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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination and harassment based on sex, including sexual orientation.

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An employer’s obligations to protect outdoor workers from heat-related illnesses starts at 80 degrees Fahrenheit (that’s 26.7 degrees Celsius to be precise). So say California’s Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB)regulations.

ARE SHOES REIMBURSABLE BUSINESS EXPENSES?

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AVOID DISCRIMINATORY JOB RECRUITMENT AND ADVERTISING

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On July 26, 2019 theCalifornia Department of Fair Employment and Housing(DFEH)announcedthe $450,000 settlement of a sexual harassment, national origin and retaliation case against Pioneer Pines Mobile...

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While installing solar panels for Nexus Energy Systems, Inc., one of its workers fell 15 feet, landing on concrete and breaking his wrist and jaw. The resulting investigation yielded severalCal/OSHA citations, including one for a prior injury the company had not addressed, totaling $193,905.

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Not having worker’s compensation insurance for five years was bad enough, but when the Labor Commissioner’s Office started investigating a workers’ compensation complaint against 53-bed Amore Retirement Living, it also discovered failure to pay minimum wage, overtime, and other wage and hour violations. SeeNews Release No. 2019-54(July 2019).

HAIRSTYLE DISCRIMINATION BANNED

California law has long-prohibited workplaceracial discriminationagainst employees and applicants. The state is now the first to link natural hairstyles to race, thus protecting their wearers from disparate treatment.

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TheCalifornia Fair Employment and Housing Act(FEHA) defines sexual harassment as unwanted sexual advances, or visual, verbal or physical conduct of sexual nature. This includes same-sex harassment, offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors, or retaliating after receiving a negative response to sexual advances.