsuit seeking equity for girls in high school sports
- First we marched, now we huddle
- Award for lead plaintiff in important Title IX victory[:zh]Award for lead plaintiff in important Title IX victory
- Protesters: Know your workplace rights
- Demolish it, and they will go away? Hardly.
- Facing an uncertain future with resolve (and a new name!)
- Even if you’re undocumented, you still have rights![:es]Aun si no tiene estatus legal en E.E.U.U. o “papeles”, todavia tiene derechos![:zh]就算你没有合适的移民文件, 你仍然具有以下的权利!
- Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center is now Legal Aid at Work
- Likely labor secretary nominee Puzder a ‘grave’ threat for working people
- EEOC updates bias guidelines with input from LAS-ELC and coalition
- #ApprenticeshipWorks — Unless it maintains the pay gap
- Court approves settlement in home care workers’ class action against Kindred Healthcare
- A turning point in paid family leave: California measure has broad political and medical support
- Worker’s Rights Clinic Opens in San Diego in Time for Labor Day!
- Asbestos workers’ and P.W. Stephens’ proposed $1.5M settlement has preliminary court approval[:es]Juez autoriza acuerdo provisional por demanda colectiva contra P.W. Stephens valuado en $1.5M a favor de trabajadores de mitigación de asbesto[:zh]Asbestos workers’ and P.W. Stephens’ proposed $1.5M settlement has preliminary court approval
- Juez autoriza acuerdo provisional por demanda colectiva contra P.W. Stephens valuado en $1.5M a favor de trabajadores de mitigación de asbesto
- 2016 summer lectures come to a close
- LAS-ELC client recounts experience fighting for her rights
- LAS-ELC attorney Jinny Kim joins State Bar’s exec. committee on labor, employment law
- Meet our Summer 2016 Law Clerks!
- Election, Supreme Court, and sexual harassment among timely focal points of annual Cabraser lecture series
- LAS-ELC attorney Chris Ho named among California’s best labor and employment lawyers by Daily Journal Corp.
- Breastfeeding accommodations close to passage in San Francisco
- We’re improving the working lives of parents
- 44 years on, Title IX still expanding
- EEOC hears report on effectiveness of harassment training
- Pressing social justice issues are focus of summer lecture series
- Happy Birthday to LAS-ELC!
- Now that fully paid family leave is coming to San Francisco…
- New services target female military veterans
- It's time to join the industrialized world
- Highlights of 2015 at LAS-ELC
- Excellent lawyering is something everyone needs
- National coalition pushes Supreme Court to hear DACA/DAPA case
- Remember low-income workers on Giving Tuesday
- Former Calif. Supreme Court Justice Grodin is Honored at UC Hastings
- Family Caregivers Gain Flexibility with San Francisco Ordinance – Webinar
- Willie Smith, LAS-ELC friend and colleague, will be missed by many
- Citlalli Ochoa's international experiences molded aspirations for helping workers worldwide
- Personal experience and service to the JusticeCorps shaped Monica Porter's future in advocacy
- New York Times Highlights the Role of Doctors’ Notes in Securing Accommodations for Pregnant Workers
- Court Holds Nursing Mothers May Seek Lost Wages for Denial of Lactation Accommodations
- Allyssa Villanueva Aims to Ensure Equality for Students and Workers in Hometown Oakland
- Fathers Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Job & Family
- Beyond the Classroom: Christina Jones Wants Employment Opportunities for Special Needs Students into Adulthood
- A Commitment to Service: DeCarol Davis' Journey from Home to the Military to LAS-ELC
- Family-Friendly Workplaces Create a Stronger California
- Category: In the Media
- Historic Victory for Accessibility: SF Chronicle Highlights BART Settlement
- LAAW’s Case Against JUUL Shows How Important PAGA is to Help Misclassified Workers
- LAAW’s Elizabeth Kristen and Civil Rights Orgs Support Lawsuit Against Sioux Falls School District
- LAAW’s Elizabeth Kristen and Client Larry Ponder Spoke about Rectifying the Decades-long Problem of Racist Dishonorable Discharges from the Military
- CalMatters four-part series exposes the deep-seated issues within California’s Unemployment Insurance System
- NYT Covers LAAW’s Landmark Gender Equity Settlement at Hawaii’s Largest School
- Governor Gavin Newsom Must Sign SB474 to End Canteen Item Price-Gouging in California Prisons
- CBS Covers LAAW’s Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of LGBTQ+ Veterans
- New Figures Show Over 29,000 Servicemembers Were Kicked Out Due to Sexual Orientation and Denied Honorable Discharges
- CA Senate Judiciary Committee Approves SB 809, Which Helps People With Histories of Convictions Get Hired and Keep their Jobs
- Over a Million Undocumented Workers Aren’t Eligible for Unemployment Benefits. One Bill Can Change That.
- Hundreds of Advocates Rallied at the State Capitol to Support Unemployment Insurance for Undocumented Workers
- LAAW’s George Warner Filed Amicus Brief in Ninth Circuit to Support Farmworkers Recovering Wages
- LAAW Client Maria Arroyo Speaks with CBS News About the Real-World Impact of Lengthy Delays in the Labor Commissioner’s Wage Claim Process
- Sharon Terman Highlights Important New Protections under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Katie Wutchiett Quoted in LA Times Article About New Worker Protections to Look Out for in 2023
- Artists Speak On Mistreatment and Wage Theft at Former Ghost Town
- CalMatters Highlights Latest Study Showing Women Less Likely to Leave Jobs With Access to Paid Family Leave
- Davis Youth Softball Association and LAAW Reach Settlement with City of Davis that Promotes Gender Equity for Girls in Sports
- Forbes Highlights the story of LAAW’s Client Laura Zuniga on the 5th Anniversary of #MeToo
- The New York Times Features LAAW’s Case Against Campbell HS Seeking Gender Equity for Student Athletes in Hawai’i
- Katherine Wutchiett Shares How to Take Family Leave and What to Do When You Come Back to Work
- Impact Fund Highlights Case Where Hawaiian High School Female Athletes Won Title IX Claims Against the Hawaii State DOE and the Oahu Interscholastic Association
- Katherine Wutchiett Speaks CalMatters About How SB 951 Makes Paid Family Leave More Accessible to Workers with Low Incomes
- Governor Newsom Signs New Law That Will Increase Paid Family Leave Benefits
- Richmond Confidential Highlights How SB 951 Can Make an Impact on Richmond Families
- Marisa Díaz Discusses the Need for DHS to Create Guidelines to Protect Immigrants Who Assert Their Workplace Rights
- Fresno Bee Highlights Undocumented Workers and Allies that Organized Statewide Caravan to Urge Gov. Newsom to Extend Unemployment Benefits to All
- CalMatters Highlights How Wage Theft Claims Remain Unpaid, Even After Workers “Win” Them
- Elizabeth Kristen Discusses How Title IX Protects Reproductive Rights on Campus
- Hawaiʻi Public Radio Interviews LAAW’s Student Athlete Clients on the Anniversary of Title IX
- Katie Wutchiett Speaks with CalMatters about the Significant Delays Clients Are Experiencing Obtaining Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance
- LAAW’s 9th Circuit Victory in Title IX Gender Equity Case Highlighted in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- LAAW’s Workplace Sex Assault Case Against Eagle Trucklines Profiled in the Guardian
- LAAW’s Advocacy Challenging Whether Job Screening Agencies Can Ask Invasive Medical Questions Is Highlighted in the SF Chronicle
- The SF Chronicle Covers Groundbreaking Language Access Settlement with EDD
- LA Times Article Featuring Katie Wutchiett Explains How the New COVID-19 Sick Pay Law Works
- KQED interviews Alexx Campbell about Excessive Delays in the Labor Commissioner Process for Low-Wage Workers
- LAist Explains with LAAW’s help What Rights Parents Have When they Need Time Off to Care for Sick Kids
- Katie Wutchiett Discusses with the LA Times the New Deal Reached Between Governor Newsom the Legislature on COVID-19 Sick Pay
- Lauren Romero Highlights Gender Pay Gap in Sports in Daily Californian Op-Ed
- Kim Turner Writes in the Sacramento Bee about the Need to Cheer on Women in Sports Year Round — Not Just During the Olympics
- Newsday Discusses Historic Wrong LAAW Helped Rectify for 91-year Old Lesbian Veteran Helen James
- Launch of LAAW’s Newest Workers’ Rights Clinic location in Antioch Featured in the Antioch Herald.
