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Non-Negotiable Severance in California: 5 Myths Dispelled by a Lawyer

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 22, 2025 | Severance Agreements, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

If you’ve just been handed a severance agreement, there’s a good chance HR made it sound like you need to sign quickly or risk losing everything. Maybe they called it “standard.” Maybe they warned you there’s a deadline. Maybe they even told you it’s a non-negotiable...

How To Prove Age Discrimination in California

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 20, 2025 | Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

If you’ve worked hard for decades only to be passed over for someone younger, you’re not imagining things. Learning how to prove age discrimination in California is critical because employers rarely admit bias openly. They hide it behind so-called “business decisions”...

How to Maximize Your Severance Offer in California: Tips from a Lawyer

by Matthew Ruggles | Oct 17, 2025 | Severance Agreements, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Retaliation, Wrongful Termination

The moment you are handed a severance package can stop you in your tracks. One minute you are processing the shock of losing your job, the next you are staring at a dense legal document full of deadlines, waivers, and promises that sound official but are written to...

Disability Discrimination in California: Lessons from the Bronshteyn Case

by Matthew Ruggles | Sep 22, 2025 | Disability Discrimination, Interactive Process, Reasonable Accommodation, Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

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 Affairs, shows how powerful those protections can be and why employees...

How to Make a Workplace Complaint in California: Verbal vs. Written

by Matthew Ruggles | Sep 4, 2025 | Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Interactive Process, Reasonable Accommodation, Sexual Harassment, Unpaid Wages, Workplace Discrimination, Workplace Harassment, Workplace Retaliation

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 feel stuck and are unsure whether speaking up is enough, or whether they need to formalize the complaint...

My Leave of Absence Ended in Termination: Was This Discrimination?

by Matthew Ruggles | Jul 9, 2025 | Disability Discrimination, Interactive Process, Reasonable Accommodation, Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

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, or a disability accommodation, California law puts strict limits on when and how an...