#California Employment Lawyer

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Employment Law Thought Exercise | 9-1-1 on Fox and the Season 3 Lawsuit Arc

There has been a lot of discussion and debate among fans of the hit tv show regarding this particular plotline. Today, we’re going to talk about Disability Discrimination laws and Reasonable Accommodations and how they are explored on the show.

*This is not meant to be any kind of legal advice or even as serious as our articles. It’s just for fun! Not only does fiction not always line up properly with reality, but also our firm does not handle government employees. This is just going off of standard federal and California employment law. Anyone with more information on city employees or specifically the real LAFD, feel free to join in!*

Buck was injured on the job

He went on leave, and when he was cleared by his doctors to go back, he had a right to be reinstated to his previous position or one equal to it.

Due to the nature of his job, his employer required him to undergo recertification. It appeared to be the same standard type of qualification test that all trainees undergo to ensure they are qualified for the job. He passed, and he was reinstated.

So far, so good

Then, before returning to work, he experienced a pulmonary embolism and was put on blood thinners indefinitely. He was deemed unable to return to his previous position and was offered the choice to go back on leave or take a temporary light duty position. At the time, he tried to quit. He is very lucky for many reasons that Bobby did not take that seriously.

Light duty is considered a reasonable accommodation. In fact, the fire marshal position would likely have paid better than a firefighter position. But Buck wanted to be a firefighter again, and so he argued that there must be some kind of reasonable accommodation to put him back in the field.

Which brings us to the phrase “Undue Hardship”

While on blood thinners, less severe injuries could be life threatening. When this is explained to him, Buck argues that if that happened, there would be multiple paramedics around him. The thing that he is not taking into account there is that those paramedics are there to attend to the civilians that they are rescuing in the first place.

We see this later in Season 6 when Buck is gravely injured, and Bobby has to call in another house to come take care of the fire they were fighting at the time. This example does also point out that yes, this is an accepted risk of the job and does happen from time to time.

The issue is the extremely increased risk of it happening when a firefighter is on blood thinner medication. And Bobby knowing how many risks Buck already takes on the job. Sure, Bobby knows that Buck knows his limits. But Buck is not taking into account that his limits are a lot lower while on those meds. (Which is something that seems to finally hit home in the following Halloween episode.)

Bobby is essentially arguing that accommodating Buck’s disability in the field would create an undue hardship to the team, splitting their resources and his own focus.

Illegal Discrimination

Buck tries to sue for Wrongful Termination, specifically Constructive Termination. He points out that several other members of his team have faced injury and hardship and were able to come back to work with no problem. This actually works against his argument a little bit, but one could argue that it was discrimination against the specific disability, as it was the medication itself that was the issue. However, it could then be argued that it was a valid concern. The motivation behind not allowing Buck back on the team yet was not that he was disabled, but that his disability created a very real and serious risk to himself in the field that could not be reasonably accommodated.

Does Buck have a case? Maybe. Is it a strong one?

His employer followed standard and reasonable protocol

His employer gave reassurances that his position would be held for him to come back when he was ready (and you know Bobby would have put that in writing if Buck had asked)

The medication Buck was on posed a real safety issue

His employer gave him a temporary light duty position that could even be seen as a promotion

Buck has a documented history of acting recklessly and disobeying orders in the field that would support Bobby’s concern

Would the city have settled so quickly and for so much in real life? Who knows.

Would any of this have gone down this way in real life? Who knows. That’s what happens when you mix fact and fiction. Procedurals often tend to start with truth and reality and then alter it to suit the story. It can be interesting to work it backwards and try to see how the story can be applied to reality. This brings up several questions such as:

Did Buck ever send a detailed discrimination complaint to Human Resources?

Did Buck ever call the chief after finding out it was Bobby’s decision not his?

Did Buck ever file a claim with the EEOC or CRD?

Did Buck ever file a grievance through his union?

Did Buck ever contact his union rep at all?

Does Buck even know that he HAS a union?

Could all of this have been avoided if Buck had just spent ten minutes researching California Employment Law?

Bonus Fun Fact!

For those who might not know, when the lawyer is first introduced, and Hen tells him “You might wanna wait until they’re in the ambulance before you start chasing it” she’s not just calling him out on doing something awful, she’s calling him out on doing something illegal. California is one of 21 states (including Texas for Lone Star fans who were wondering) that has laws against ‘ambulance chasing’ – when attorneys solicit clients at accident scenes or in hospitals. In the other 29 states, it is still considered unethical by the Bar Association.

California in particular has strict laws and regulations about when, where, and how attorneys are permitted to advertise. Which reminds me: If you are a California employee and were terminated after being injured at work, call Mesriani Law Group today for a free consultation.

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Hire An Employment Lawyer to Represent Your Company Or Yourself

If you're looking for an employment lawyer in Glendale, California, there's no better place to start than with a firm like the Law Offices of Robert W. Moore, P.C. We have a strong history of helping clients through all aspects of employment law, including discrimination claims and wrongful termination suits. If you've been mistreated at work or if your company has been accused of misconduct by its employees, it's time to talk with one of our experienced attorneys about how we can help protect your interests.

Employment Lawyers Handle Discrimination Cases

Discrimination cases are common. You may hear these referred to as “discrimination claims,” but they are actually legal actions that can be brought by employees or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Discrimination claims can be based on race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, or age.

When an employee files a discrimination claim against you as the employer or against another employee who has discriminated against him/her, employment lawyers help you defend yourself.

Employment Lawyers Handle Wrongful Termination Cases

An employment attorney will have the knowledge and experience to help you if you believe that your employer wrongfully terminated you.

Employment lawyers handle a variety of workplace issues, including wrongful termination suits, which are defined as terminations based on discriminatory or retaliatory reasons. For example, an employer cannot fire someone because they have filed a workers' compensation claim or because they blew the whistle on unscrupulous practices at their company.

Employment Lawyers Handle Wages and Hours Cases

When you are an employee, it is the responsibility of your employer to pay you for all of your work. If they do not, or if they fail to pay you correctly or on time, then this can be grounds for a wage and hour case. Wage and hour cases can be complex depending on the circumstances involved. There are many laws that determine what employers are required to pay their employees and how much in order for them to be considered exempt from overtime laws among other things. An employment lawyer can help explain these laws so that you understand why your employer hasn't paid you correctly or on time.

Employment Lawyers Are Not Just for Workers

Employment lawyers can also aid employers. In fact, they often do so as part of their practice. Employers who fail to understand their legal obligations and how best to minimize the risks of lawsuits and other claims are more likely to suffer financial losses. They may also lose productive employees due to high turnover rates or poor morale caused by unfair treatment that violates the law.

The most common type of employment dispute involves an employee who believes they were wrongfully terminated or otherwise treated unfairly in violation of local or state laws. For example, an employer might be required to pay certain benefits after a separation from service such as unemployment insurance benefits when an employee loses his job through no fault of his own (such as being fired for refusing unsafe working conditions). Failure to do so could result in legal action against both you and your company by a former employee seeking compensation for those funds owed them under applicable law.

An Employment Lawyer Can Help Protect Your Business in California

As a business owner, you likely have many responsibilities and challenges on your plate. Not only do you have to make sure that your clients are happy with the services they receive, but you also need to make sure that every employee of your company is treated fairly and paid correctly.

Employment law can be complex and confusing—and it’s even more so when dealing with multiple states. An employment lawyer can help ensure that you remain compliant in California, as well as other states where your company operates. Employment lawyers can help protect your business in California by helping ensure that all employees are paid correctly, enforcing non-compete agreements if needed, drafting employment contracts and policies for new hires or promotions within organizations (as well as enforcing those same policies), assisting with ongoing HR issues within companies such as sexual harassment claims from both employees against one another or against supervisors/managers/owners of businesses themselves who may abuse power over others working under them due to seniority positions within different departments within organizations).

You can count on the Davtyan Law Firm, Inc. law firm in Glendale, CA to provide you with experienced legal counsel and representation for your employment law case. We have handled hundreds of state and federal employment cases over the years, representing employees, employers, and third-party witnesses involved in wrongful termination or other disputes that arise from employment relationships.

Davtyan Law Firm, Inc.

880 E Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205

18552053681

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How Can You Request for Humanitarian Reinstatement After a Visa Petition Denial?

When a visa petition is denied due to the petitioner’s death, hope isn’t lost. You may still have the option to request for humanitarian reinstatement, allowing your petition to be reconsidered based on compassionate grounds. This process can be complex, and having the right legal support can make all the difference. At Rocket Immigration Petitions, we offer the guidance you need, including online immigration lawyer consultation to help navigate this sensitive process.

What is Humanitarian Reinstatement?

Reinstating a petition: If your visa petition was denied because the petitioner passed away, you can apply for humanitarian reinstatement to have it re-evaluated.

Compassionate grounds: USCIS may consider family ties, financial hardships, or other compassionate reasons when reviewing your request.

Applicable cases: This option is generally available to beneficiaries of approved Form I-130 petitions for family-based immigration.

Why Request Humanitarian Reinstatement?

Family reunification: It offers a second chance to reunite with family members despite the unfortunate circumstances.

No need to start over: Reinstatement allows you to pick up where your original application left off, avoiding the need to file a new petition.

Potential for quicker resolution: With a valid reinstatement request, you may experience a faster process compared to starting from scratch.

How Can Online Immigration Lawyer Consultation Help?