- Katie Dixon and Stacy Villalobos Express Concerns in KQED about Lawmakers’ Recent Efforts to Combat Unemployment Fraud
- Alexis Alvarez Speaks with CBS Channel 5 About How Employers Can Require Employees to Be Vaccinated.
- Katie Wutchiett Speaks with the San Jose Mercury News about the Need for Employers to Give COVID-related Paid Sick Leave
- Sharon Terman Highlights Importance of Equitable and Accessible Paid Leave Policy in Bloomberg Law
- Sharon Terman Speaks with the San Jose Mercury News about the Need for New Policies to Support Working Parents, Even after the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Passed
- Katie Wutchiett Discusses the New COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Law with the LA Times
- Elizabeth Kristen Speaks to the New York Times about the Andrew Cuomo Sex Harassment Matter
- Katie Wutchiett Discusses the Need for Paid Sick Leave During the Covid-19 Pandemic with the LA Times
- Jenna Gerry discusses in the SF Chronicle the Language Barriers that Workers Experience When trying to Access Unemployment Insurance
- The SF Chronicle Discusses LAAW’s Recent Settlement on Behalf of Transgender Police Officer
- Settlement of Harassment Lawsuit on Behalf of Transgender San Francisco Police Sergeant Featured in Bay Area Reporter
- Molly Lao Selected for Skadden Fellowship with Legal Aid at Work
- Alexx Campbell and Daniela Urban Discuss Delays in Unemployment Benefits Appeals Process with the SF Chronicle
- LAAW’s George Warner Discusses How Many Workers’ Status as Employees Was not Affected by Prop 22 in the San Francisco Chronicle
- Temple University features Elizabeth Kristen’s work helping Black WWII veteran upgrade his discriminatory “blue discharge”
- Elizabeth Kristen talks to Ms. Magazine about California’s Prohibition of “No Rehire” Clauses
- Berkeley Law Students Discuss their Experiences Aiding Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through LAAW’s Workers’ Rights Clinic
- George Warner Discusses Barriers Workers Face Collecting Unemployment Insurance with the San Francisco Chronicle
- Bloomberg Discusses LAAW’s Case Against the State Bar on Behalf of Students with Disabilities
- Kim Turner’s Op-Ed in Providence Journal Calls for Brown University to Do Better on Title IX
- George Warner talks to the LA Times about How California’s New Unemployment Benefits Are Not Enough for Unemployed Families
- Sharon Terman Talks to the SF Chronicle about SB 1383’s Expansion of Job Protection for those who take Family or Medical Leave
- LAAW’s Partnership with the Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino Featured in the Precinct Reporter
- Rachael Langston Speaks to the Desert Sun Regarding the Rights Amazon Warehouse Workers Have in Light of Covid-19
- LAAW and Safety Net for All Coalition Call for More Support for Undocumented Workers through a Temporary Income Replacement Program in the LA Times
- Kim Ouillette Discusses the New CA Undocumented Workers Fund, and Highlights the Need for Additional Support
- Carole Vigne Answers Common Questions About Unemployment Insurance from The New York Times
- Rachael Langston Talks to MarketWatch about Remote Work for People with Disabilities
- Jenna Gerry Talks about “Why It’s Hard to File for Unemployment Right Now” with KQED
- Carole Vigne discusses how “California’s Unemployment Agency Struggles to Meet Demand” on KQED’s Forum
- Carole Vigne talks about Unemployment Benefits for People Serving Penalties with KTVU
- LAAW’s George Warner of the Wage Protection Program Discusses Filing for Unemployment as a Self-employed Worker in California
- George Warner Answers Questions about Gig Worker Unemployment Benefits on KCBS Radio
- George Warner Answers Questions on KCBS Radio 105.3 about Unemployment Benefits in light of COVID-19
- Kim Ouillette talks to KQED about the Need for Additional Funds for Undocumented Workers
- Alexis Alvarez and Kim Oulliette Discuss How Undocumented Workers are Excluded from Many—but not all—Employment Benefit Programs During the COVID-19 Crisis
- Carole Vigne talks with the LA Times about the Difficulties Workers Are Having in Trying to File Unemployment Claims in California
- Chris Ho talks about Issues Facing Undocumented Restaurant Workers During COVID-19 Crisis
- Katherine Wutchiett speaks with the San Francisco Chronicle about Gaps in the Social Safety Net for Low-wage Workers
- LAAW in the New York Times about How to Apply for Unemployment Insurance Benefits
- KQED Interviews Julia Parish about Workers’ Rights During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- Bloomberg Covers LAAW’s Wage Theft Lawsuit Against JUUL
- Elizabeth Kristen Discusses the Problem of Weight Discrimination on CNBC
- Fresno Bee Covers Lawsuit against Harris Ranch Beef Company for Firing Worker on Medical while Recovering from Cancer Treatments
- Eater.com Discusses How Gig Economy Restaurant Staffing Apps may Contribute to Misclassification
- Katie Fiester Discusses New Legislation (AB 673) Expanding the Rights of Workers to Obtain Penalties When They Are Not Paid on Time
- WWII Veteran Receives Honorable Discharge from the Army with LAAW’s Assistance, 75 Years After Being Kicked out Because he was Black
- Elizabeth Kristen Discusses the Lack of LGBT Workplace Protections in an Article by the Center for Public Integrity
- Carole Vigne Quoted in the Guardian Regarding Labor Trafficking Abuses Foreign “Cultural Exchange Students” Often Experience
