Often when you are dealing with employment issues, you're looking at companies with all the bargaining power taking advantage of or punishing underpaid workers who don't have many options.  That's not always the case, though: even highly paid, sophisticated professionals can find themselves victims of an unscrupulous company or boss.Even lawyers, who many people...

The mother of a former Target Corporation cashier, who worked for a store in Pasadena, is suing the company for wrongful death, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress as a result of her son's suicide. Graham Gentles, the former employee, jumped from a hotel roof three days after he was terminated from...

The San Diego Police Department is being sued over the usage of an over century-old cartoon in training seminars. African American sergeant, Arthur Scott, who has been with the force for 10 years, filed a complaint with the department alleging the cartoon was racist and should be removed.The cartoon in question was first published...

Earlier this month, the retail chain, Wet Seal announced they were abruptly closing the majority of their stores, resulting in the lay-off of over 3,000 employees. The employees were given only a day's worth of notice and had to forfeit accrued vacation and benefits. We previously blogged about it here. While at the time the...

President Obama has laid out proposals for two new employment actions that will bring the nation to the employee protected level California is already in. In fact, the country, if Obama's initiatives come to fruition, will be more ambitious than California's measures. First, companies that employ 15 or more people will be required to...