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OC Weekly: Hilton Workers File Yet Another Complaint |
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Written by Leigh Shelton
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 By Matt Coker
Labor complaints and HEI Hotels and Hospitality-owned properties go together like dinner mints and pillows. The latest wave comes from Long Beach Hilton workers who claim they are being denied 10 minute breaks required under state law.
Like workers at the HEI-owned Embassy Suites in Irvine, the Ocean Boulevard crew is seeking back pay through a formal complaint to the California Department of Industrial Relations, the state office that enforces labor standards.
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NYTimes: Muslims Say They Face More Work Discrimination |
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Written by Leigh Shelton
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 By Steven Greenhouse
At a time of growing tensions involving Muslims in the United States, a record number of Muslim workers are complaining of employment discrimination, from co-workers calling them “terrorist” or “Osama” to employers barring them from wearing head scarves or taking prayer breaks.
Such complaints were increasing even before frictions erupted over the planned Islamic center in Lower Manhattan, with Muslim workers filing a record 803 such claims in the year ended Sept. 30, 2009.
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LA Biz Journal: Court Rejects LAX Hotels’ Claims on Fees |
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Written by Leigh Shelton
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 By Howard Fine
In a blow to hotels near Los Angeles International Airport already suffering from high vacancies, a state appeals court has ruled against them in a fight over tips.
The Second District Appellate Court upheld a 2006 city ordinance requiring that hotel managers turn over “service fees” they collect to banquet staff, porters and other employees.
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The Argonaut: Appellate Court ruling allows LAX-area hotel workers to continue with lawsuit |
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Written by Leigh Shelton
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By Vince Echavaria
Workers at five hotels near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) can now move forward with legal action to collect tips and service fees they allege their employers have withheld over the past three years, an appellate court has ruled.
The California Court of Appeal Second District Sept. 8 reversed the dismissals of class action lawsuits filed by service workers against LAX-area hotels including the Marriott, Hilton Los Angeles Airport, Four Points Sheraton, Radisson and Renaissance Montura.
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MSNBC: Muslims Face Growing Bias in the Workplace |
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Written by Leigh Shelton
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 By Eve Tahmincioglu
The anti-Muslim sentiment seen across the nation in opposition to mosque building and even a Florida pastor's threat to burn the holy book of Islam, the Quran, increasingly is showing up at the workplace. Claims of discrimination against Muslim workers — which spiked immediately after 9/11 and then dissipated — are showing signs of resurgence.
“There is a hatred, an open hatred, and a lack of tolerance for people who are Muslim,” said Mary Jo O’Neill, regional attorney for the Phoenix district office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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