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Sexual Orientation Is No Reason For Discrimination

Your sexual orientation — or how you identify with regard to gender — isn’t really your employer’s business. If you do a good job and stay within the parameters of…

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Head Of Park In California Accused Of Allowing Toxic Workplace

A man is stepping down after seven years as the head of a national park in California after allegations that he allowed a toxic and hostile workplace. The man reportedly…

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Are You Dealing With A Toxic Work Situation?

We’ve written recently about numerous issues that could cause legal implications in the workplace, but what if you are simply dealing with a toxic environment? Toxic situations can be extremely…

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Kleiner Seeks Venue Change For Sex Case

A venture-capital firm from Silicon Valley has appealed a decision from a California judge that would have permitted a sexual harassment case to remain in the courts instead of moving…

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Bullying Does Happen In The Workplace

Although StopBullying.gov defines bullying as inappropriate and unwanted aggression between school children, bullying isn’t something limited to the elementary school playground. Bullying can and does happen in the workplace. Depending…

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Understanding Your Employee Classification

Most of the time, we talk about the important of not classifying employees in the workplace along lines according to race, gender, age, sex or nationality. But there is one…

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Are You Dealing With A Workplace Bully?

You are protected from a hostile workplace in certain conditions. Your employer must take action to protect you from sexual harassment or address sexual harassment in the workplace. Discrimination is…

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Some Common Workplace Rights Don’t Actually Exist

The rights you have in the workplace can be a gray area, and the information you might get from family and friends isn’t always correct. For example, you don’t always…

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How Do Courts Decide If A Hostile Work Environment Exists?

Last week, we discussed how employers must be careful to avoid creating a hostile work environment for any employee or worker. But if you file a lawsuit claiming a hostile…

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Cyberstalking Officially Listed As A California Crime

Beginning Jan. 1 of this year, both California penal code and civil law lists cyberstalking as a chargeable crime. Individuals convicted of cyberstalking can be sentenced with up to a…

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