- LAAW’s Efforts to Fight Gender Discrimination in Hawaiʻi Covered by KITV
- LAAW’s Victory for 95-year-old Black WWII Veteran Wrongfully Discharged Because of His Race is Covered in the Philadelphia Inquirer
- LAAW’s Racial Economic Justice Work Profiled in the San Jose Mercury News
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Covers LAAW’s Advocacy for 95-year Old Black Veteran in Trying to Rectify Decades-old Wrong
- Alexis Alvarez speaks with KSPC 88.7 fm on Disability Awareness Day
- “No Indians”: LAAW’s Complaint against a Bay Area solar company that refused to work with customers of “Indian or Middle Eastern” descent was covered in the San Jose Mercury News
- The New York Times Discusses LAAW’s Partnership with the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund to Combat Sex Harassment
- The San Francisco Chronicle Profiles LAAW’s Successful Efforts to Fight Wage Theft at High-Profile Bay Area Restaurants
- ABC 7 News Covers Sex Harassment Suit Against the Post Office for Employing Serial Harasser
- SF Chronicle Discusses LAAW’s $1M Victory for Dairy Worker in Retaliation Case
- LAAW’s Title IX Lawsuit Seeking Gender Equity for Girls in Hawaii featured in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Elizabeth Kristen Speaks to Television Industry Leaders About Depictions of Military Sexual Assualt
- Our Appellate Win on Behalf of Immigrant Workers Featured the SF Chronicle
- The Nation Discusses LAAW’s Efforts to End Courthouse Immigration Arrests
- KQED Covers our Efforts to Ensure “Fair Play for Girls in Sports” in Oakland
- The LA Times Discusses LAAW’s efforts to End Courthouse Immigration Arrests
- LAAW Client Helen James’s fight for justice is recognized by the National Air and Space Museum
- Rachael Langston Speaks to Law 360 About How Firms Can Better Accommodate Lawyers with Disabilities
- Fresno Bee Covers LAAW’s efforts to End Courthouse Immigration Arrests
- The Daily Journal Covers LAAW’s efforts to end Courthouse Immigration Arrests
- Elizabeth Kristen explains at Slate.com on how “men’s rights” groups are twisting anti-discrimination laws to harm women
- The Podcast “Criminal” Features Story on LAAW Client Helen James
- Elizabeth Kristen Quoted in Law 360 on Gender Parity in the Legal Profession
- LAAW Attorney Katie Fiester quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle about new federal tip pooling law
- LAAW’s Groundbreaking Medical-Legal Partnerships Featured on Slate
- LAAW Client Fights Breastfeeding Barriers in Asian-American Communities
- The 1950s Government Witch Hunt That Exposed Closeted Queers
- Legal Aid at Work’s Marisa Díaz on Radio Bilingüe discussing recent news of federal immigration worksite enforcement in California.
- 每個月的保險費, 原來父母可以拿回來? 來了解EDD Paid Famiyl Leave 020118 【天下衛視 三藩市 整點新聞】[:zh]每個月的保險費, 原來父母可以拿回來? 來了解EDD Paid Famiyl Leave 020118 【天下衛視 三藩市 整點新聞】
- Aumenta pago de licencia familiar para los trabajadores en California
- 付薪家庭病假條款 有新修訂 [:zh]付薪家庭病假條款 有新修訂
- Kicked Out Of Air Force For Being Gay, Helen Grace James Wins Honorable Discharge
- At 90, lesbian Air Force veteran finally gets her honorable discharge
- Family Crisis Or New Joy? Get Paid Time Off For It
- This 90-Year-Old Lesbian Air Force Vet Finally Won An Honorable Discharge After 60 Years
- Lesbian veteran, 90, expelled from Air Force in ’55, finally gets her ‘honorable discharge’
- New parental leave act is a step forward for working families
- The Air Force expelled her in 1955 for being a lesbian. Now, at 90, she is fighting back.
- Indonesian Fishermen Settle Labor-Trafficking Case
- Foreign fishermen settle human trafficking suit
- Northern California high school settles equal opportunity lawsuit
- Angry Girls’ Sports Parents Rack Up Another Title IX Win
- Red Bluff Joint Union High School District board reaches initial settlement in Title IX case
- Red Bluff district reaches settlement in Title IX lawsuit
- Parental leave expands for California workers so they can bond with their newborns
- Attorneys reach final agreement in Title IX case
- Betsy DeVos’s Title IX interpretation is an attack on sexual assault survivors
- Immigration enforcement agents banned from labor offices in California amid fears for migrants trying to recoup wages
- Labor trafficking victims file class action against Oklahoma businesses
- Oklahoma businesses accused of trafficking Filipino nationals to US for cheap labor
- Lawsuit: Trafficking scheme lured Filipinos to Oklahoma
- District settles Title IX lawsuit with Lake Oswego Softball
- Tentative agreement reached in Title IX case
- Settlement reached in Lake Oswego schools Title IX lawsuit
- In SF, ex-attorney general Holder tells left to keep fighting
- Do girls have access to team sports? Many California schools aren’t telling, despite law
- Legal aid for low-wage pregnant workers in Contra Costa County
- Judge recommends class-action status for Title IX lawsuit
- Trump’s administration wants to hide colleges that have problems with sexual assault
- Federal workers mark Pride in San Francisco
- Killion: Title IX’s work is far from finished
- The Rights of School Employee-Coaches Under Title VII and Title IX in Educational Athletic Programs
- Workers Claim SF-Based Babysitting Service Stiffs Sitters
- San Francisco requires clean space for breastfeeding workers
- Cities, States Deliver Paid Leave so Survivors Can ‘Get Safe’
- Wage theft costs low-paid California workers $2 billion per year
