List of Articles

Attorneys

Hundreds of our articles and comments have been published by newspapers and magazines across the country, including Time Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly, Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. They are available for free in our Mission Viejo office. This is a list of the articles available in our lobby. You can also access the highlighted ones individually on-line.

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Category Title Date Publication
Attorneys Employee Rights Advocate April 10-23, 2003 Career Builder
Attorneys Keough Joins Firm 6/11/2001 O.C. Register
Attorneys Keough Joins Firm 5/3/2000 O.C. Metro
Attorneys Orange County Newsmaker 1/31/1996 L.A. Times
Attorneys Orange County Newsmaker 6/21/1996 L.A. Times
Attorneys Orange County Newsmakers 4/17/2000 L.A. Times
Attorneys People On the Move 7/21/1996 O.C. Register
Attorneys Seminar On Employee Rights 6/28/1993 Long Beach Press Telegram
Attorneys State Labor Attorney Joins Sessions 4/3/1995 O.C. Register
Benefits Employer Can Giveth and Taketh Away 12/6/2002 O.C. Register
Benefits Retroactive Reductions of Benefits or Pay Illegal 12/31/2000 L.A. Times
Benefits COBRA Outlives Demise of Employer 12/15/2003 O.C. Register
Discipline      
Discrimination There Are Some Things Employers Can't Ask 4/24/1997 L.A. Times
Discrimination Worker Feels Firing Over Gossip Unjust 11/29/1998 L.A. Times
Discrimination Pregnancy Discrimination Outlawed 4/9/2001 O.C. Register
Discrimination Keep In Mind Ramifications When Checking Applicants' References 8/12/2001 L.A. Times
Discrimination Stopping Workplace Wrongs January/February 1996 Equal Employment Opportunity Career Journal
Discrimination Laid-Off Woman May Have Bias Case 11/2/1997 L.A. Times
Discrimination Did Firm Discriminate Against Clerk 10/8/2000 L.A. Times
Discrimination Will His Background Hurt Job Prospects? 8/9/1998 L.A. Times
Discrimination Post-Operative Firing May Be Grounds for Suit 10/26/1997 L.A. Times
Discrimination Age Discrimination Illegal, Hard to Prove 2/9/1997 L.A. Times
Discrimination Pregnancy Discrimination 2/13/1995 L.A. Times
Discrimination Unclear if Promotions Reflect Age Bias 6/1/1997 L.A. Times
Discrimination Proving Age Bias is Hard But Not Impossible 8/21/1995 L.A. Times
Discrimination Know Your Options If You've Faced Discrimination August 21-August 27, 1994 Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly
General Will Fudging My Age Backfire in Retirement? 3/5/2000 L.A. Times
General Firms Can't Bar Claims if Comments Malicious 8/5/2001 L.A. Times
General Law Unclear on When Temps Become Regulars 4/16/2000 O.C. Register
General Rules That Define Contractors Vary 10/27/2003 O.C. Register
General Indemnification 7/22/2002 L.A. Times
General Proving Your Case January/February 1998 Equal Opportunity Career Journal
General Evaluating Your Case: Do You Have a Case? March/April 1994 Equal Opportunity Career Journal
General Myths at Work: Ten Myths at Work July/August 1995 Equal Opportunity Career Journal
Health & Safety Firm May Be Liable for Assault by Co-Worker 10/29/2001 L.A. Times
Job Loss No Perks if Worker Leaves Before Layoffs 10/20/2003 O.C. Register
Job Loss Wrongful Termination: Strategies to Consider if You Were Fired Unjustly September/October 1994 Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly
Job Loss Severance Pay: The Silver Lining of Being Terminated May/June 1996 Equal Opportunity Career Journal
Job Loss Job Loss Benefits September/October 1995 Equal Opportunity Career Journal
Overtime Working Overtime: Overtime Pay You Thought You Never Deserved September/October 1996 Equal Opportunity Career Journal
Performance      
Privacy Hourly Employee Told Not to Take Second Job 1/4/1998 L.A. Times
Privacy Employer Can't Give Results of HIV Test 8/30/1998 L.A. Times
Privacy Can Firm Reveal Where Former Employee Lives? 10/22/2000 L.A. Times
Privacy Tests May Violate Privacy and Law 10/27/1996 L.A. Times
Privacy Applicant Asked for Handwriting Sample 4/23/2000 L.A. Times
Privacy Worker Privacy Can't Be Invaded Unreasonably 5/29/1995 L.A. Times
Privacy Privacy and Other Legal Concerns July/August 2001 Image Magazine
Privacy Employer Can Ask for Fingerprints 10/5/1997 L.A. Times
Promises Company's Promise on Job Switch at Issue 9/29/2003 O.C. Register
Promises Broken Promises March/April 1995 Equal Opportunity Career Journal
Public Policy Contract Limiting Future Career Moves is Probably Illegal 9/13/1998 L.A. Times
Public Policy Dismissal Triggers Policy Questions 5/28/2001 O.C. Register
Public Policy Sick Time Can Be Used to Care for Spouse 4/1/2002 O.C. Register
Public Policy Paid Maternity Leave a Company Option 8/18/2003 O.C. Register
Records      
Retaliation      
Category Title Date Publication
       
Safety      
Slander Former Employer is Giving Bad References 6/20/1999 L.A. Times
Slander There are Limits to Criticism in the Office 5/19/1996 L.A. Times
Slander Handling Unfair Boss 3/7/1999 L.A. Times
Slander Proving Innocence May Cost More in Long Run 12/8/1996 L.A. Times
Timecards      
Unemployment Severance Payment Plan Can Put Jobless Benefits on Hold