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There’s no longer any question about the gender bias against women in California’s workers’ compensation system. The system routinely discriminates against female workers, attributing work-related injuries to the pre-existing condition of “being a woman.” Plaintiffs claim, for example, that the workers’ compensation office dismissed claims of carpal tunnel syndrome due to work-related repetitive motion as…

  Artículo 16-34 Un jurado Federal le adjudicó a Moisés Méndez 3 millones de dólares en su caso de represalias ilícitas de parte de su empleador, Westin Hotels.  El Sr. Méndez había trabajado como panadero en el hotel por 7 años.  Se quejó verbalmente y por escrito con sus supervisores de ser acosado y discriminado…

Article 16-34 ¡No Se Deje! A Federal jury in New York awarded Moises Méndez 3 million dollars in his case for unlawful retaliation by his employer, Westin Hotels.  Mr. Méndez had worked at the hotel as a baker for 7 years.  He complained to his supervisors verbally, and in writing, of being harassed and discriminated…

Distractions on the job have become more and more common with the advent of mobile technologies and smartphones, with assistance from apps like Candy Crush and Pokémon GO. The hype that surrounded Pokémon GO was followed quickly by news reports of injuries including vehicles striking pedestrians playing the game, drivers using the app behind the…

Artículo 16-33 Cuando los matrimonios terminan en divorcio, la vida de los hijos cambia para siempre.  Estos cambios frecuentemente causan que los hijos sufran tensión emocional severa, temor, confusión y resentimiento.  Y entre los resultados más dolorosos de un divorcio está la terminación o interrupción de la valiosa relación de los niños con los abuelos. …

Article 16-33 ¡No Se Deje! When marriages end in divorce, the lives of the children are changed forever.  These changes often cause children to suffer severe emotional distress, fear, confusion and resentment.  And among the most painful results of a divorce is the disruption or termination of valued relationships with grandparents.  The law must provide…