- Working Conditions and Quality of Care
- ANOTHER VIEW: Loop Civic Center To Help People Hear
- Lawyers debate class action status for Title IX lawsuit against Lake Oswego School District
- SF restaurants’ employees hungry for valid paychecks
- Lawsuit: BART’s filthy, broken elevators violate civil rights for people with disabilities
- Suit accuses BART of discriminating against disabled riders
- Disability advocates sue BART over broken elevators, escalators
- Lawsuit: Soiled elevators limit BART access
- Bay Area’s disabled say BART still filthy, unusable after all these years
- Rights groups sue BART over ‘filthy’ elevators, broken escalators
- Mission Beach Cafe sued by workers claiming wage violations
- Owning up to my bias… and steps toward making a change
- SF man honored for DOMA fight
- Little League cries foul as Albany seeks level playing field for girls’ sports
- California High School Hit with Title IX Suit
- Red Bluff High School sued over equal opportunities, facilities for sports
- School sued over equal opportunities, facilities for sports
- A Day Without a Woman comes to Bay Area
- Title IX lawsuit filed against Red Bluff High School
- Supervisor Tang’s Breastfeeding Bill Would Require Businesses To Provide Lactation Spaces
- Red Bluff Lawsuit: TV Interview with Hazel Brandt
- Red Bluff High School girl’s athletics file Title IX lawsuit
- School sued over equal opportunities, facilities for sports
- Father in RBHS Title IX Lawsuit hopes for quick resolution
- Lawsuit alleges girls sports programs at Red Bluff High School aren’t up to par
- SAN FRANCISCO LACTATION ROOM LAW COULD SOON BECOME A REALITY
- Breastfeeding SF Workers To Be Given Private Space Under Proposed Legislation
- San Francisco mulls measure to require work site lactation stations
- ‘Safe Time’ legislation protects domestic violence victims’ safety and economic stability
- California Could Expand Parental Leave
- Low-wage workers in peril
- Indonesian fishermen tell of being trafficked before SF escape
- Fishermen file human trafficking suit against ship captain
- A century later, Legal Aid employment work still on cutting edge
- Fishermen file lawsuit alleging slavery on Hawaii longliner
- A Matter of Public Health: Medical Community Speaks Out for Parental Leave
- Burma Superstar kitchen workers sue popular Bay Area chain
- Burma Superstar Kitchen Staff Sue Bay Area Chain Over Wage Violations
- Workers for Popular Burmese Restaurant Chain File Lawsuit Over Unfair Wages
- Workers for Burma Superstar restaurants file lawsuit over unfair wages
- Court fights over family leave heat up, and workers often win
- Another try for the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- SF supervisor seeks to ease breastfeeding for city employees
- Nonprofits Back Immigrant in SSN Row at 9th Circuit
- If you are sexually harassed at work
- Bay Area Internet Mogul Ordered to Pay Driver nearly $500,000
- San Francisco poised to vote on full leave for parents
- Santa Paula High lauded for its Title IX response
- Parental leave getting a big boost at S.F. City Hall
- New state laws address gender pay gap, child care, disability leave
- Ex-nanny’s lawsuit against tech power couple highlights potential exploitation
- ‘Supergirl’ Coming to TV, Let’s Check Her Powers
- Amazing Women: Attorney J. Cacilia Kim fights for low-income women and families
- Winners selected for Press-Telegram Amazing Women awards
- Jackson Bill To Provide Job Protection for More Californians Taking Family Leave Heads to the Governor
- Jobless benefits move forward, with help from Chron story
- On the Job: Don’t let sick leave law give you a headache
- Empleada doméstica gana demanda por maltrato
- Inmigrante salvadoreña logra fallo histórico en San Francisco
- Ana de Alba’s Homegrown Activism
- Prison system violated applicant’s civil rights
- How to Convince Your Boss That You’re an Employee—Not a Contractor
- World Cup Women Still Competing, Against Inequity
- Doctors’ Notes for Pregnant Employees Can Backfire, Experts Warn
- Calling cheerleading a sport undermines gender equity
- Doing The Right Thing On Family Leave Can Be Hard For A Small Business
- Judge asked to OK new English-learners plan for SF schools
- Clayton Valley Charter complies with Title IX
- Charter HS to improve girls’ sports facilities in Title IX settlement
- Equal pay bill unanimously passes the Senate
- On the Move
- Keep Families Together: Ban the Box on Housing
- AAUW learns about vets’ health care, girls’ access to sports
- Federal government urges K-12 schools to comply with Title IX
- Jackson Bill Would Provide Job Protection for Paid Family Leave
- San Francisco Approves Fully Paid Parental Leave
- L.A. agrees to spend $1.3 billion to fix sidewalks in ADA case
- EEOC to study workplace harassment
- Bill Aims To Expand California’s Paid Family Leave Program
- Supreme Court reinstates UPS worker’s pregnancy bias suit
- Calif. Lawmaker Proposes Paid Family Leave Extension
- Stevenson House shakeup boots director, staff
- Paul Vapnek, 86, Advanced Legal Ethics in California
- Hon. John M. True, III (Ret.) and the Leonard Carder Law Firm Launch New ADR Practice
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- Fair Play for Girls to be topic of AAUW
- Muslim’s case takes ‘look’ at Abercrombie & Fitch policy
- Information Demanded on ICE Work Raids
- Can your boss stop you from smoking medical marijuana at work?
