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Labor & Employment Blog Posts From January 2020
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Blog: Hairstyle Laws Further Complicate the Landscape for Employers in 2020
Date: January 30, 2020
Title: Hairstyle Laws Further Complicate the Landscape for Employers in 2020
Summary: The latest employment law trend sweeping the always trend-setting coastal jurisdictions is protection against bias based on hairstyle or hair texture. In 2019, California, New York, and New Jersey all adopted such statutes. ...
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Blog: Sexual Harassment by the Uninhibited
Date: January 28, 2020
Title: Sexual Harassment by the Uninhibited
Summary: Many of us know someone residing in a senior living community or long-term care facility and have heard stories of residents losing their inhibitions. There are stories of seniors being rude, saying things that are inappropriate, and experiencing sexual disinhibition. What we have not heard though is what happens when a caregiver is sexually harassed by a resident....
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Blog: What Exactly is “Associational Race Discrimination” under the FEHA?
Date: January 07, 2020
Title: What Exactly is “Associational Race Discrimination” under the FEHA?
Summary: In California, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits discrimination based on race, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex and gender, among other categories. In addition, the FEHA provides an express cause of action for discrimination based on association with individuals in a category protected by the Act. These types of claims primarily arise in the context of disability discrimination....