Expert guidance: At Rocket Immigration Petitions, we offer online immigration lawyer consultation to help you understand the humanitarian reinstatement process, eligibility criteria, and required documentation.

Avoid mistakes: Filing a reinstatement request can be complicated. A lawyer ensures all paperwork is completed accurately, reducing the chance of errors.

Tailored advice: Every case is unique, and an experienced immigration lawyer can provide personalized advice to improve your chances of approval.

Key Steps for Requesting Humanitarian Reinstatement

Prepare a compelling case: Clearly explain your compassionate reasons for seeking reinstatement, supported by detailed documentation.

Seek legal advice: An online immigration lawyer consultation ensures you understand the legal process and increases your chances of success.

Stay informed: USCIS guidelines can change, so it’s essential to stay updated on the latest requirements for humanitarian reinstatement.

Conclusion

Requesting a humanitarian reinstatement can be a lifeline for families affected by the death of a petitioner. By working with Rocket Immigration Petitions and utilizing online immigration lawyer consultation, you can ensure the best possible outcome for your reinstatement request. Let us guide you through this challenging process and help you reunite with your loved ones.

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California Business Lawyer & Corporate Lawyer

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355 South Grand Ave., Suite 2450, Los Angeles, California 90071 USA

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Introduction

Welcome to our law firm, where we specialize in providing top-notch employer defense legal services. Our experienced team of attorneys is dedicated to protecting your business interests.

Our Expertise in Employer Defense

At our firm, we pride ourselves on being the go-to employer defense attorneys in California. Our team has extensive experience in defending employers in a wide range of legal matters. Whether you are facing allegations of wrongful termination, discrimination, or wage and hour disputes, we have the knowledge and expertise to protect your rights. Our employer defense lawyers are well-versed in both state and federal employment laws, ensuring that you receive comprehensive legal representation.

Employer Defense Services in Los Angeles

Located in the heart of Los Angeles, our firm is well-equipped to handle employer defense cases throughout the region. Our employer defense attorneys in Los Angeles have a deep understanding of the local legal landscape and are committed to providing personalized legal solutions tailored to your business needs. We represent employers of all sizes, from small businesses to large corporations, and our goal is to resolve disputes efficiently and effectively.

Comprehensive Employment Law Services for Employers

Our firm offers a full range of employment law services for employers. We understand that navigating employment laws can be complex, and our employment law specialists are here to guide you every step of the way. Our services include:

Drafting and reviewing employment contracts

Advising on compliance with state and federal employment laws

Conducting workplace investigations

Representing employers in administrative hearings and court proceedings

We are dedicated to helping employers create a positive and compliant workplace environment.

Corporate Attorneys and Business Lawyers in Los Angeles

In addition to our expertise in employer defense, our firm also provides comprehensive corporate legal services. Our corporate attorneys and business lawyers in Los Angeles are skilled in handling a variety of business-related legal matters. From business formation and mergers to contract negotiations and corporate litigation, we offer strategic legal advice to help your business thrive. Our business attorneys in Los Angeles are committed to delivering results that align with your business objectives.

Business Attorney Services in San Diego

Our reach extends beyond Los Angeles to San Diego, where we offer expert business attorney services. Our San Diego business lawyers are well-versed in the unique legal challenges faced by businesses in the region. We provide legal support for:

Business formation and incorporation

Contract drafting and review

Dispute resolution and litigation

Compliance with local, state, and federal regulations

Whether you are a small business owner or part of a larger corporation, our San Diego business attorneys are here to support your legal needs.

Small Business Legal Support

We understand that small businesses have unique legal needs, and our small business lawyers in San Diego are dedicated to providing tailored legal solutions. We offer a range of services specifically designed for small businesses, including:

Employment law compliance

Contract negotiations

Intellectual property protection

Dispute resolution

Our goal is to help small businesses navigate legal challenges and achieve long-term success.

Why Choose Our Firm?

Choosing the right legal representation is crucial for the success of your business. Here are a few reasons why our firm stands out:

Experience: Our attorneys have decades of combined experience in employer defense and business law.

Expertise: We are specialists in employment law and have a deep understanding of the legal landscape in California.

Personalized Service: We provide customized legal solutions tailored to the specific needs of your business.

Results-Driven: Our focus is on achieving the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Comprehensive Support: From employer defense to corporate law, we offer a full spectrum of legal services.

Our Commitment to Clients

At our firm, client satisfaction is our top priority. We are committed to providing exceptional legal services and building long-term relationships with our clients. Our attorneys take the time to understand your business and provide strategic legal advice that aligns with your goals. We are here to support you through every legal challenge and help your business succeed.

Contact Us

If you are in need of an employer defense attorney or business lawyer in California, look no further. Contact our firm today to schedule a consultation and learn how we can assist you. Our team is ready to provide the legal support you need to protect your business interests.

Conclusion

Our firm is dedicated to providing expert legal representation for employers and businesses in California. With our extensive experience and specialized knowledge, we are your trusted partner in navigating complex legal challenges. Let us help you achieve your business goals and protect your interests with confidence.

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Navigating personal injury claims: Assistance From Brandon Banks Law APC

Personal injuries can be life-altering events that can leave individuals physically, emotionally, and financially burdened. Whether it is a car accident, slip and fall, medical malpractice, or workplace injury, victims deserve justice. If you find yourself at the mercy of the legal system after a personal injury incident, it is essential to seek proper guidance to ensure you get the compensation you deserve. This article will explore how Brandon Banks Law APC can assist you in navigating the complexities of personal injury claims.

Who is Brandon Banks Law?

Based in San Francisco, California, Brandon Banks is a reputable personal injury attorney that focuses on employment law and personal injury cases. With years of experience and a deep commitment to achieving justice for their clients, their team  has built a remarkable track record in handling various personal injury claims.

Areas of Specialization:

Brandon Banks Law APC covers a wide range of personal injury cases, including but not limited to:

Automobile Accidents: Whether it's a major collision or a fender bender, their attorneys understand the intricacies of insurance claims and can ensure your rights are protected.

Slip and Fall Injuries: If you have suffered injuries due to hazardous conditions on someone else's property, they can help you pursue compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering.

Expertise and Approach:

Brandon Banks Law takes a client-centric approach, offering personalized attention to each case. Their attorneys possess knowledge of personal injury law and are skilled negotiators and litigators. They understand that each case is unique and requires a tailored strategy.

When dealing with insurance companies or opposing attorneys, Brandon Banks Law's attorneys are known for their assertiveness and tenacity. They will advocate passionately on your behalf, ensuring that your voice is heard and your rights upheld. They have the experience and expertise to meticulously analyze evidence, gather expert testimonies, and build a strong case that supports your position.

Importance of Timely Action:

In personal injury cases, time is of the essence. It is crucial to consult a personal injury attorney San Francisco promptly to ensure all necessary evidence is preserved, witnesses are located, and deadlines are met. Brandon Banks Law APC recognizes the urgency involved in these matters and strives to provide prompt legal assistance while establishing a solid foundation for your case.

Free Consultation:

To alleviate the financial pressure on personal injury victims, Brandon Banks Law APC provides a free initial consultation. This allows potential clients to discuss the specifics of their case, understand the merits, and evaluate the potential options without any financial commitment.

Conclusion:

If you have suffered a personal injury and are seeking professional legal representation, Brandon Banks Law APC is a trusted firm with a proven success record. With their exceptional expertise, personalized approach, and unwavering dedication to their clients, they can guide you through the legal process, protecting your rights and helping you obtain the compensation you deserve. Remember, you don't have to face personal injury claims alone - seek the expertise and support of Brandon Banks Law  APC for a seamless journey towards justice.

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5 Warning Signs To Avoid Being Wrongfully Terminated

Your boss tells you that your job is being eliminated, and you're being laid off. You're upset and confused, but then he mentions that there's another position available that would be a better fit for you. You start to feel hopeful—until he tells you the salary for that other position is only half of what you were making before. Or maybe it's worse: Your boss has been making sexual advances toward female employees while also refusing to promote them or give them raises on the basis of their gender. The list goes on from there, but no matter what type of wrongful termination scenario you find yourself in, the best thing to do is take action as soon as possible so that your rights are protected during this difficult time.

In this blog post I will walk through five steps you can take if this happens to you:

Look for Unfair Tactics

Unfair Tactics

Look for unfair tactics. There are many ways employers can fire you unfairly, including:

Discriminatory treatment—If your manager or supervisor seems to be picking on you because of your race, sex, age or disability. For example: a younger female employee was repeatedly asked what she was doing after work by her male boss in front of other employees and customers while they were preparing to close up shop for the day. When she reported it to her supervisor he would not do anything about it and told her that this is how things are done around here and that she should just deal with it because there were no other jobs available at any other company nearby where she lived; which meant losing her job would mean moving away from everything she had ever known before moving there (which also meant leaving behind most of her family members).

Harassment—Unwanted sexual advances made by managers towards subordinates who have rejected them; making offensive comments about someone's religion or race; jokes about someone's physical appearance being overweight or having acne problems as an example (these all fall under what is called "hostile work environment").

Evaluate Your Company's Communication

Communication is one of the most important aspects of any job. It’s how you receive information about new projects, policies, and other changes to the environment in which you work.

If you’re having trouble with your company’s communication practices, there are several questions that can help you evaluate them:

How often do they communicate?

Are they effective?

Are they respectful?

Watch for Unequal Treatment

If you see that your employer is treating other employees differently than they are treating you, it's time to speak up. Don't allow yourself to be the victim of unequal treatment. If the situation continues, report the behavior and ask for help from an attorney who specializes in employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases.