- Berkeley to Consider New Living Wage, Minimum Wage Policies
- Intel offers male and female employees ‘bonding leave’ for new children
- Many Fathers Reluctant to Take Paternity Leave
- State adds more than 30 employment laws, including sick leave
- San Francisco Passes ‘Retail Workers Bill of Rights’
- San Francisco passes first-in-nation limits on worker schedules
- San Francisco proposal requires employers provide ‘predictable’ work schedules
- The Pacifica Evening News
- San Francisco should support equal pay for women — here’s how
- State labor commissioner finds Berkeley contractor guilty of worker retaliation
- Berkeley City Parking Contractor Found Guilty of Worker Retaliation
- Title IX-Violating High School Loses Appeal
- Appeals court upholds Title IX ruling against Sweetwater
- Ollier v. Sweetwater Union High School District
- Richard Odgers, pioneer of diversity, gun control advocate, dies
- Go to work sick or risk your job, that’s the question
- Undocumented Immigrants Still Mistreated by Employers Despite New Laws
- Pro Bono Spotlight: Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
- Champions of Justice to be awarded Oct. 9
- Letters to the editor, Aug. 22
- Assistive animals at work: a reasonable accommodation
- Police Officer With ADHD Not Limited Enough In Interactions With Others, 9th Cir. Decides
- AAUW Redlands Branch invites prospective members to brunch
- Berkeley Sides With Living Wage Violators
- California Workers Name Kindred in Lawsuit, Cite Wage Violations
- CA extends paid family leave to in-laws, siblings and others
- State court rules that fired Paratransit driver cannot be denied unemployment benefits
- Paid family leave law expands the definition of family
- State court rules job protections cover workers using others’ ID
- California’s Paid Family Leave Program Expansion Starts July 1
- Calif. High Court Says Immigrant’s Bias Suit Not Preempted
- California Supreme Court rules for migrant who used other’s ID
- Pasadena Unified reaches informal agreement in Title IX complaint
- EAST BAY CAREGIVERS FILE SUIT OVER WAGE VIOLATIONS
- Bay Area caregivers file class-action lawsuit against leading nationwide health care services company
- California Caregivers Sue Their Employer for Wage Violations
- Disabled law students settle suit over admissions tests
- LSAT Council Settles Disability Suit For $8M
- The Failure of Berkeley’s Living Wage Law
- Pier 1 Imports sued for forcing pregnant woman into unpaid leave
- Pier 1 Discriminates Against Pregnant Women
- Pregant Pier 1 worker named in class action over reasonable accommodation
- Pregnant Worker At Pier 1 Put On Unpaid Leave Even Though She Wanted To Keep Working
- Pregnant Worker Says Pier 1 Imports Forced Her To Take Unpaid Leave
- Pregnant worker sues Pier 1, says it forced her to take unpaid leave
- Riviera Consulting Company to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
- County Exhibit Highlights Gender Pay Gap in Silicon Valley
- Victory for Transgender Workers in California
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- Settlement Agreement with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Improves Accessibility for Riders with Mobility Disabilities
- College Park High School Students File Title IX Lawsuit Against School District
- Legal Aid at Work Supports Intersectionality Bill to Recognize Amplified Harm in Anti-Discrimination Laws
- San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Settlement Class Notice
- Settlement Agreement Reached in Landmark Gender Equity Lawsuit against Hawaiʻi High School
- U.S. Veterans File “Justice for LGBTQ Veterans” Lawsuit Against U.S. Department of Defense
- Workers File Class Action Against EDD for Failing to Properly Inform Unemployment Insurance Recipients When Denying Benefits
- Farmworkers Who Picked Driscoll’s Strawberries in Oxnard File Suit Alleging Stolen Wages
- Two Bills Aim to Make CA Workplaces More Family-Friendly and Ensure Equitable Paid Family Leave
- California Orders Prominent Burger King Franchise Owners to Pay Workers $2.2 Million in Stolen Wages and Penalties
- Davis Youth Softball Association and Civil Rights Nonprofit Organizations Reach Agreement with City of Davis Regarding Gender-Based Equity in Community Sports
- Governor Newsom’s Signature on SB 951 (Durazo) Propels California Back into National Leadership on Paid Family Leave
- Assemblymember Kalra’s Bill to Protect Workplace Rights for CalWORKs and CalFresh Participants Signed by Governor Newsom
- Ninth Circuit Recognizes Class Action Status of High School Girls in Hawai‘i Title IX Athletics Civil Rights Case
- SF Board of Supervisors Unanimously Expands Rights to Flexible Work Scheduling for Working Families
- Advocates Reach Agreement with CA Employment Development Department to Expand Language Access
- Prominent SF Burger King Franchise Cited for $1.9 Million for Stolen Wages and Labor Law Violations, Additional $800,000 Assessment for Health Care Violations
- Naval Base Worker Wins Settlement Over Lactation, Sexual Harassment
- Civil Rights Nonprofit Organizations and City of Santee Work to Ensure Gender-Based Athletic Equity in Community Sports
- Civil Rights Nonprofit Organizations Reach Agreement with the Vista Unified School District Regarding Gender Equity in Athletics
- New Employment Law Clinic for Low-Wage Workers to Open in Antioch
- Immigrant Advocates Praise Stimulus Package, But Call on Governor to Address Larger Gap of Immigrants Left out of Unemployment Benefits
- Sixth Circuit Affirms Expansive Remedies for Undocumented Workers
- New Employment Law Clinic for Low-Wage Workers to Open in Ontario, California
- 115 Workers’ Rights Organizations Call on California Legislature to Expand Emergency Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19 Crisis
- Millions of California Workers to Start 2021 Without Paid Sick Days
- Impact Fund and Legal Aid at Work Settle Workplace Harassment Claims of Transgender San Francisco Police Sergeant
- Press Release: California Class Action Alleges that Uber is Illegally Coercing Drivers to Support Prop 22
- Governor Newsom Signs SB 1383, Landmark Bill to Ensure Equitable Access to Paid Family Leave
- Test Takers with Disabilities Sue State Bar of California for Forcing them to Test in-person During the Covid-19 Pandemic
- California Legislature Passes SB 1383, Groundbreaking Bill to Ensure Equitable Access to Paid Family Leave, and Other Important Measures to Protect California Workers Affected by COVID-19.
- California Senate Passes Landmark Legislation Making Paid Family Leave Accessible to Millions More Workers
- Legal Aid at Work and Oakland Unified School District Settle Legal Dispute about Gender Inequity in its Girls’ Athletics Programs
- Burma Superstar Workers Win $1.3 Million-Dollar Class Action Settlement
- Advocates Praise Governor Newsom’s Continued Dedication to Equitable Paid Family Leave in the May Revision of Budget
- Advocates Applaud Emergency, Short-term Relief for Excluded Workers, and Call for Full Safety Net for All Workers to Meet Humanitarian Crisis
- California Coalition Representing Millions of Workers Seeks Executive Action by Governor Newsom During COVID-19 Crisis
- Juul and The Coalition for Reasonable Vaping Regulation Sued for Misclassification, Wage Theft
- Governor Newsom’s Budget to Protect Workers from Being Fired when they Take Paid Family Leave
- Fresno Beef Company Fires 20-Year Employee for Taking Leave for Cancer Treatment
- Gale Anne Hurd, an Executive Producer of “The Walking Dead” Franchise, Underwrites New Fellowship Program for Legal Aid at Work
- Court Documents Reveal Hawai’i Department of Education Choosing Legal Maneuvering Over Gender Equity
