In October 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom passed a bill banning employers from using forced arbitration agreements. While the policy faces a temporary block in court, AB 51 is another victory for the Golden State’s labor force. AB 51 is in response to several U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding arbitration agreement and its application in the…
Continue reading ›California’s AB5 law is a victory for workers across the state. That’s especially the case for victims of labor exploitation. For years, labeling workers as independent contractors allowed companies to avoid paying some workers benefits like paid sick leave, employment taxes, health insurance and obtaining workers’ compensation insurance. However, under this new law, businesses have…
Continue reading ›Discrimination in the workplace is a product of human biases in social spaces which spills over to the confines of the work environment. Because of this, people often get pushed into retirement long before they are ready or work low-paying jobs long after they are ready to leave the workforce. According to an AARP study,…
Continue reading ›Sometimes, people think employment discrimination only impacts victims on a temporary basis. Some people wrongly assume that those who experience discrimination are able to get back on their feet and move on. However, for most victims of employment discrimination, it takes a long time to recover from the emotional scar of being humiliated and discriminated…
Continue reading ›When you work an hourly job, you expect to get paid for the time you put in. But how do you define the time that you spend working? Is it based on the task you’re performing, or is there more to it? You might think these are hypothetical questions, but they’re not. They recently formed…
Continue reading ›The bigger a business is, the greater the potential for institutional corruption becomes. Large corporations often have to have large human resources and even accountability departments to ensure that no one person’s actions can impact the reputation and solvency of the company itself. Mandatory reporting and zero-tolerance policies are both examples of ways that companies…
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