Written By Christopher B. Dolan and Matthew D. Gramly This week’s question comes from Josh D. from Marin County: With our current 24-hour news cycle it’s hard to keep up with all the important issues in our daily lives. It seems like Proposition 22 was an initiative constantly discussed 5 years ago that went […]
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Written By Christopher B. Dolan and Vanessa C. Deniston This week’s question comes from Fatima in the Bay Area: I am a woman of color working at a big tech company in the Bay Area. I have been stuck in the same position for nearly seven years, while several of my white, male co-workers and
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By Mari Bandoma Callado, Dolan Law Firm Senior Associate Attorney and Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is August 3 because it takes an additional 214 days for Black women to catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men made in 12 months. Black women are typically paid only 63 cents for
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Written by Christopher B. Dolan and Mari Bandoma Callado This week’s question comes from Geraldine W. in San Leandro: My employer informed us that we will be returning to the office three times a week beginning in August. I am fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but I am worried about safely returning to work because I
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Written By Christopher Dolan and Allison Stone Angie from Walnut Creek writes: Can I stop wearing my mask now that I am fully vaccinated? When I go out, I see some people wearing a mask and others without. What’s the right call on this? As of May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and
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Written By: Christopher B. Dolan This week’s column is a follow-up to last week’s article on workplace violence including shootings. That column spoke about the rights and responsibilities of a business owner to create a safe workplace. This column will inform you as to how you, as an individual and/or employee, can seek protection if
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Written By: Christopher B. Dolan Following the horrific workplace shooting in San Jose this past week, NBC Bay Area Investigative Journalist Stephen Stock reached out to me to ask: “What are the rights of employees, and what are employer responsibilities when there is a threat of workplace violence?” I provided him a response that did
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Written by: Vanessa Deniston and Christopher Dolan Lenora from California asks: Before COVID hit, I felt extremely stressed out at work and pushed to my limits emotionally, to the extent that I believed I might have an anxiety disorder. I regularly experienced panic attacks, feelings of dread and trouble concentrating, but never spoke to a medical
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Written By: Christopher B. Dolan and Emile A. Davis This week’s question comes from Giuseppe J. in Orinda: I run a small business. Having survived the worst of this pandemic, I am reopening my store soon. Some of my staff have received the COVID-19 vaccination, but not all of them. For the safety of all
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Written By: Christopher B. Dolan and Vanessa C. Deniston This week’s question comes from Jim C. in Bernal Heights who asks: I’m currently working on a job site in the city. We are building a subterranean parking garage and we use heavy equipment every day. The guy that drives the excavator is not the most
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