- Fair Play For Girls in Sports Program Honored by the California State Assembly
- At 95, Black Army Veteran Seeks the Honorable Discharge he Was Denied After WWII Because of his Race
- EEOC and Civil Rights Attorneys Sue Bay Area Solar Company Over Policy of Refusing to Do Business with Customers Whose Names “Sounded Middle Eastern or Indian”
- Paid Family Leave to Become Significantly More Accessible to Low-Income Californians Under Newly Proposed Legislation
- Two Women Sue U.S. Postal Service for Employing Serial Sexual Harasser Who Has Been Victimizing Female Letter Carriers in the Bay Area for Over 15 Years
- CRLA and Legal Aid at Work Obtain Million-Dollar Settlement in Case Protecting Countless Workers From Retaliation
- New Mother Sexually Harassed at Mojave Desert Military Base
- Santa Clara Unified School District to Resolve Title IX Concerns About Female Athletics
- Female Athletes at Campbell High School in Hawai’i file federal civil rights lawsuit claiming unequal treatment of girls’ athletic programs
- Healthy Mothers Workplace Coalition Receives National Recognition, 6th Annual Awards Program Launched
- Female Athletes Reach Agreement with Baldwin Park Unified School District in Title IX Case
- LAAW, Joined by Prominent Attorneys and Immigrants’ Rights Advocates, Seeks a Statewide Rule Barring Courthouse Immigration Arrests in California
- Second labor trafficking lawsuit against Walter and Carolyn Schumacher and their businesses filed by former “cross-cultural exchange” workers
- LAAW Lawsuit Exposes Vulnerabilities of Resident Managers: When Asking for Wages Effectively Leads to Your Eviction
- LAAW Program Supporting Parents in the Workplace Receives Prestigious $300,000 Grant from the Aspen Institute
- New Legal Clinic for Low-Wage Workers Opens in San Bernardino
- At 90, Air Force veteran Helen James, finally gets her honorable discharge decades after the military expelled her for being a lesbian
- Owner Of U.S.-Based Fishing Vessel Agrees To Precedent-Setting Settlement Over Allegations Of Human Trafficking, Abusive Labor Practices
- Janitorial worker sues CleanNet, claiming widespread wage and hour, labor trafficking violations
- Northern California school district agrees to settle gender equity claims
- Calif. expands job security for workers who take parental leave
- Treasure Island Job Corps worker files disability discrimination case
- Preserving DACA is essential
- Former Holiday Inn Express, Montana Mike’s workers file labor trafficking class action
- Female high school athletes reach tentative settlement with Oregon school district
- Ninth Circuit affirms federal protection against retaliation for workers who exercise their rights
- Workers sue over workplace discrimination, English-only policy
- People with disabilities sue BART for discrimination
- Workers at popular Mission Beach Cafe sue seeking basic wage and hour compliance
- Athletes file gender discrimination class action over facilities, teams at Northern California high school
- New Board Members Join Legal Aid at Work
- Lawyers, social justice community urge rejection of ‘dangerous’ Attorney General nominee
- Prep cook files class action claiming popular Gordo Taqueria chain didn’t properly pay tips and overtime
- Gender discrimination class action filed against Oregon district
- Disability Workshop In Spanish
- Legal Aid Celebrates Transgender Awareness Week
- Sharon Terman Selected for Miles L. Rubin Public Interest Award
- San Francisco celebrates new family-friendly work policies and 43 employers
- Fishermen claim human trafficking, horrific conditions on American boat based in San Francisco, Honolulu
- New California Laws Strengthen Worker Protections
- Innovation continues as Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center celebrates 100th anniversary
- Workers for popular Burma Superstar restaurants file class action over wages, breaks, sick pay
- USD School of Law announces new Workers’ Rights Clinic
- Supreme Court Rules on Affirmative Action
- Claudia Center Debates Cato Institute on the Value of the ADA
- Gov. Brown Signs SB 770 to Expand Paid Family Leave
- Driver wins $480,000 for wages unpaid by tech entrepreneur
- Female athletes gaining equity in Santa Paula
- Female Student Athletes, Always Second-Class
- Protect Our Defenders announces the two winners of first annual award: Both LAS-ELC attorneys
- LAS-ELC board gains three new members
- Legal Aid Staff Give Keynotes at Title IX Conference
- Governor Signs Bills Protecting Workers
- National chain Safelite AutoGlass sued for race, disability discrimination
- Wage Claim Clinic Launched in Oakland and San Francisco
- Governor signs law granting leave for child care emergencies
- Governor Brown Signs Nation’s Strongest Pay Equity Bill into Law
- LAS-ELC Adds Workers’ Rights Clinic in East Palo Alto
- Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 2015
- Hazardous Materials Laborers Allege Exploitation of Wage and Hour Law Against P.W. Stephens Environmental, Inc.
- Hazardous Materials Laborers Allege Exploitation of Wage and Hour Law Against P.W. Stephens Environmental, Inc.
- Federal Court Finds California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Violated Title VII by Barring U.S. Citizen from Employment
- World Cup Women Still Competing, Against Inequity
- Workers’ Rights Clinic Launches New Site in Watsonville
- Female Athletes Reach Agreement with Clayton Valley Charter High School in Title IX Case
- Female Athletes Reach Agreement with Clayton Valley Charter High School in Title IX Case
- Domestic Worker Survives Human Trafficking, Celebrates Wage Theft Victory
- Unequal Play
- Female Athletes and School District Settle Title IX Case After Ninth Circuit Ruling
- Bills Expanding the Rights of Working Families Advance in Legislature
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Reintroduced in Congress
- Mike Gaitley Receives UC Irvine School of Law’s 2015 Community Pro Bono Advocate Award
- Workers’ Compensation Clinic
- CAIR-SFBA and LAS-ELC Welcome Supreme Court Ruling in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
- Amelia Alvarez Named Second Sanford Heisler Kimpel Public Interest Diversity Fellow
- Keep Families Together: Ban the Box on Housing
- A High-Wire Act: 9 Tips for New Moms on the Job
- LAS-ELC, CWLC & Simpson Thacher Urge Santa Paula High School to Ensure it Provides Equal Sports Opportunities to Girls
- Bills Expanding Workplace Protections Clear CA Senate Labor Committee
- Ellen Pao’s Trial Stood for Many Earning Far Less
- Willits v. City of Los Angeles Sidewalk Settlement Announced
- FAMILY Act Introduced to Create National Paid Family Leave
- Elizabeth Kristen & Cacilia Kim Named California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year
- Former Burlington Coat Factory Employee Files Class Action against Burlington Alleging Company Intimidates Employees to Pay for Common On-the-job Mistakes
- Leveling the Playing Field, Without Fear
- Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center Files Suit against Morton’s Restaurant Group Alleging Disability Discrimination
- Mobile Workers’ Rights Clinic Provides Legal Assistance in Santa Rosa
- New CA Employment Laws Increase Protections for Workers
- Federal Judge in Gay and Lesbian State Employee Case Rules in Favor of Plaintiffs and Issues an Injunction
- Mayor Lee Signs Equal Pay Ordinance, Advancing Gender Equity in San Francisco
- LAS-ELC Assists Veterans in L.A. at Largest Ever “Stand Down”
- Mayor Lee Signs Equal Pay Ordinance, Advancing Gender Equity in San Francisco
- Did You Work at Pier 1 in California While Pregnant?