You can also ask other employees if they have experienced this kind of unfair treatment as well (or if their supervisors have treated them differently). If so, try speaking with a few different people about what happened and compare notes. Often times there is strength in numbers when it comes to these situations so don't be afraid to reach out for help.

Beware of Discrimination and Harassment

Discrimination is treating someone unfairly because of their race, gender, age, religion or other personal characteristics. Harassment is a form of discrimination that involves unwanted and unwelcome behavior that makes someone feel intimidated or uncomfortable.

You are being treated differently by your employer compared to your co-workers

Your employer has changed their behavior toward you after learning about a protected characteristic (i.e., race, religion)

Your employer treats you differently from other employees in the way they speak to you

Don't Let Improper Documentation Slip By

Your employer has the right to terminate you, but they must do so in accordance with the law. There are several ways they can be held accountable if they try to fire you unfairly or illegally. Make sure that you know what your rights are, and don't let improper documentation slip by.

When it comes to employment documents, there are some common practices that employers use as an excuse for wrongful termination. If an employer asks you to sign any of these documents or anything similar, don't hesitate—find another job instead!

Signing anything that is not in written form: If a supervisor asks you to sign something verbally and then later changes their mind about the agreement, this could become grounds for wrongful termination. If there's no paper trail proving what was discussed between yourself and your higher-ups at work (or if there's one but it doesn't reflect reality), then neither party has any proof of what really happened during those conversations when legal matters arise. It's best practice for both parties involved when signing agreements with each other; it ensures mutual understanding without relying on memory alone which may have faded over time due stressors like unemployment stressors from being wrongfully terminated from work!

Keep an eye out for these warning signs to avoid being wrongfully terminated.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, you may be wrongfully terminated if your employer fired you for any of the following reasons:

You were fired because of your race, color, religion and/or national origin (including accents).

You were fired because of a disability or medical condition.

You were fired because you took time off under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

If you feel like your employer has acted unfairly, don't be afraid to speak up! While it's important not to cause tension in the workplace by complaining about how much better things were before that new guy was hired on as CEO last year or whatever else might come up as an issue in your work environment on a day-to-day basis — if something feels wrong enough for an employee who has been with his company for years at this point to take action against unfair treatment then chances are it really is wrong and worth investigating further (or at least taking into account when considering whether or not those changes will actually improve productivity).

While you can’t always predict or avoid wrongful termination, it’s important to be aware of the signs and what your rights are. If you have been wrongfully terminated, contact an employment attorney as soon as possible so they can help guide you through the process of getting back on track with your career.

Davtyan Law Firm, Inc. has been protecting the rights of workers, like you, whose employment rights have been violated in California and across the nation for over 15 years by providing representation in wrongful termination California and unfair competition suits, throughout the U.S.

Davtyan Law Firm, Inc. 880 E Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205 18552053681 https://www.davtyanlaw.com/

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There's a post from someone outside of the US about how people in the US don't put their country down and just put down their state and something about US people being US centric, and part of it has always kind of bothered me because I think that people outside of the US don't really understand how states work for us or why people think their state should be enough. Some of it is being US centric for sure, but I honestly don't think that's the main reason.

It's because the US is a bunch of countries in a trench coat. I've compared it before to the EU, and I really do think that's accurate. It's literally a union of states. Each state has it's own government and laws and we have the federal government too but day to day a lot more of your life comes down to the state laws. Your driver's license, license plate, wage and a lot of employment protect (and enforcement), vast majority of court experiences, etc all go through the state. Moving to different states can mean being subject to wildly different laws, tax rates/methods, and forms of discrimination (ie florida trying to ban queer people while other states are explicitly adding protections for them).

Like, you'll notice that streamers often tend to be clustered in certain states in the US, and a lot of that has to do with certain states not having an income tax. Depending on what state they're registered in, companies can be subject to wildly different laws. Hence why Delaware is so popular for businesses. Bankruptcy law works differently in every state.

Lawyers are licensed to practice by state, and while they can move to different states, it's difficult and depending on their area of law they may be totally out of their field. Even small states like Delaware have totally different laws from a place 15 minutes to the left like New Jersey.

The largest single state by population is California which has nearly 40 million people. That is more than the entire population of Canada. It's roughly on par with Poland. Give or take a million people.

Ohio has about 11 million people, about 1 million more than Sweden. Florida has 22 million, over double Greece's population. New York and Romania both come out to about 19 million each.

Our smallest state by population, Wyoming, which has about 500k people, still has about 200k more people than Iceland.

Fucking Russia literally does not have half the population of the US. It sits at 144 million while we're at 333 million.

To give a sense of landmass/scale, France is the largest EU state by landmass with 630k square km. Texas alone is 695k. Alaska is 1.7 million square km. The US in total is 11.3 million square km. The entire EU has 4.2 million square km.

The US is 1) fucking huge and 2) so much less cohesive than a lot of non-Americans assume.

So why would someone from the US just put down their state? For the same reason that most people from the EU don't write down "Germany in the EU". Your state is where you're actually from, the USA is the weird umbrella you live under.

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risky business | pjm, jjk (m) | 1

synopsis: you’re a successful entrepreneur in the beauty industry and after your assistant/best friend sees the spread in Korea GQ magazine of a popular k-pop artist, she gets him on the first flight to California to start a sponsorship deal, and it was none other than the world-renowned fuckboy you met at a product launch party for Gucci two years ago.

pairing: jimin x female reader x jungkook

rating: mature (18+)

genre: enemies to lovers, love triangle, angst, fluff, smut

warnings/content: swearing, employer/client relationship, past situationship, fuckboy!jimin, celebrity!jimin, love triangle, tattoo artist!jungkook, jin is reader’s lawyer best friend

explicit content: varies between chapters, this one is reader x jungkook, protected sex (good job jk), oral sex (female receiving, but mentions of wanting to give a bj), slight hand/veins kink, multiple orgasms, missionary, doggy style, spanking, jk has a daddy kink, jk calls reader babygirl/princess

disclaimer: this is entirely a work of fiction, and in no way does it reflect thoughts or acts of bts in the real world (:

𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖾: 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗑 𝗃𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗄𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒, 𝗃𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋. 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌 ♡

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“Please make sure you actually take off the lens filter before shooting this time,” you told your assistant and best friend, Naiya. You were already behind on shooting and editing the photos for your product line, and you couldn’t afford any more mishaps — otherwise the new launch would be late, and it wouldn’t just be your pay that you had to worry about.

“It was one time!” She rolled her eyes before double-checking that the lens filter actually was off, and then she started taking some photos of the models that were standing against the backdrop. Between each shot, she looked down at the electronic viewfinder on the camera, assessing what could be tweaked and what needed to stay.

She smiled at the models, telling them to take a 10 minute break before walking back over to you. “So, here are the shots so far,” The both of you looked at the screen as she pressed the button to proceed to the next photo, and you were genuinely impressed. “Some of these we can use. They’re great, aside from just a few things to edit. I can do that in post, of course — but, I do think we could use a high-profile male model.”

Your eyebrow rose in question, “High profile? You don’t think we have enough models already?”

“We have a good amount, sure, but finding someone famous will bring more exposure to the brand. Which leads to more inclusivity, more press, more deals — and more coin. Plus, you sell men’s skincare products too, so it’ll look even better for the optics,”

You were actually speechless. Partly because you hadn’t thought of it before (not even the head of your advertising department did, which is a shame), and partly because she was absolutely right. Getting someone with a lot of recognition to model for your beauty brand would create a massive amount of exposure for your business, and could finally land you a spot working with a brand you’ve dreamed of collaborating with since your teenage years.

You were successful in your industry, yes, and it took you a long time and a lot of hard work to get where you are, but that didn’t mean you wouldn’t strive to be even better within the industry. Following your passion came with sacrifices, and you weren’t about to let those dark times be for nothing.

But at the same time, this product line that you were about to put out was going to be the bread and butter of your business, so you needed it to be great. Almost perfect, even, and you didn’t know how long it would take to find someone to fit the bill, for the deal to work in both of your favors. It seemed like it was too risky.

You sighed, “Yeah, you’re right. It would really help and we could get tons of publicity from it, but it’s just cutting it too close, Nai. We can’t have this product launch be anything less than damn near perfect.” You walked over to a work desk that was in the studio, pulling out the chair and sitting down before stressfully running a hand through your hair. “I mean, who would I even reach out to? Would we have to do model calls again? The launch is in less than two months now,”

“Girl, look at these,” Naiya said as she walked over to you before plopping down on top of the desk and reaching over to grab her laptop. She took a sip of her drink, opening up the Adobe Photoshop application before turning her laptop towards you. “These are some of the finished shots from the other day. We didn’t even think we’d be able to finish editing these in time, and look how amazing they turned out,” She wasn’t lying — they were stunning.

“They’re beautiful,” you agreed and she beamed, proud of herself. She was your go-to for everything photo and video and she’d wanted to get into that scene long before she actually started, so she had a lot of knowledge and skin in the game in regard to what would look the best for the vision you were going for. She definitely had your back, but there were still some things you were unsure about business-wise, that neither of you were really familiar with. “You’re great at what you do, but what about the other stuff? Making a deal and all the legal things that go along with it? We’re not just talking about influencers that get a commission from sales here, you know?”

“You let me handle finding the person and closing the deal, you go talk to Jin about starting a contract and all the legal shit that goes with it.”

