Growing Up to Race Inequality

  In this day and age, people can easily dismiss that racial discrimination is a thing of the past. That it does not exist. That laws and time has healed all the wounds have put an end to the useless discrimination of minorities. Yes, there may be laws made to try put an end to all of these hate. Campaigns may have been mounted and popular...

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Some of the Pending Private Sector Employment Bills in California

Image Source: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltfevjtSvA1qfraiz.jpg California’s laws on private sector employment obviously start out as bills, which are sponsored and introduced by the men and women within the state’s Assembly and Senate. A lot of things happen when they get introduced; they either get shelved or get heard and voted amongst...

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Various Accommodations California Employers Must Provide for Employees with Obesity

The American Medical Association (AMA) officially announced last year that obesity is a disease. As such, employees with the said condition are likewise protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although before, obesity is only considered a disability if it is a result of an underlying health condition like diabetes; otherwise,...

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Everything You Need To Know About the Different Minimum Wage Laws Implemented in the Country

  Image Source: http://www.stateandfederalposter.com/v/vspfiles/assets/images/minimum_wage_laws_states_map_wg.jpg Thinking about the many expenses that you have to cover every day? Worried about how you will be able to make both ends meet to get your family its daily needs? Well you are not alone as millions of Americans are facing the...

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California’s Minimum Wage Increase Met with Various Opinions

 Image Source: http://roseinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/minimum-wage.jpg   Everyone in the State of California is waiting on the upcoming incremental increase in their state minimum wage. The passage of Administrative Bill 10 last year provided for a yearly wage increase up to 2016, wherein the current per-hour rate of $8.00...

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Things You Need to Do as a Victim of Workplace Sexual Harassment

  Sexual harassment in the workplace is still a lingering issue not only in California, but in the whole country. It is commonly associated with unwelcome advances that are sexual in nature, which are usually done verbally or physically. However, that is not always the case, as sexual harassment may also involve remarks that discriminate...

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