The Law Office of Arkady Itkin – San Francisco lawyer specializing in handling discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, overtime, severance negotiations and other legal issues at workplace in San Francisco and Northern California.

• Failure to Accommodate and Provide Reasonable Accommodations at SFMOMA
  Thu, 15th Jul 2010 09:04 UTC
  
  Yesterday, I met with a client - a very pleasant lady in her mid thirties who was forced to quit from the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts) due...
• Peer Review and Staff Membership / Privileges Rights of California Medical Doctors
  Tue, 8th Jun 2010 09:30 UTC
  
  Decisions concerning medical staff membership and privileges are made through a process of hospital peer review. Every licensed hospital is required to have an organized medical staff responsible for the...
• Police Departments Assert Immunity When Terminating Officers and Falsely Accusing Them of Misconduct
  Fri, 21st May 2010 08:49 UTC
  
  The most typical defense that city police departments assert when a terminated police officer files a lawsuit for wrongful termination, defamation, and related claims is governmental immunity. The good news...
• Why Even Large Employers, such as Kaiser, Tend to Contest Employment Benefits
  Mon, 10th May 2010 01:21 UTC
  
  Recently, I had a chance to talk to one of the HR managers at Kaiser. I couldn't help but ask him why is it that Kaiser tends to fight their...
• Additional Protections Against Retaliation to California Nurses and Medical Staff
  Wed, 21st Apr 2010 09:00 UTC
  
  Besides other federal and California workplace anti-retaliation laws available to different groups of employees, nurses and other medical professionals working at hospital, clinics, and other healthcare facilities have additional law...
• Deposition Advice: Insist that Your Attorney Prepares You for Your Deposition Testimony
  Sun, 11th Apr 2010 20:21 UTC
  
  Most labor and employment attorneys know that their client's deposition testimony is likely the most important part and stage of the case. Few aggrieved employees win a case just because...
• Misconduct and Tardiness Caused by Depression are Not Grounds for Denial of Unemployment Benefits
  Tue, 23rd Mar 2010 10:01 UTC
  
  I was glad to find out yesterday that yet one more of my clients won the appeal of the denial of unemployment benefits in Sacramento County. In that case, I...
• Employment Law Violations in Non Profit Organizations
  Mon, 22nd Feb 2010 04:38 UTC
  
  For years, I believed that since the whole purpose of establishing and running non-profit companies in California is providing some kind of service for the public good and not for...
• Employers Must Pay Their Employees Immediately Upon "Discharge"
  Thu, 4th Feb 2010 06:45 UTC
  
  Most employers are well aware that if they terminate an employee for any reason of if it's a lay-off, they must pay that employee's wages (which includes vacation and sick...
• Evidence of Discrimination against Others at Your Company May Be Helpful to Your Case
  Mon, 4th Jan 2010 09:05 UTC
  
  Recently, the Second District Court has ruled in Johnson v. United Cerebral Palsy, 173 Cal.App.4th 740 (2009) on an important issue of admissibility of evidence of discrimination against a number...

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