“Absolutely the fuck not.” Jin eyed you with a blank expression as he sat comfortably with his hands folded, judging you.

“What the hell do you mean?!” You exclaimed before turning to examine yourself in the mirror again. “This is cute!”

“You got asked out to dinner after being dry for like 2 years and you can’t do better than leggings and a sweater?”

You rolled your eyes. “First of all, this sweater was expensive,” You walked over to the rack inside your closet, grimacing at the idea of having to wear a dress or skirt. “Second of all, you just want your women to be as high maintenance as you.”

Jin laughed, “This is true, but you would definitely increase your chances of getting laid if you put in more effort,”

“Who says I’m trying to get laid?”

“Your attitude and the fact that you used one of my charging cables for your vibrator.” You felt your face heat up at Jin’s comment, and you wanted to proceed to crawl into a hole, lie in the fetal position, and stay there for eternity.

“I hate you,” you frowned and Jin smirked.

“I love you, too, and wear the black dress. It’ll suit you.”

You spotted the dress at the end of the rack. It was made of a sleek material, smooth silken fabric with mesh, tulle-like sleeves. You’d bought it about 2 years ago after an event in Los Angeles. It was nighttime and on the way back to the hotel, you walked passed the prettiest little boutique and fell in love with the dress immediately — but you never wore it.

You frowned, silently questioning if you could pull it off. It was a different time back then, one where you felt on top of the world and you thought you’d found someone that would sweep you off of your feet and you’d beam at seeing his glimmering eyes rake upon your beauty in the dress. But it didn’t happen that way. In fact, it didn’t happen at all.

In an effort to distract yourself from your thoughts, you decided to ask Jin about the modeling contract.

“Okay, fine, but there’s something I need to talk to you about first.”

“And what’s that?” He raised his eyebrow in question.

“So, you know how I’m releasing a new product line soon?”

He scoffed, “About damn time! Of course I’m already handsome, we all know this, but men need good skincare too,”

You rolled your eyes, “Hence the reason I’m putting out this line, Jin. Anyways, Naiya proposed the idea that we should have a high-profile male model, preferably someone really famous who can bring us a lot of publicity,”

“Okay, and did you find this person yet?”

“Naiya’s working on that. But I do need your help with creating a contract and all the legal shit that’s included,” You grabbed the dress off of the rack hesitantly.

He brought a hand up to his chin as if he were thinking before meeting your gaze. “Alright, say I do it. What do I get out of it?”

“Um...my love and support as your best friend?”

“Will love and support pay my bills?”

You glared at him, “No, but you sure do eat a lot of my food to not pay my grocery bill.”

He laughed nervously, bringing up a finger to rub at his temple, “Well played,”

“Will a full-size bottle of that serum you like be good enough?”

“Throw in those little eye patches too, I don’t care what anyone says about me for using them — my bags are horrendous these days.”

You laughed and Jin cracked a smile. “Deal.”

jungkook [8:31pm]: i’m outside pretty, buzz me up?

you hearted a message from jungkook

You happened to meet Jungkook about 2 months ago when you decided to get a tattoo for the first time. You were really excited about the journey you were on with your business and the woman you were becoming, so you decided to get a self love tattoo that really resonated with you, and Jungkook was your artist.

During your session you couldn’t stop ogling at him due to his good looks and his many, many tattoos — he boldly asked for your number afterwards and you gladly but shyly gave it to him. After talking for a couple months and your busy schedules finally coinciding, Jungkook had been adamant about taking you on a date.

You walked over to the buzzer next to the door of your luxury condo and pressed the button to let Jungkook through the downstairs entrance. Your heart fluttered at the fact that he chose to come all the way to the fifth floor of your building to come get you instead of asking you to meet him downstairs.

You heard a gentle knock before opening the door, meeting Jungkook’s gaze as he presented you with a bouquet of flowers.

You grinned with rosy cheeks, “Aren’t you the gentleman?”

“I try,” He smiled smugly.

“You definitely succeeded,” You walked over to put the flowers in a vase with some water before leaving out. “You really didn’t have to do all this, Jungkook. This is beyond sweet,”

“I meant it when I said I wanted to take you out and show you a good time,” He grabbed your hand as he met your eyes, just as you finished putting away the flowers. “Come on, we don’t wanna be late for our reservation.”

You blushed even harder. “Y-you made a reservation?”

“Of course, you’re too pretty for me not to,” He flashed you a grin before grabbing your hand and interlacing his fingers with yours, and you felt like your heart was going to beat out of your chest.

The date went well. Jungkook had taken you to a restaurant that had really good food even though it was overpriced, and you liked the vibe of it. It was fancy, with the wait staff dressed in black-tie attire and you were happy that you went with the dress Seokjin suggested. Jungkook took every opportunity to compliment you and he didn’t just compliment your looks, but your conversation as well.

He’d also told you about his career as a tattoo artist and how he’d loved it, having opened up his own shop about a year prior, and you shared details about your journey into the beauty industry. It was almost endearing, the way that he talked about his job, and you felt the same way about yours. Although it could be really stressful, you couldn’t see yourself doing anything else, and you could tell Jungkook shared that with you. It was a connection beyond the physical attraction; it was mental, too, the way it seemed you both complimented each other.

Although, the physical attraction was definitely there.

He’d absentmindedly roll up his sleeves a bit showing his veiny arms as he focused on talking with you, his lip ring glinting in the moody lightning. It made you want to bite your lip, and you shuffled a bit in your seat, growing flustered at the sight of the man before you.

He was fully dressed, engaging in conversation, and you found yourself enamored with him, in awe even though he hadn’t even touched you. Seeing his dimples when he smirked made you want to whimper. Clock it to maybe the fact that you hadn’t been laid in a couple years, and Seokjin’s words had started to creep into your mind, but Jungkook had you hot and bothered without even trying.

“You okay there?” He smirked, not missing the pinkish tint to your cheeks.

Slightly startled because you’d been caught, you replied sheepishly before clearing your throat, “Y-yeah, I’m fine,”

He wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin after taking the last bite of his food and seeing that you were done with yours, suggested you both do something to wind down, but not end your date so soon.

“Do you wanna take a little walk in the city for a bit? I remembered you saying you hadn’t been to this part of town in a while,”

There go the stupid butterflies again.

You arrived outside of your apartment building, Jungkook skillfully parking his sleek car as close as he could to shorten the walk.

He turned off the engine, the both of you relaxing in each other’s presence before either of you decided to leave. He was mesmerizing, lax in nature yet attractively attentive and his scent drove you crazy; it was an earthy, musky scent, one that made your mouth water and your thighs instinctively rub together.

His eye contact sent a delicious chill down your spine, and you missed the burn that his lips left on your hand after giving it a gentle kiss.

Instead of kissing your hand you wanted him to kiss other places, and suddenly his spacious car became too cramped and stuffy for your liking.

To put it plainly, you wanted him out of the car and in your bed. And even though you were shy as hell, this was one opportunity you definitely didn’t want to let pass you by.

You blinked at him, trying to steady your breath before speaking, but it still came out a little bit more breathy than you’d like, and unbeknownst to you, made Jungkook’s dick jump in his pants. “Would you want to come up?”

His eyes went wide with surprise before he tried to shake it off. He cleared his throat, not expecting you to ask, but he took you up on the offer.

In usual Jungkook fashion, he smirked. “Lead the way, Princess.”

You took the elevator up to your condo, hastily putting in your key once you got to your door. You stepped in, taking off your jacket and offering to hang up Jungkook’s.

He closed the door quietly before pinning you against it, his face dangerously close to yours.

His voice was just above a whisper, thick and gravelly. His gaze switched back and forth from your eyes to your lips, and he absentmindedly brought his tongue out to wet his own. “Let me make this clear, do you want this? Because I do,”

You swallowed thickly, already feeling desire pooling in the pit of your stomach at the hold that Jungkook had on you right now. You couldn’t help but nod to answer him, not finding the strength to use your voice. Jungkook wasn’t too happy about that.

“Use your words, baby,” He moved to your ear before dipping just below it to leave a kiss there, a kiss that added to the fuel that was already him hovering over you like this.

“Y-Yes,” you croaked. “I want it,”

“Want what?” He probed, chuckling softly as he continued to pepper kisses along your skin, slowly moving from your ear and down your neck. He could feel you shifting, your thighs squeezing together to give yourself some relief. “If you want more, you gotta use that pretty mouth of yours and tell me,”

He kissed a particular spot that made you gasp softly and offer more of your neck to him. He sucked on the spot, making you whimper and flutter your eyes closed before he pulled away entirely.

You frowned out of disappointment and opened your eyes to see his smug face, lips curled into an amused smirk. There was a glint in his eyes that made your mouth run dry.

“If you don’t want to use your words, I can’t help you, and by the looks of it, I think you want me to,” He bit his lip as he surveyed you, looking you up and down and your tongue came out to wet your lips, “But consent is important, and I need to know if you want it too, and that I’m not reading this wrong,”

You struggled to meet his eyes, simultaneously wanting to crawl into a hole and crawl under him, having him hover over you with his silver chain dangling in your face. You managed to find the courage, though, and the butterflies turned into searing-hot sparks.

“Y-you’re not reading it wrong, I want you, Jungkook. I want you to touch me,”

He cockily grinned at you before closing the gap between the two of you, “Thought you’d never ask.”

