On Behalf of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C. | Mar 26, 2015 | Sexual Harassment
A high-profile employment discrimination lawsuit has Silicon Valley businesses doing a lot of soul-searching, it appears. Whether this will lead to real changes in how female employees are treated in the tech field remains to be seen. Readers have probably heard of...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C. | Mar 18, 2015 | Credit Card Debt
Dealing with a debt collection agency that uses abusive, illegal tactics is bad enough. Imagine if you do not even owe the money in the first place. Maybe you already paid off the debt long ago, or it is a case of mistaken identity. An unscrupulous debt collector will...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C. | Mar 13, 2015 | Sexual Harassment
Often, instead of recognizing that they have a problem manager or worker and taking steps to handle the issue, employers will punish an employee who reports sexual harassment. They may try to intimidate the victim through demotion, unwanted job transfer, denial of a...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C. | Mar 4, 2015 | Credit Card Debt
It has been a few weeks since we discussed options people in California who are being harassed by debt collectors have under the law. In that post, we mentioned the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, an important piece of federal legislation that seeks to protect...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C. | Mar 2, 2015 | Employment Discrimination
Employment discrimination can take many forms, and not all of them are obvious. To help you determine whether your rights have been violated at work, our firm recently published a white paper entitled “Is That Legal? A Worker’s Guide to Spotting Employment...