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President - Asian Pacific Community Counseling
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Executive Director, Alliance for Community Transformations
Executive Director - Northern California Child Development
Executive Director - Folsom Cordova Community Partnership
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SINCE THE Pregnant Workers Fairness Act took effect in June 2023, there’s been a huge spike in lawsuits against employers alleging failure to reasonably accommodate workers covered by the landmark legislation. In the first 11 months following enactment of the law, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 1,869 complaints from workers who allege their employer …
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AN ALLEGEDLY Chinese state-sponsored hacker campaign dubbed “Salt Typhoon” has infiltrated major cell phone providers, including AT&T and Verizon, potentially exposing your company’s communications to threat actors. The attack has been described as the most significant telecommunications hack in U.S. history. While the breach is alarming for individuals, the implications for businesses are profound and …
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WITH 2025 NOW upon us, so is a slew of new laws and regulations that will affect California businesses. Last year was a busy legislative session in addition to a rash of important rulemaking. The end result is another round of new legislation that California employers need to stay on top of. 1. ‘Captive audience’ …
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BUSINESSES WITH a web presence, particularly those that are consumer-facing, are increasingly being sued over website accessibility issues that prevent visually impaired individuals from using a website. While the number of such cases has been growing, 2,281 website accessibility lawsuits were filed nationwide in 2023, down from 2,387 the prior year and 2,352 in 2021, …
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CAL/OSHA has proposed new regulations that would incorporate California’s new workplace violence prevention law — which took effect July 1 — into Title 8, the set of regulations that covers workplace safety in the Golden State. However, the proposed rules add a number of new requirements that some safety observers say would be unworkable in …
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