He brought his lips to yours, sending all of your nerve endings on fire and creating a heat that pooled in the pit of your stomach. He grabbed the back of your neck roughly before his fingers found themselves in your hair and he tugged slightly on the strands, causing you to moan.

“Oh, she likes that, huh?” He slid his hand down your body before toying with the hem of your dress. “You look so pretty with this on,”

“It would look prettier off,” You quipped, bothered that he wasn’t where you needed him to be.

“Someone’s eager,” he chuckled deeply before dragging his fingers upwards, letting you feel the rough pads of his fingertips on the skin of your thighs. He lightly grabbed the bottom of your dress before pulling it up to your hips. He traced the fabric of your thong with his finger, “Cute,” he said, distracting you a bit from his hands before he firmly pressed a thumb on your clit over your underwear, rubbing in small circles.

“Fuck,” you whispered, throwing your head back against the door, relishing in his touch. You started grinding against his hand, desperate for relief, and he didn’t hesitate to call you out on it.

“So fucking needy,” he growled, and you felt an electrifying jolt run through your body again. He rubbed harder and you gasped, rolling your eyes back. “I barely touched you and you’re already soaking through your panties.”

You brought your hand up to rake your manicured nails along his scalp before pulling, earning a grunt of approval from him. You smashed your lips onto his in fervor and he grunted, opening his mouth to allow you entrance and your tongues battled for dominance. He held you closer, cupping your scantily clad ass in his big, veiny hands before slapping your ass hard. You let out a small, surprised yelp before relishing and moaning at the sting.

He did it again but harder, and you were positive you were in fact dripping down your legs at this point.

You pecked him a couple of times before grabbing his hand and leading him after you. “Room. Now.”

Once you got to your room, Jungkook proceeded to turn you around to face him and continued kissing you, bringing up a hand to cup your face.

He walked you backwards and when the backs of your heels reached the frame, he pushed you onto the bed.

He stood over you, skilled hands working at undoing his belt and you could see how hard he was. Throwing your head back, your hands reached your clothed breasts and began to fondle them, fingertips enclosing and twisting your nipples, and Jungkook’s mouth watered at the sight.

His belt flew to the floor somewhere and he grabbed the back of your calves to pull you closer to him at the edge of the bed. Your dress was covering too much, he decided.

“Take your dress off, babygirl, unless you want me to rip it.”

You almost moaned at his words. The dress flew somewhere too, and you lie in front of him, clothed in nothing but your thong, tits on full display.

He licked his lips and as you saw his face coming toward you, you could’ve sworn it would’ve been to take one of your tits in his mouth, but he placed a kiss above your belly button. And you shivered as you saw that he kept going lower.

He peppered soft, slow pecks along your skin until he was face to face with the source of your wetness, and Jungkook leaned in to lick a strip on the material of your panties. Your hands fisted the blanket as he teased you at an agonizingly slow pace, moving his tongue anywhere but the place you actually needed him, making you squirm.

He hooked his fingers underneath your underwear before ripping it off of you, the frail piece of lace no match for his strength as it tore.

“Will just have to buy you another pair.” He winked before kissing you again, but this time right above your clit, his breath warm and his touch sending you into overdrive.

You spread your legs for him eagerly and his long fingers spread your lips, stopping to admire you. You self-consciously had half a mind to close them as he gazed upon your lower half, but he held them open and finally licked a strip from your hole to your clit.

“S-shit,” you moaned as he held you open, his tongue meeting your clit as he swirled it in tight circles before giving it a hard suck. “Fuck!”

“Mmm,” He moaned against you, causing you to shiver again, hips bucking into his mouth. “You taste good, gonna make you cum on my tongue first.”

He lapped at you like you were the dessert he craved but never had, as if you were the best thing he’d ever taste. He licked at you, flattening his tongue before circling your clit again, and you had to try your best not to scream.

And you didn’t scream, until he started sucking on your clit again.

“Fucking shit, ‘Kook,” You moaned loudly and he hummed at the nickname. You had never been eaten out this good before, and you were so close to cumming on his tongue in so short of a time that you were almost embarrassed.

One of his fingers teased against your hole before diving in, and your toes curled before he added another. “Gotta stretch you out,” He mumbled against your pussy before swirling his tongue again. He curled his fingers expertly, reaching the spongey part within you that made tears prick your eyes from the pleasure.

You arched your back, hips leading away from his mouth before he tightened his grip around them with his other hand and held you so close you were worried you’d suffocate him.

He made eye contact with you and it had you feeling like you were going to combust. You reached down to tangle your fingers into his hair and he created a faster pace with his digits, darting in and out of you so quickly that you were sure you’d cum in 5 minutes flat.

His let go of your hip to rub your clit as his tongue took a break, and the coil in your stomach tightened even more, tears rolling down your face at how good he was making you feel.

“Look at how well that pussy takes my fingers,” he mused, “Fuck, you’re so pretty,”

Your pussy tightened around his fingers and he slapped your clit lightly, “Fuck, yes!” you were shouting, and it made his heart swell at the pleasure he was giving you. He wanted to make you cum hard, and fuck if he wasn’t gonna taste it. He wanted all of you.

“I’m so close,” you said all breathy, your vocal cords nearly strained, and you had so much more to go. Jungkook’s goal was to make sure you couldn’t walk the next day.

“Cum for me, pretty,” He rasped, before sucking on your clit hard, and watching you come undone on his tongue.

“I-I’m gonna cum, I’m — Jungkook!”

He hummed as he lapped up your juices, tasting you as he let you ride out your high and when you came down from it, you thought he’d give you a break. But he wasn’t done.

He stood up and brought his fingers up to his mouth, sucking them to get every last bit of you off of them. He leaned in to hover over you and kiss you, your tongue colliding with his as you tasted yourself. To your surprise, it only seemed to make you wetter.

He took off his boxers, cock springing up to slap against his stomach. It was leaky, the tip oozing precum and you wanted so badly to have him in your mouth but when you’d suggested it, he declined and you pouted.

He grabbed a condom from you don’t even know where and ripped it with his teeth before rolling it on. “Uh-uh, tonight’s about you. You can take care of me another time, babygirl,” He said before winking at you and pumping himself a couple times before lining himself up with your entrance.

He grabbed your legs by your ankles and put them over his shoulder, pushing into you and you mewled at the stretch. He stopped to let you get acclimated to the size and waited until you gave him a nod to continue before backing out of you and snapping his hips in a pace that was so rough and so fast it damn near knocked the wind out of you.

You screamed so loud that were sure your neighbors would hate you, but you didn’t care, not one bit.

“S-Shit, your cock is so good,” He groaned as he continued his pace while you were clutching the blanket so hard your knuckles were turning white. “Do it again,”

He snapped his hips into you again, hitting your cervix. “Babygirl likes that, huh? You like when I slam my cock into you?”

“F-fuck, yeah, I l-love it,”

“How is your pussy still so tight after fucking you with my fingers like that,” He was gritting his teeth, trying not to empty his load into you already. He can usually hold out but your pussy was too good, so slick and tight and sucking him in.

You clenched purposefully and giggled and he groaned, damn near having to stop to pace himself because of you. Nonetheless he kept going, and he was determined to wreck your pussy and make you crave him afterwards.

He grabbed your legs and pushed so you were bent at the knees and you were holding them in place. Then he started speeding up again, snapping his hips into you and you were seeing stars.

“Fuuuuck, J-“

“Say my name baby, who’s fucking you this good?”

“You are, J-Jungkook, fuck,” you threw your head back into the pillows, eyes rolling back and toes curling.

He was holding onto you so tight, thrusting into you so hard he was going to leave pretty little bruises for you to remember the night by.

“Your pussy is s-so good,” He reached down to rub your clit, and you arched your back again, clenching around him and he moaned. “W-wanna fuck you in doggy before I make you cum again,”

He slid out of you, leaving you feeling empty and missing his warmth before he helped you turn over, positioning you face down, ass up.

He smacked your ass with force and you whimpered at the sting before wiggling your bum and teasing him so he’d do it again.

He did it harder this time and the pain had you gritting your teeth, but it sent a delicious chill along your veins that was intoxicating, and you wanted more.

He lined himself up at your entrance again and as you felt him lined up perfectly, his head peaking at your hole, you slammed back against him, ass meeting his pelvis as he bottomed out. You moaned into the blanket, grabbing fistfuls of it.

“Fuck!” He yelled, eyes rolling back and you felt the coil winding up again at him being vocal. “Babygirl wants back shots from Daddy, yeah? If you wanted me to drill you, Princess, all you had to do was ask.”

Oh shit.

Ohhhh shit.

He pulled almost all the way out of you before snapping his hips again, bottoming out and hitting your cervix so good your toes curled and your back arched so much you knew you’d be sore afterwards.

He continued his relentless pace and you met his thrusts, his balls slapping delectably against your clit and you moaned pornographically in response.

He reached forward to grab your hair and pull you up so that your back met his chest, and the burn made fire ignite in your belly, so much so that the coil was going to snap any second now.

It was too much and not enough all at once. You wanted more and more of whatever he was willing to give you, you wanted to be so drunk on his dick that you forgot your own name.

He reached down to rub circles on your clit and that’s when you lost it.

“J-Jungkook, I’m cumming!” You creamed on his cock with a cry and a shake, quaking from the sheer amount of pleasure of your orgasm. He coaxed you through it as you rode out your high, his fingers still playing with your clit as he rubbed it just the way you liked.

