Press Releases
- The Justice Bus Project and the Mobile Workers’ Rights Clinic Partner to Bring Free Legal Services to Low-Wage Workers and Recently Unemployed Persons in Contra Costa County
- June 17, 2013
- Transgender Police Officer Settles Claim Against Bay Area Police Department
- June 13, 2013
- California Senate Votes to Expand Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members
- May 28, 2013
- Healthy Mothers Workplace Award Recognizes Family-Friendly Businesses
- May 9, 2013
- Immigrant Worker Sues Dairy and Its Counsel for Contacting ICE in Retaliation for Asserting his Rights
- May 8, 2013
- Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California Law Foundation Awards Third Annual Public Interest Fellowship to Betty Duong and the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
- March 6, 2013
- Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center Recovers $1 Million for Low-Wage Workers
- March 6, 2013
- Court Grants Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement for Nail Salon Workers
- February 26, 2013
- LAS–ELC Sponsors Bill to Expand Paid Family Leave to Cover Additional Family Members
- February 26, 2013
- LAS-ELC, Partnership, and CALCASA Co-Sponsor Bill to Protect Employment Rights of Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking
- February 20, 2013
- Coalition of Women’s Rights Organizations Petitions California Supreme Court to Review Workplace Pregnancy Discrimination Case — Court of Appeal’s Decision Undermines Workers’ Rights under FEHA
- February 13, 2013
- Lawsuit Claims Marriott Discriminates Against Blind Employees – Class Action Seeks Equal Access To Promotions, Computer Software
- February 6, 2013
- New Regulations Affirm Rights of Californians with Disabilities
- January 3, 2013
- Women’s and Civil Rights Groups Applaud Approval of Revised FEHC Pregnancy Regulations
- December 6, 2012
- Long Beach Hotel Workers Reach $130,000 Meal and Rest Break Settlement
- November 27, 2012
- Settlement Reached in Landmark Civil Rights Case
- December 14, 2011
- California Supreme Court Grants Review of Anti-Immigrant Worker Decision
- November 16, 2011
- Laundromat Worker Sues for “Wage Theft”
- October 7, 2011
- Merritt Bakery Sued for Disability Discrimination
- September 8, 2011
- Disabled Auto Workers To Benefit From $6 Million Settlement
- August 18, 2011
- California Muslim Sues Abercrombie & Fitch Over Hijab Firing
- June 27, 2011
- U.S. Supreme Court Makes it More Difficult to Certify Employment Discrimination Claims in Wal-Mart, Inc. v. Dukes
- June 20, 2011
- LAS–ELC Welcomes New Members to Board
- January 25, 2011
- Gay and Lesbian Couples, State Workers, Win Key Legal Victory Against Federal Defendants in Lawsuit Claiming Unconstitutional Insurance Discrimination
- January 18, 2011
- Court Rules That Defendants With Limited English Proficiency Have A Constitutional Right To Court Interpreters
- November 22, 2010
- Female Janitor Sues Ikea Sub-contractor for Sex and Pregnancy Discrimination
- September 16, 2010
- Same-Sex Couples, State Workers, Sue IRS and CalPERS for Insurance Discrimination
- April 13, 2010
- Live-in Domestic Worker Wins Settlement in Federal Lawsuit against Wealthy Peninsula Couple
- October 14, 2009
- California School Agrees to Title IX Compliance
- September 8, 2009
- On Fifth Anniversary Of California’s Successful Paid Family Leave Law, Congresswoman Woolsey & Advocates Call For More Progress On State And Federal Level
- August 5, 2009
- Female Athletes Win Title IX Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit Against Sweetwater Union High School District
- April 1, 2009
- Transgender Employee Sues Burlington Coat Factory for Sexual Harassment
- February 24, 2009