Focuses on unlawful treatment of disabled employees in California based on physical or mental disabilities, including failure to accommodate, wrongful termination, and other discriminatory practices.
September 10, 2026
10 California Employment Law Mistakes—and 35 Employer Liability FAQs By Matthew J. Ruggles, California employment lawyer | Last reviewed September 6, 2026 I spent approximately 25 years defending employers before…
July 1, 2026
Everything California Employees Need to Know About Disability Discrimination, the Interactive Process, Reasonable Accommodation, Medical Leave, and Wrongful Termination Disability Discrimination Is Rarely About the Disability Here’s one of the…
January 23, 2026
Fired after being injured on the job is something no California employee expects to happen, but it happens every day. You get hurt doing your job. You report the injury.…
December 31, 2025
How Indefinite Return-to-Work Dates Can Make or Break a California Disability Discrimination Claim If you were fired while on medical leave in California, you may be wondering whether what happened…
December 12, 2025
When you tell your employer you have a disability, you expect cooperation. Instead, many California employees get pushback. HR stops returning calls. Managers get annoyed. Suddenly your job duties change,…
December 6, 2025
California disability discrimination in employment happens more often than most employees realize. If you’re dealing with a temporary or permanent disability or medical condition, the law expects your employer to…
September 22, 2025
If you are dealing with disability discrimination in California, you don’t just have to accept it. State law gives employees strong protections. A recent case, Bronshteyn v. Department of Consumer…
September 4, 2025
One of the most common questions I get from California employees is simple: does a verbal complaint at work count, or does it have to be in writing? Many employees…
August 18, 2025
Disability Discrimination and Retaliation in California: Lessons from Lampkin v. County of Los Angeles Disability discrimination and retaliation in California workplaces are some of the most damaging violations an employee…
July 9, 2025
If your leave of absence ended in termination, you’re not alone and you’re right to question whether that firing was legal. Whether you were out on medical leave, pregnancy leave,…