He led you down to the bed, gently as he slowed his pace inside you. “I’m almost there, Princess. Daddy’s gonna cum for you,”

You moaned loudly, leaking even more at the name. You loved how vocal he was and how sexy he made you feel. It was addicting.

And to try to repay him for how good he made you feel, you managed to have the strength to throw your ass onto him, hard, to get him to cum. You wanted his load in you.

“F-fuck baby, I really will cum if you keep doing that,” He bit his lip, toying with the ring and you were glad you had turned around slightly in time to see it. When you faced back forward, Jungkook was in for a treat.

You pushed back with force, arching your back so well that he hit the right spots all while clenching your pussy like you wanted to milk him and he loved it.

“S-Shit, baby, I’m gonna cum,”

“Cum for me Daddy,” you said with a sensual tone, one that had his eyes rolling back into his head as your ass met his hips one last time before spilling his load into the condom.

He came with a hiss and holding onto your hips for dear life. You were sure to have marks tomorrow, and neither of you were mad about it.

After coming down from his post-orgasm high, he gently pulled out of you before proceeding to take off the condom and tie a knot before throwing it away in the bathroom connected to your room.

He was rummaging in there for what seemed like a tad bit too long, and you were puzzled although you were too tired to see what he was doing. You heard the sink run for a few seconds before being turned off, and then you saw him come out of the bathroom, damp towel in hand.

“Sorry about that,” He smiled sheepishly. “I wanted to get something to clean you up,” He gently wiped your juices from your body. It was relaxing and gentle, soothing you. You smiled in appreciation before thanking him, grinning as you met his eyes.

“Still the gentleman,” He winked, sending butterflies roaming around your stomach again. It was becoming a regular thing with Jungkook, and you liked it.

“I try,” He laughed and you threw a pillow at him while laughing too.

You got up to go pee before changing into some underwear and a loosely fitted t-shirt. You glanced at the clock and saw that it said 3 am before turning off the lights and climbing into bed, Jungkook cuddling up next to you and you laid your head on his chest.

The light coming from your phone was bright as it flashed and you heard the familiar tone of an incoming iMessage, but you chose to ignore it, as Jungkook was too warm and this was the best you’d felt in a long time.

You were in for a big surprise tomorrow, but for now, as comfy and giddy as you were, maybe you could get used to having Jungkook around.

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naiyaaa [3:02am]: srry i know it’s hella late, i fell asleep at like 7 while watching my show lmao

naiyaaa [3:02am]: just wanted to tell u i got somebody to model for u!! it’s park jimin, he’s super famous in south korea bitch. we going worldwideee

author’s note: 𝖺𝗁𝗁𝗁!! 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖿𝗂𝖼 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝖺𝗇’𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗅. 𝗂 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 & 𝗋𝖾𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗀 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗈, 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 <3 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 ♡

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It would take Diane Joyce nearly ten years of battles to become the first female skilled crafts worker ever in Santa Clara County history. It would take another seven years of court litigation, pursued all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, before she could actually start work. And then, the real fight would begin.

For blue-collar women, there was no honeymoon period on the job; the backlash began the first day they reported to work—and only intensified as the Reagan economy put more than a million blue-collar men out of work, reduced wages, and spread mounting fear. While the white-collar world seemed capable of absorbing countless lawyers and bankers in the 80s, the trades and crafts had no room for expansion. "Women are far more economically threatening in blue-collar work, because there are a finite number of jobs from which to choose," Mary Ellen Boyd, executive director of Non-Traditional Employment for Women, observes. "An MBA can do anything. But a plumber is only a plumber." While women never represented more than a few percentage points of the blue-collar work force, in this powder-keg situation it only took a few female faces to trigger a violent explosion.

Diane Joyce arrived in California in 1970, a thirty-three-year-old widow with four children, born and raised in Chicago. Her father was a tool-and-die maker, her mother a returned-goods clerk at a Walgreen's warehouse. At eighteen, she married Donald Joyce, a tool-and-die maker's apprentice at her father's plant. Fifteen years later, after working knee-deep in PCBs for years, he died suddenly of a rare form of liver cancer.

After her husband's death, Joyce taught herself to drive, packed her children in a 1966 Chrysler station wagon and headed west to San Jose, California, where a lone relative lived. Joyce was an experienced bookkeeper and she soon found work as a clerk in the county Office of Education, at $506 a month. A year later, she heard that the county's transportation department had a senior account clerk job vacant that paid $50 more a month. She applied in March 1972.

"You know, we wanted a man," the interviewer told her as soon as she walked through the door. But the account clerk jobs had all taken a pay cut recently, and sixteen women and no men had applied for the job. So he sent her on to the second interview. "This guy was a little politer," Joyce recalls. "First, he said, 'Nice day, isn't it?' before he tells me, 'You know, we wanted a man.' I wanted to say, 'Yeah, and where's my man? I am the man in my house.' But I'm sitting there with four kids to feed and all I can see is dollar signs, so I kept my mouth shut."

She got the job. Three months later, Joyce saw a posting for a "road maintenance man." An eighth-grade education and one year's work experience was all that was required, and the pay was $723 a month. Her current job required a high-school education, bookkeeping skills, and four years' experience— and paid $150 less a month. "I saw that flier and I said, ‘Oh wow, I can do that.’ Everyone in the office laughed. They thought it was a riot. . . . I let it drop."

But later that same year, every county worker got a 2 to 5 percent raise except for the 70 female account clerks. "Oh now, what do you girls need a raise for?" the director of personnel told Joyce and some other women who went before the board of supervisors to object. "All you'd do is spend the money on trips to Europe." Joyce was shocked. "Every account clerk I knew was supporting a family through death or divorce. I'd never seen Mexico, let alone Europe." Joyce decided to apply for the next better-paying "male" job that opened. In the meantime, she became active in the union; a skillful writer and one of the best-educated representatives there, Joyce wound up composing the safety language in the master contract and negotiating what became the most powerful county agreement protecting seniority rights.

In 1974, a road dispatcher retired, and both Joyce and a man named Paul Johnson, a former oil-fields roustabout, applied for the post. The supervisors told Joyce she needed to work on the road crew first and handed back her application. Johnson didn't have any road crew experience either, but his application was accepted. In the end, the job went to another man.

Joyce set out to get road crew experience. As she was filling out her application for the next road crew job that opened, in 1975, her supervisor walked in, asked what she was doing, and turned red. "You're taking a man's job away!" he shouted. Joyce sat silently for a minute, thinking. Then she said, "No, I'm not. Because a man can sit right here where I'm sitting."

In the evenings, she took courses in road maintenance and truck and light equipment operation. She came in third out of 87 applicants on the job test; there were ten openings on the road crew, and she got one of them.

For the next four years, Joyce carried tar pots on her shoulder, pulled trash from the median strip, and maneuvered trucks up the mountains to clear mud slides. "Working outdoors was great," she says. "You know, women pay fifty dollars a month to join a health club, and here I was getting paid to get in shape." The road men didn't exactly welcome her arrival. When they trained her to drive the bobtail trucks, she says, they kept changing instructions; one gave her driving tips that nearly blew up the engine. Her supervisor wouldn't issue her a pair of coveralls; she had to file a formal grievance to get them. In the yard, the men kept the ladies' room locked, and on the road they wouldn't stop to let her use the bathroom. "You wanted a man's job, you learn to pee like a man," her supervisor told her.

Obscene graffiti about Joyce appeared on the sides of trucks. Men threw darts at union notices she posted on the bulletin board. One day, the stockroom storekeeper, Tony Laramie, who says later he liked to call her "the piglet," called a general meeting in the depot's Ready Room. "I hate the day you came here," Laramie started screaming at Joyce as the other men looked on, many nodding. "We don't want you here. You don't belong here. Why don't you go the hell away?"

Joyce's experience was typical of the forthright and often violent backlash within the blue-collar work force, an assault undisguised by decorous homages to women's "difference." At a construction site in New York, for example, where only a few female hard-hats had found work, the men took a woman's work boots and hacked them into bits. Another woman was injured by a male co-worker; he hit her on the head with a two-by-four. In Santa Clara County, where Joyce worked, the county's equal opportunity office files were stuffed with reports of ostracism, hazing, sexual harassment, threats, verbal and physical abuse. "It's pervasive in some of the shops," says John Longabaugh, the county's equal employment officer at the time. "They mess up their tools, leave pornography on their desks. Safety equipment is made difficult to get, or unavailable." A maintenance worker greeted the first woman in his department with these words: "I know someone who would break your arm or leg for a price." Another new woman was ordered to clean a transit bus by her supervisor—only to find when she climbed aboard that the men had left a little gift for her: feces smeared across the seats.

In 1980, another dispatcher job opened up. Joyce and Johnson both applied. They both got similarly high scores on the written exam. Joyce now had four years' experience on the road crew; Paul Johnson only had a year and a half. The three interviewers, one of whom later referred to Joyce in court as "rabble-rousing" and "not a lady," gave the job to Johnson. Joyce decided to complain to the county athrmative action office.

The decision fell to James Graebner, the new director of the transportation department, an engineer who believed that it was about time the county hired its first woman for its 238 skilled-crafts jobs. Graebner confronted the roads director, Ron Shields. "What's wrong with the woman?" Graebner asked. “I hate her," Shields said, according to other people in the room. "I just said I thought Johnson was more qualified," is how Shields remembers it. "She didn't have the proficiency with heavy equipment." Neither, of course, did Johnson. Not that it was relevant anyway: dispatch is an office job that doesn't require lifting anything heavier than a microphone.