- 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
- U.S. Supreme Court Lets Stand Decision Affirming California Law Protections for Undocumented Workers
- Welcome Lan Diep, Shartsis Fellow
- LAS-ELC Urges Alameda County to Focus on Needs of Inmates With Disabilities
- DOL Interpretation of FMLA Allows More Workers to Care for Adult Children
- Legal Aid Defends Law Protecting Applicants With Disabilities
- LAS-ELC Welcomes VABANC Public Interest Fellow
- LAS-ELC Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Employment Rights of Gender-Based Violence Survivors
- 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
- S.F. Supervisors Vote Unanimously to Approve Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights
- Workers’ Rights Clinic Launches New Site in Davis
- New Fair Play Act Toolkit Materials
- Workplace Protections Keep Domestic Violence Survivors Safe and Financially Independent
- San Francisco should support equal pay for women — here’s how
- SF Supervisor Chiu Announces Legislation Promoting Predictable Schedules for Hourly Workers
- SF Supervisor Chiu Announces Legislation Promoting Predictable Work Hours for Hourly Workers
- Governor Brown Signs AB 1579 to Protect Pregnant Women
- CA Labor Commissioner Finds LAZ Parking Unlawfully Retaliated Against Employee Who Complained About Working Conditions
- California Labor Commissioner Finds LAZ Parking Unlawfully Retaliated Against Employee Who Complained About Working Conditions
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Sweetwater Union High School District in Violation of Title IX
- LAS-ELC Helps Women Veterans at Fresno Stand Up Event
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- California Becomes Second State to Provide Paid Sick Days
- Go to work sick or risk your job, that’s the question
- LAS-ELC Settles Breastfeeding Discrimination Claim against World Journal
- Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center Settles Breastfeeding Discrimination Claim against World Journal
- Prevent Wage Theft
- Assistive animals at work: a reasonable accommodation
- Take Action: Urge Gov. Brown to Ensure Equal Sports Opportunities for Girls
- New EEOC Guidance Affirms Strong Protections for Pregnant Workers
- California Supreme Court Issues Major Victory for Workers in Paratransit, Inc. v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
- California Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Paid Family Leave Program Benefiting More than One Million Families
- California Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Paid Family Leave Program Benefiting More than One Million Families
- Chris Ho Argues Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co. Before CA Supreme Court
- CA Supreme Court Confirms Rights of Workers Regardless of Immigration Status
- CA Supreme Court Confirms Rights of Workers Regardless of Immigration Status
- Title IX Claim against Pasadena Unified School District Settles. Girls Now Have Real Options for Sports Participation
- Caregivers File Suit against Kindred Healthcare, Inc. for Wage and Hour Violations
- LAS-ELC’s Julia Parish Joins Officials in Calling for Family Friendly Workplace Policies at DOL Regional Forum
- Eliminating Disability Bias in Law School Admissions
- Plaintiffs Seek Court Approval of Settlement to Eliminate Bias against People with Disabilities in Law School Admissions
- Healthy Mothers Workplace Award to Recognize Family-Friendly Businesses
- LAS-ELC Welcomes Diane Webb as Chief Program Officer
- Bill McNeill Honored by NAACP and BASF
- LAS-ELC Files Class Action Suit Against Pier 1 for Pregnancy Discrimination
- Riviera Consulting to Pay $100K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
- Riviera Consulting & Management to Pay $100,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
- Help Close the Wage Gap on Equal Pay Day
- LAS-ELC Joins Groups in Applauding Revised FEHC Pregnancy Regulations
- New Data Regarding Workers’ Access to and Use of Leave
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Sweetwater Union High School District in Violation of Title IX
- Court Finds Sweetwater Union High School District Failed to Correct Title IX Violations – Contempt Finding Possible
- LAS-ELC Provides Free Legal Assistance to Workers in Hanford
- Victory for Transgender Workers in California
- LAS-ELC Authors Amicus Brief on Employment Discrimination Case
- LAS-ELC Educates Cancer Patients and Caregivers on Workplace Rights
- Mobile Workers’ Rights Clinic Travels to Madera
- Workers File Suit Against Laundry Express For Wage and Hour Violations
- Workers File Suit Against Laundry Express For Wage and Hour Violations
- Laws Give California Workers More Protection from Retaliation
- Bill Will Clean Up Recruiter Practices
- Winning Is Taking Part
- CA Paycheck Fairness Act Approved by Appropriations Committee
- Mayor Lee Signs Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance
- Court Grants Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement for Nail Salon Workers
- Fernando Flores Appointed to CA Bar’s Labor & Employment Section Executive Committee
- Shira Levine Joins LAS-ELC as SPILF Fellow
- Jinny Kim named a “Top Labor & Employment Lawyer” by the Daily Journal
- Vance and Nassar Decisions Threaten Workers’ Rights
- ADA Access Work Completed at San Francisco Unified School District
- Women’s Rights Groups Ask Department of Education for a Title IX Review of Penn State
- Professor Pam Karlan to serve as Special Counsel to Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
- LAS-ELC Staff Attorney Explains Meal Break Laws on Radio Show
- Laundromat Worker Sues for Wage Violations
- Formerly Undocumented U.S. Citizen Sues CA Dept of Corrections for Employment Discrimination
- Caregivers Settle Wage Claim Against Residential Senior Care Facility
- Caregivers Settle Wage Claim Against Residential Senior Care Facility
- Alhambra High School Reaches Compliance with Settlement Agreement in Landmark Title IX Case
- U.S. citizen files suit against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for unlawfully barring him from employment
- LAS-ELC Represents Victim of Sexual Assault Forced Out of Military After Reporting Attack
- New CA Law Prohibits Job Discrimination Against Veterans
- California Park and Recreation Departments Fall Short on Gender Equity
- New Law Will Help San Francisco Workers Balance Jobs And Family
- Vietnamese American Workers’ Rights Project to Hold Series of Community Education Events
- Advancing Low-Wage Worker Organizing Through Legal Representation
- Employment Protections for Abuse Victims
- Domestic Violence Employment Protections Bill Becomes Law
- Domestic Violence Employment Protections Bill Becomes Law
- Getting Girls in the Game Benefits Us All
- LAS-ELC Selected to Host Sanford Heisler Public Interest Diversity Fellow
- Ruth Silver Taube Recognized for Service to Community
- California’s Minimum Wage Increasing to $10.00 by 2016
- Gov. Brown Extends Paid Family Leave to More Working Caregivers
- CAIR & LAS-ELC Announce Settlement in Abercrombie & Fitch Hijab Lawsuits
- U.S. Extends Minimum Wage & Overtime Protections to Home Care Workers
- Domestic Violence Employment Protections Bill Heads to Governor
- Final OFCCP Regulations on Disability Released
- San Francisco Businesses Recognized as Top Workplaces for Mothers
- Senate Bills 400 and 770 are headed to the Assembly Floor
- SB 770 Passes California Assembly
- Migrant Workers File Suit Against Largest Carnival Company in Western U.S.
