A severely obese woman who was fired from an athletic club after working there for more than 15 years was entitled to a trial on her disability discrimination claim under the California Fair ...

NOW THEREFORE I, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of the State of California, do hereby proclaim October 2026 as “Disability Employment Awareness Month.” IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and ...

UCLA has launched a disability studies major, the first of its kind at a public university in California. The major, created 16 years after the existing minor was formed, accepted its first students ...

California’s State Disability Insurance program provides short-term wage replacement for those who cannot work due to a non-work-related medical condition. This can include a non-work-related illness ...

The California State Disability Insurance benefit is estimated at between 60 and 70 of wages earned prior to a non-work-related medical condition. California is one of five states that has a state ...

Four disability groups have filed a lawsuit to overturn California's assisted suicide law — saying it devalues their lives and encourages discrimination against them. Disability groups are challenging ...

Most of the 345,000 disability claims the state is investigating as suspicious appear to be fraudulent and involve imposters posing as doctors and other medical providers, according to the California ...

After suspending 345,000 disability checks because of fraud concerns, California officials on Thursday confirmed nearly all of those suspected claims were associated with criminals trying to trick the ...

Dr. Roumani is a licensed Psychiatry Fellow. In a world that demands of us more than we can imagine, it is typical for our mental health to be affected. It can even lead us to have altered mood, ...

Disability care workers Ricardo Zegri and Niurka Sureda-Jackson sit outside the California state Capitol on April 10. Zegri says Taco Bell would pay him more than the $19 an hour he makes as a ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many California businesses are trying to apply existing laws to a new situation and are left with many unanswered questions. A key issue for companies is whether an ...