By Tanuja Jain Gupta The first time you share your experience of mistreatment in the workplace with us, we quickly ask “where” and “when.” The location and timing of your mistreatment affect our ability to help you. The location tells us the jurisdiction—which state and city laws bind your employer, and which courts have the […]
By Schwanda Rountree, Erica Roberts, and Amira Dehmani In Parts I and II of this series, we discussed the factors that contribute to the wage gap and how the gap developed over time, including intersectional considerations that make the wage gap worse for women of color, older women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and those with a disability. […]
As a national employee rights and social justice law firm, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight is particularly gratified that California has become the first state in the nation to make intersectional bias part of its anti-discrimination laws. For the past two decades, our firm has represented employees in their workplace discrimination claims. And all too often, […]
By Schwanda Rountree, Erica Roberts, and Amira Dehmani In the first part of this series, we discussed the wage gap and how it has formed and changed over time and in different industries. Gender discrimination continues to persist in the United States and heavily contributes to the pay gap. When comparing men and women of […]
By Abigail Everett, Jonathan Tepe, and Danya Rangachar In recent months, mass layoffs have shaken various sectors of the economy. Major companies have implemented widespread workforce reductions in an apparent response to rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifts in consumer behavior. While companies must respond to these economic changes, many use mass layoffs as a […]
By Schwanda Rountree, Erica Roberts, and Amira Dehmani The history of the workforce is painfully clear and consistent: Women have and continue to be paid less than men, creating a gender wage gap. In this series, we will discuss how the wage gap developed, what it has looked like over time, how developments in law […]
is a nationwide civil rights and social justice litigation law firm that holds corporations and institutions accountable. The firm opened its San Francisco office in 2011 and expanded its presence in Northern California in 2022 by opening an office in Palo Alto, in the heart of the Silicon Valley. has since become the go-to national […]
By Erica Roberts, Talia Koltun-Fromm, and Yuwen Wang Lawsuits that allege discrimination in AI-assisted hiring decisions follow the same pathway as any other discrimination case but with one big wrinkle: the possibility that both the employer and the AI system could be found liable for violating the law. However, the opaqueness baked into how algorithmic […]
If you are qualified for the job to which you applied online and did not get selected, or even get an interview, you may have experienced unlawful discrimination because the online hiring program used an algorithm or AI. Even though such programs are perceived as “machines,” they can discriminate too. If the algorithm tends to […]
More and more, companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic tools to screen resumes and applicants, contact potential hires, conduct video interviews, and even make decisions on whom to hire or promote. A study conducted by Harvard Business School in 2021 found that 99% of Fortune 500 companies use an AI applicant tracking system […]