Ruben Limonjyan | June 15, 2020 | Discrimination \ Employment Law \ News

In a 6-3 decision on June 15 that came as a surprise to many, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that gay and transgender employees are protected against discrimination by existing federal law. Writing for the majority, Neil Gorsuch – President Donald Trump’s first appointee to the Court – stated that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...

Ruben Limonjyan | June 4, 2020 | Employment Law \ Sexual Harassment

For white-collar employees, the modern American work environment is a place that’s rapidly phasing between a central office location and working at home. The COVID-19 pandemic expedited this transition by forcing many employers to instate work-at-home arrangements for their employees to stay in business. There are many benefits to working at an office with your colleagues, but there are clearly...

Ruben Limonjyan | May 21, 2020 | Employment Law \ Wrongful Termination

Hardly anyone revels in getting fired or laid off from a job. If you were recently terminated from your job, you may be wondering right now if you were wrongfully terminated. Chances are you’ve heard this term before or may even know what it means. Wrongful termination squarely rests on termination that violates the law. Unfortunately, this bars situations where...

Ruben Limonjyan | May 5, 2020 | Employment Law \ Whistleblower Retaliation

When public and private employers attempt to skirt the law for personal gain or company profit, there’s always the risk of wide and far-reaching consequences for the public at large. Such can be the case when a company dumps an illegal amount of waste into a nearby waterway, or a police department that fails reprimand officers for illegal conduct. When...

Ruben Limonjyan | April 22, 2020 | Employment Law \ Wage & Hour Law

If you’re an employee who’s working for a wage as a non-exempt employee, you are more than likely eligible for overtime pay. For many employees, earning overtime pay is a necessary requirement to make ends meet in their lives. Without it, bills can go unpaid and basic luxuries others readily take for granted must be relinquished. It goes without saying,...

Ruben Limonjyan | April 6, 2020 | Discrimination \ Employment Law

People often say they know what discrimination at work looks like even if they can’t exactly define it, but sometimes it’s not that simple. Just as with any other kind of discrimination, there are ways your rights could be violated in covert ways that not even you may readily recognize. Who Can Be Discriminated Against? If you’re trying to understand...

Ruben Limonjyan | March 20, 2020 | Employment Law \ News

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus dubbed COVID-19 is as historical as the world’s reaction to it and the countermeasures implemented to combat its spread. The number of cases in California topped just over 1,000 by March 20, which may put the state’s sick leave laws to task as the number of cases continues to swell. In the midst of...

Ruben Limonjyan | March 5, 2020 | Employment Law

Both sexual assault and sexual harassment are forms of abuse that should never be tolerated. It’s good to know that there are distinctions between the two types of abuse. Read on to learn how to distinguish between sexual harassment versus sexual assault. Sexual Harassment According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sexual harassment includes the following: Unwanted sexual advancesRequisitions...

Ruben Limonjyan | February 27, 2020 | Employment Law

If you’re receiving unwanted sexual gestures from someone you work with, you may have questions regarding whether sexual harassment can be verbal. Read on to learn the answer, and more. Sexual Harassment Defined In short, yes. Sexual harassment in the workplace can be verbal, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC, “It is unlawful...

Ruben Limonjyan | February 12, 2020 | Employment Law

Most people have common misconceptions about what a hostile work environment looks like. They may picture a boss yelling and screaming obscenities at an employee, or they might imagine bullying and teasing from coworkers. These aren’t inherently incorrect depictions of what a hostile work environment could look like, but they’re devoid of the factors that would legally make them so....