by employeelaw | Oct 31, 2005
IBM announced this month that it will never use genetic data in its decisions to hire applicants or determine employee eligibility for its health care or benefits plans. Approximately 800 genetic tests are currently available, including those to test for certain...
by employeelaw | Oct 28, 2005
Sexual harassment and abuse against female farmworkers in the fields apparently often goes unnoticed. Attorneys for the EEOC claim that this occurs primarily because the majority of farmworkers have minimal knowledge of their legal rights, know little English, and are...
by employeelaw | Oct 25, 2005
Now, illegal immigrants injured on the job are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite their legal status. The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled in a case against Farmer Bros. Co., which had attempted to deny workers’ comp benefits to an...
by employeelaw | Oct 19, 2005
What is a “high achieving” person? As a member of the legal profession for nearly 30 years, I have witnessed a dramatic shift in the opportunities of women to enter the profession. Perhaps 5 or 10% of law school classes were female in the mid-seventies when I...
by employeelaw | Oct 19, 2005
An unmarried lesbian patient wants to be artificially inseminated and the doctor refuses to perform the procedure based on her religious beliefs. It’s the battle between free exercise of religion and unlawful discrimination. Currently being appealed and possibly...