- Workers File Suit Against Largest Carnival Company in the Western U.S. for Violating Minimum Wage and Overtime Laws
- LAS-ELC Awarded Grant to Advance Gender Equity in Sports
- Stand Down for Women Veterans in Long Beach, CA
- California Senate Moves to Protect Jobs of Victims of Gender-Based Violence
- Mobile Workers’ Rights Clinic Coming to Contra Costa County
- New Videos Provide Employment Law Information in American Sign Language (ASL)
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Passes Senate
- Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act
- Immigrants Who Struggle to Learn English Shouldn’t Be Needlessly Punished
- The Justice Bus Project and the Mobile Workers’ Rights Clinic Partner to Bring Free Legal Services to Low-Wage Workers and Recently Unemployed Persons in Contra Costa County
- Marsha Chien Critiques Rubio’s English-Language Requirement Amendment in The Hill
- Transgender Police Officer Settles Claim Against Bay Area Police Department
- Transgender Police Officer Settles Claim Against Bay Area Police Department
- Combat Wage Discrimination, Retaliation, and Unequal Pay
- Chris Ho Honored by Chinese for Affirmative Action
- California Senate Votes to Extend Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members
- Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center endorses Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Immigrant Worker Sues Dairy & its Counsel for Contacting ICE in Retaliation for Asserting His Rights
- Immigrant Worker Sues Dairy and Its Counsel for Contacting ICE in Retaliation for Asserting his Rights
- Three Bills Sponsored by LAS-ELC Pass Out of Committee
- LAS-ELC’s Kim Turner Publishes Op-ed on Girls’ Access to Sports
- LAS-ELC Joins Efforts to End Military Sexual Trauma
- Kim Turner Selected: Lawyers on the Fast Track
- LAS-ELC Awarded Shartsis Friese LLP Public Interest Fellowship
- LAS-ELC Urges EEOC to Protect Employment Rights of Immigrant Workers
- Take Action This Equal Pay Day
- Sharon Terman Talks Paid Sick Days with Public Radio
- Bill McNeil and Fernando Flores in the Daily Journal: The Effect of Arbitration Agreements on Low-Wage Workers
- Arbitration Saga Forges On at State High Court
- Elizabeth Kristen Discusses Title IX on KALW’s “City Visions.”
- Mobile Workers’ Rights Clinic Launched in Ukiah and Kelseyville
- Legal Aid Testifies Before EEOC on Quality Improvement
- LAS-ELC and Partners Offer Workers’ Rights Clinics in Ukiah and Kelseyville on 3/22 and 3/23
- Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center Recovers $1 Million for Low-Wage Workers
- Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California Law Foundation Awards Third Annual Public Interest Fellowship to Betty Duong and the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
- Ruth Silver Taube Now LAS-ELC Senior Staff Attorney
- LAS-ELC Sponsors Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members
- WageHELP Recovers $1 Million for Low-Wage Workers
- LAS-ELC Launches SURVIVE Employment Law Clinic
- Court Grants Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement for Nail Salon Workers
- LAS-ELC Sponsors Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members
- LAS-ELC, Partnership, and CALCASA Co-Sponsor Bill to Protect Employment Rights of Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking
- Coalition Petitions California Supreme Court to Review Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Case
- Coalition of Women’s Rights Organizations Petitions California Supreme Court to Review Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Case
- Legal Aid Files Class Action Against Marriott for Disability Discrimination
- Lawsuit Claims Marriott Discriminates Against Blind Employees
- Time to Update California Family Medical Leave Laws
- 20 Years of FMLA: Sharon Terman Publishes Op-ed on Family Leave
- Viewpoint: Title IX Is Leaving Girls Behind
- Immigration Reform Must Respect Rights of Workers and Non-English Speakers
- LAS-ELC Joins the “Justice Bus”
- LAS-ELC to Co-Host Trafficking Workshop on January 31st
- New Regulations Affirm Rights of Californians With Disabilities
- Join us for the 2013 Women’s Policy Summit on January 17th
- January is National Stalking Awareness Month
- Members of Congress and Advocates Announce Federal Legislation Protecting Pregnant Workers from Discrimination
- Elizabeth Kristen Selected as 2012 Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow at Harvard
- Disability Rights Program takes on Law School Admissions Council for Discrimination Against Prospective Lawyers with Disabilities
- Gerardo Vicuña awarded Ochoa Legal Group Scholarship
- Workers’ Rights Clinic Opened in Orange County
- EEOC Publishes Factsheet for Survivors of Domestic Violence
- Project Attorney Charlotte Noss Appointed to San Francisco Wage Theft Task Force
- Skadden Fellowship Sponsorship
- Department of Labor Making Progress in Disability Employment Rights
- Fair Play for Girls in Sports: New LAS-ELC Project Launched
- Employees Denied Meal and Rest Breaks by HEI Hotels and Resorts Reach $130,000 Settlement Affirming Workers’ Rights
- Employees Denied Meal and Rest Breaks by HEI Hotels and Resorts Reach $130,000 Settlement Affirming Workers’ Rights
- Call for Comments on Employment Eligibility Verification Process
- Decision in Kirby v. Immoos Fire Protection, Inc.
- Charlotte Noss honored by the California Domestic Workers Coalition
- Assemblymembers Approve AB 2039
- Legal Aid Honored by UC Hastings for Student Training
- Welcome Summer Law Clerks
- Legal Update: Federal Judge in Gay and Lesbian State Employee Case Hears Motion for Summary Judgment
- Mothers in the Workforce: The Challenges of Child Care and Paid Leave
- New Fresno Workers’ Rights Clinic
- Two Legal Aid Attorneys on The Fast Track
- Equal Pay Day: U.S. Women Still Earning 20% Less than Men
- New Employment Law Clinic for Low-Wage Workers to Open in Fresno
- Leveling the Playing Field for Female Athletes: Legal Aid Staff Discuss the Promise of Title IX at the AAUW Convention
- Decision in Brinker v. Superior Court: Employers May Not Interfere with Workers’ Right to Meal Breaks
- EEOC General Counsel David Lopez Visits Legal Aid
- Enforcement of Family Medical Leave Act Weakened by Supreme Court
- Unlawful Discrimination Against Pregnant Workers and Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities
- High School Girl Athletes Win Major Title IX Class Action Case in U.S. District Court Against Sweetwater Union School District
- Home Depot Agrees to Enhance Sign Language Interpreters for California Workers
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