Graebner told Shields he was being overruled; Joyce had the job. Later that day, Joyce recalls, her supervisor called her into the conference room. "Well, you got the job," he told her. "But you're not qualified." Johnson, meanwhile, sat by the phone, dialing up the chain of command. "I felt like tearing something up," he recalls later. He demanded a meeting with the affirmative action office. "The affirmative action man walks in," Johnson says, "and he's this big black guy. He can't tell me anything. He brings in this minority who can barely speak English . . . I told them, 'You haven't heard the last of me.'" Within days, he had hired a lawyer and set his reverse discrimination suit in motion, contending that the county had given the job to a "less qualified" woman.

In 1987, the Supreme Court ruled against Johnson. The decision was hailed by women's and civil rights groups. But victory in Washington was not the same as triumph in the transportation yard. For Joyce and the road men, the backlash was just warming up. "Something like this is going to hurt me one day," Gerald Pourroy, a foreman in Joyce's office, says of the court's ruling, his voice low and bitter. He stares at the concrete wall above his desk. "I look down the tracks and I see the train coming toward me."

The day after the Supreme Court decision, a woman in the county office sent Joyce a congratulatory bouquet, two dozen carnations. Joyce arranged the flowers in a vase on her desk. The next day they were gone. She found them finally, crushed in a garbage bin. A road foreman told her, "I drop-kicked them across the yard."

-Susan Faludi, Backlash: the Undeclared War Against American Women

[beemovieerotica]

Hey man I've not seen anyone be posting about https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/wow

"After sending in your Back Wage Claim Form, it will take the Wage and Hour Division 6 weeks to process it, and then send you a check for your owed wages."

I'm not even from the USA I just want y'all to get money from your shitty bosses

oh snap I've never gone about it that way, but this is good to know. america truly is a place...I was in a class action lawsuit against a former employer and ended up getting around $800...the lawsuit was initially started by a black(?) applicant who was turned away despite having perfect qualifications, and the lawyers did some digging and realized all employees were owed huge amounts of money, so it was like a two-for-one of racism and wage theft.

and this was in california which is supposed to be a progressive haven - and california judges do rule very strongly in favor of employees so that's why I joined the lawsuit and did all the paperwork etc etc. employers will still try this shit wherever they establish themselves and some states are good about kicking them in the ass.

[robfinancialtip]

Join Paul Tally in a captivating conversation with Luz Castro, a passionate policy advocate based in Bell Gardens, California, dedicated to championing the rights of undocumented and newly arrived immigrants. Luz's journey is deeply inspired by her mother, an undocumented domestic helper who tirelessly supported her family.

Luz takes us through her educational path, from high school to college, where her interests in labor organizing and environmental justice blossomed. She delves into the disparities in resource access across different socioeconomic groups, with a particular focus on education and employment.

Furthermore, Luz shares her experiences working in Washington, D.C., where she tirelessly represents the voices of immigrants in federal policymaking. The interviewer underscores the vital role she plays in bridging resource gaps and highlighting the concerns of immigrant communities. Luz highlights a critical issue: the unequal access to instructors and resources for test preparation, a factor that can significantly impact success in various trades and careers. The conversation shifts to Luz's role as a field deputy for a member of Congress. She discusses her responsibilities, including staying abreast of local politics and events and representing the Congresswoman at meetings when needed. Community outreach efforts are also part of her mandate.

Next, the discussion centers on Luz's policy efforts, particularly in immigration. She elaborates on her involvement in crafting legislation to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the United States. Luz underscores the importance of research, collaboration, and consultation with those directly affected by immigration regulations. She emphasizes the urgent need for updated immigration policies, citing the lack of meaningful reform since 1986.

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[tomblomfield]

Taking Risk

I just spent a week talking with some exceptional students from three of the UK's top universities; Cambridge, Oxford and Imperial College. Along with UCL, these British universities represent 4 of the top 10 universities in the world. The US - a country with 5x more people and 8x higher GDP - has the same number of universities in the global top 10.

On these visits, I was struck by the world-class quality of technical talent, especially in AI and biosciences. But I was also struck by something else. After their studies, most of these smart young people wanted to go and work at companies like McKinsey, Goldman Sachs or Google.

I now live in San Francisco and invest in early-stage startups at Y Combinator, and it's striking how undergraduates at top US universities start companies at more than 5x the rate of their British-educated peers. Oxford is ranked 50th in the world, while Cambridge is 61st. Imperial just makes the list at #100. I have been thinking a lot about why this is. The UK certainly doesn't lack the talent or education, and I don't think it's any longer about access to capital.

People like to talk about the role of government incentives, but San Francisco politicians certainly haven't done much to help the startup ecosystem over the last few years, while the UK government has passed a raft of supportive measures.

Instead, I think it's something more deep-rooted - in the UK, the ideas of taking risk and of brazen, commercial ambition are seen as negatives. The American dream is the belief that anyone can be successful if they are smart enough and work hard enough. Whether or not it is the reality for most Americans, Silicon Valley thrives on this optimism.

The US has a positive-sum mindset that business growth will create more wealth and prosperity and that most people overall will benefit as a result. The approach to business in the UK and Europe feels zero-sum. Our instinct is to regulate and tax the technologies that are being pioneered in California, in the misguided belief that it will give us some kind of competitive advantage.

Young people who consider starting businesses are discouraged and the vast majority of our smart, technical graduates take "safe" jobs at prestigious employers. I am trying to figure out why that is.

___

Growing up, every successful adult in my life seemed to be a banker, a lawyer or perhaps a civil engineer, like my father. I didn't know a single person who programmed computers as a job. I taught myself to code entirely from books and the internet in the late 1990s. The pinnacle of my parents' ambition for me was to go to Oxford and study law.

And so I did. While at university, the high-status thing was to work for a prestigious law firm, an investment bank or a management consultancy, and then perhaps move to Private Equity after 3 or 4 years. But while other students were getting summer internships, I launched a startup with two friends. It was an online student marketplace - a bit like eBay - for students. We tried to raise money in the UK in 2006, but found it impossible. One of my cofounders, Kulveer, had a full-time job at Deutsche Bank in London which he left to focus on the startup. His friends were incredulous - they were worried he'd become homeless. My two cofounders eventually got sick of trying to raise money in the UK and moved out to San Francisco. I was too risk-averse to join them - I quit the startup to finish my law degree and then became a management consultant - it seemed like the thing that smart, ambitious students should do. The idea that I could launch a startup instead of getting a "real" job seemed totally implausible.

But in 2011, I turned down a job at McKinsey to start a company, a payments business called GoCardless, with two more friends from university. We managed to get an offer of investment (in the US) just days before my start date at McKinsey, which finally gave me the confidence to choose the startup over a prestigious job offer. My parents were very worried and a friend of my father, who was an investment banker at the time, took me to one side to warn me that this would be the worst decision I ever made. Thirteen years later, GoCardless is worth $2.3bn.

I had a similar experience in 2016, when I was starting Monzo, I had to go through regulatory interviews before I was allowed to work as the CEO of a bank. We hired lawyers and consultants to run mock interviews - and they told me plainly that I was wasting my time. It was inconceivable that the Bank of England would authorise me, a 31 year old who'd never even worked in a bank, to act as the CEO of the UK's newest bank. (It turned out they did.) So much of the UK felt like it was pushing against me as an aspiring entrepreneur. It was like an immune system fighting against a foreign body. The reception I got in the US was dramatically different - people were overwhelmingly encouraging, supportive and helpful. For the benefit of readers who aren't from the UK, I hope it's fair to say that Monzo is now quite successful as well.

___

I don't think I was any smarter or harder working than many of the recent law graduates around me at Oxford. But I probably had an unusual attitude to risk. When we started GoCardless, we were 25 years old, had good degrees, no kids and supportive families. When fundraising was going poorly, we discussed using my parents' garage as an office. McKinsey had told me to contact them if I ever wanted a job in future. I wonder if the offer still stands.

Of course, I benefitted from immense privilege. I had a supportive family whose garage I could have used as an office. I had a good, state-funded education. I lived in a safe, democratic country with free healthcare. And I had a job offer if things didn't work out. And so the downside of the risks we were taking just didn't seem that great.

But there's a pessimism in the UK that often makes people believe they're destined to fail before they start. That it's wrong to even think about being different. Our smartest, most technical young people aspire to work for big companies with prestigious brands, rather than take a risk and start something of their own.

And I still believe the downside risk is small, especially for privileged, smart young people with a great education, a supportive family, and before they accumulate responsibilities like childcare or a mortgage. If you spend a year or two running a startup and it fails, it's not a big deal - the job at Google or McKinsey is still there at the end of it anyway. The potential upside is that you create a product that millions of people use and earn enough money that you never have to work again if you don't want to.

This view is obviously elitist - I'm aware it's not attainable for everyone. But, as a country, we should absolutely want our smartest and hardest working people building very successful companies - these companies are the engines of economic growth. They will employ thousands of people and generate billions in tax revenues. The prosperity that they create will make the entire country wealthier. We need to make our pie bigger, not fight over the economic leftovers of the US. Imagine how different the UK would feel if Google, Microsoft and Facebook were all founded here.

___

When I was talking with many of these smart students this week, many asked me how these American founders get away with all their wild claims. They seem to have limitless ambition and make outlandish claims about their goals - how can they be so sure it will pan out like that? There's always so much uncertainty, especially in scientific research. Aren't they all just bullshitters? Founders in the UK often tell me "I just want to be more realistic," and they pitch their business describing the median expected outcome, which for most startups is failure.

