Posted by Rob on January 5, 2010 under Labor Law | 
There comes a time when a California labor lawyer must choose which state or federal agency to file a complaint with for a client’s age discrimination, and a California labor attorney has a tough choice. Equally tough are the short statutes of limitation a labor lawyer in California has to file age discrimination complaints.
If [...]
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Posted by Rob on December 21, 2009 under Labor Law |
HAWAII EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE: HAWAII EMPLOYERS WISE TO USE CAUTION WHEN INCORPORATING NEW FMLA RULES INTO LEAVE POLICIES
I.BACKGROUND
The federal Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) applies to all private employers who have 50 or more employees for each working day of 20 or more (not necessarily consecutive) calendar workweeks in the current or preceding [...]
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Posted by Rob on November 21, 2009 under Labor Law |
EMPLOYMENT LAW BASICS FOR HAWAII EMPLOYERS: ILLINOIS RULING HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICIES AND TRAINING TO HAWAII EMPLOYERS
It is well established now under federal Title VII law that an employer is liable for actionable sexual harassment caused by a supervisor with “immediate (or successively higher) authority over the employee.” However, in cases where the [...]
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Posted by Rob on August 13, 2009 under Labor Law |
HAWAII EMPLOYMENT LAW BASICS: PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION LAW UNDER FEDERAL AND HAWAII LAW
INTRODUCTION:
Along with other types of claims, there has been a significant increase in pregnancy discrimination complaints nationwide. The increase in the number of complaints has outpaced the increase in percentage of women in the workforce during the same period.
Accordingly, it [...]
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Posted by Rob on July 14, 2009 under Labor Law |
National Origin Discrimination, Labor Law, and Employment Law in Hawaii: Employers Increasingly Facing Litigation over English-Only Rules as More Complaints are Filed with the EEOC
Title VII prohibits discrimination because of “national origin.” The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency charged with the enforcement of Title VII, defines national origin discrimination as the denial of [...]
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