The difference is simple - startup founders in the US imagine the range of possible scenarios and pitch the top one percent outcome. When we were starting Monzo, I said we wanted to build a bank for a billion people around the world. That's a bold ambition, and one it's perhaps unlikely Monzo will meet. Even if we miss that goal, we've still succeeded in building a profitable bank from scratch that has almost 10 million customers.

And it turns out that this approach matches exactly what venture capitalists are looking for. It is an industry based on outlier returns, especially at the earliest stages. Perhaps 70% of investments will fail completely, and another 29% might make a modest return - 1x to 3x the capital invested. But 1% of investments will be worth 1000x what was initially paid. Those 1% of successes easily pay for all the other failures.

On the contrary, many UK investors take an extremely risk-averse view to new business - I lost count of the times that a British investor would ask for me a 3 year cash-flow forecast, and expect the company to break even within that time. UK investors spend too much time trying to mitigate downside risk with all sorts of protective provisions. US venture capital investors are more likely to ask "if this is wildly successful, how big could it be?". The downside of early-stage investing is that you lose 1x your money - it's genuinely not worth worrying much about. The upside is that you make 1000x. This is where you should focus your attention.

___

A thriving tech ecosystem is a virtuous cycle - there's a flywheel effect that takes several revolutions to get up-to-speed. Early pioneers start companies, raise a little money and employ some people. The most successful of these might get acquired or even IPO. The founders get rich and become venture capital investors. The early employees start their own companies or become angel investors. Later employees learn how to scale up these businesses and use their expertise to become the executives of the next wave of successful growth-stage startups.

Skype was a great early example of this - Niklas Zenstrom, the co-founder, launched the VC Atomico. Early employees of Skype started Transferwise or became seed investors at funds like Passion Capital, which invested in both GoCardless and Monzo. Alumni of those two companies have created more than 30 startups between them. Matt Robinson, my cofounder at GoCardless, was one of the UK's most prolific angel investors, before recently becoming a Partner at Accel, one of the top VCs in the world. Relative to 15 or 20 years ago, the UK tech ecosystem is flourishing - our flywheel is starting to accelerate. Silicon Valley has just had a 50 year head start.

There is no longer a shortage of capital for great founders in the UK (although most of the capital still comes from overseas investors). I just believe that people with the highest potential aren't choosing to launch companies, and I want that to change.

___

I don’t think the world is prepared for the tidal wave of technological change that’s about to hit over the next handful of years. Primarily because of the advances in AI, companies are being started this year that are going to transform entire industries over the next decade.

It doesn't seem hyperbolic to say that we should expect to see very significant breakthroughs in quantum computers, nuclear fusion, self-driving vehicles, space exploration and drug discovery in the next 10 or 20 years. I think we are about to enter the biggest period of transformation humanity has ever seen.

Instead of taking safe, well-paying jobs at Goldman Sachs or McKinsey, our young people should take the lead as the world is being rebuilt around us.

[davtyanlawfirminc]

Best Supermarkets in Glendale, CA

Glendale, CA  is a city with many great supermarkets. Here are the best ones:

Vons

Vons is a well-known supermarket chain that has locations throughout Southern California, including Glendale. If you're looking to buy groceries or get something to eat while in Glendale, Vons is definitely worth checking out.

In terms of what they have to offer, Vons' website states that they carry everything from fresh produce and meat to packaged goods such as canned goods and frozen dinners. Their deli counter offers salads, hot sandwiches, pizza slices and more; there's also an assortment of bakery items available for sale as well as household cleaning supplies like dish soap or laundry detergent if you need some at home (and who doesn't?).

In terms of location specifics: Vons is located at 8801 West Glenoaks Boulevard #100 in Glendale, California 91201. They're open Monday through Saturday from 8 am until 10 pm; on Sundays the store opens at 7 am instead but closes at 9 pm instead due to religious reasons—since this may differ depending on where else you live in California it's always worth double checking all hours before heading over!

Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market is a chain of supermarkets in the US and Canada. It is owned by Amazon, so you can expect plenty of fresh and organic food options. They have an extensive selection of fruits, vegetables and meats. The store also has a cafe, bakery and juice bar where you can enjoy healthy meals at reasonable prices. If you're looking for gourmet fare like sushi or artisanal cheese, this supermarket won't disappoint either!

Ralphs

Ralphs has been around since 1873 and is a subsidiary of the Kroger Company. It's one of the most recognized names in Southern California supermarkets, with locations throughout Los Angeles County.

Ralphs is known for its loyalty program, which rewards customers with points they can redeem at any Ralphs store (as well as through their mobile app). The loyalty program has three levels: Bluebird Rewards, Plus Rewards and Prime Rewards. Bluebird members receive 10-20% off on certain products; Plus members get 20-30% off select items; Prime members get 30% off every day.

Customers who sign up for a Ralphs credit card also earn extra points for their purchases!

Super King Markets | Glendale

Super King Markets is a family-owned grocery store that's been in business since 1977. The location is just off Colorado Boulevard and looks like many other local markets, with its wide range of products and service that caters to everyone from the busy professional to families on a budget.

If fresh produce is your thing, you'll love Super King Markets' selection: they've got everything from apples to zucchini—and everything in between. If you're looking for something specific, ask an employee who will help guide you through their wide array of options; they're happy to help! And if they don't have what you need? Just make a note so they can add it next time around!

This one has parking at the front door as well as additional spaces out back near their delivery area which makes loading up your car easy peasy lemon squeezy (but please watch out for pedestrians when backing up).

Wide variety of choices that are not too far apart.

In Glendale, CA there are a wide variety of choices for supermarkets. You can find these stores in the city and not too far away. For those who live in Glendale, this is great because it means you have a lot of options nearby. The supermarkets are all small to medium size businesses that offer a variety of products at reasonable prices.

Some examples include:

Vons Ralphs Whole Foods Market

We hope this list helps you make an informed decision on where to go grocery shopping in Glendale, CA. If none of these stores seems like a good fit for you at this time, then we encourage you to find the store that does! The key is finding one that fits your needs.

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[ireallyamabear]

okay i thought about it and here is what i would do if I was put in charge of Lucasfilm: first i would wonder how i came to be in this position, but i do have some memory issues so I just go with it. then i cancel all upcoming star wars properties, not only the shows and movies but all the books and comics, videogames and even the lego star wars shorts. i beef up the Lucasfilm legal division, pulling the most promising young lawyers from all over the world who never watched star wars ever. their goal: draft up a legal document that will make it impossible to produce any star wars content ever again. meanwhile the internet is wondering what my next move will be, as i’m a total newcomer to the world of media. then I’ll announce the only project we will be doing that year: a 20 minute black and white short prequel about skeen in an imperial prison. ebon moss-bachrach doesn’t want to do it at first but I pay him 360 million dollars. in the meantime, the team of lawyers is working 35 hour weeks (i’m a good employer) towards my secret goal.

reddit twitter and tumblr are united for the first time in wanting to boycott the skeen movie (that’s the title btw), but when it releases everyone is so starved for sw content they watch it anyway. it is massively controversial because it depicts prisoners eating each other out of desperation, but the ones that are eaten aren’t humans so it’s unclear if it’s cannibalism. i can’t even watch it because i forgot this squicks me out a lot. i gave the creative team total freedom, which might have been a mistake.

during all of this my home life is shit, but let’s not talk about that. i do 12 hour zoom calls everyday because I refused to relocate to california, but then my home address gets doxxed and i have to move to an undisclosed location in the middle of the night (there are a lot of threats against me). people are absolutely hating me, asking for mando season 4, asking for andor season 2 (i have seen the screeners and it is good, btw). dave filoni and jon favreau write an open letter to ask me to reconsider the pause on star wars production but i respond in the only way i know how - with the mariah carey “i don’t even know her” gif. after a while, favreau moves on to develop a vr based immersive series about ultimate fighting about his character in friends. by all accounts, he’s happy.

one of the lawyers betrays me and leaks my plans to the world. fans are in outrage. it’s clear now that i’m planning to ban any sw related media, deep fakes, adaptations, hell, even re-releases of the old stuff. why? i’m not available for comment. from now on, star wars will only exist in your memory, the only place it has ever been good.

there’s an outpouring of fan creativity in the wake of that bombshell leak. people begin to make fan films that are so good and creative that a new wave of avant garde scifi film making is ushered in. a person who worked on the andor set gets massively famous with their spoken word rendition of the scenes they can remember. i go after them with everything Lucasfilm has. this makes the video of their performance even more popular and it becomes the 2nd ever most viewed clip on Vimeo.

other streaming services green-light a mass of scifi and fantasy shows just in case they have the next sw on their hands - entertainment abhors a vacuum. There are so many good new properties, it’s an embarrassment of riches. my favourite of them all gets cancelled after one season though - I will never be sure if it’s because of my bad karma or because someone blabbed about my preferences and this was retaliation. i can’t trust anybody in my inner circle. All over the world, people still are wondering why I did it, but in the end, they are much happier now. sometimes little kids see a star wars toy - one of the few ones that didn’t get destroyed in the five waves of merchandise burnings I had ordered over the years - and asks their parents about it. “It’s nothing.” the skeen movie gets a throwback oscar for special effects twenty years later.

Anyway, what would you do.

[theculturedmarxist]

Drew Lakey quit her job as a physician assistant at the Skin and Cancer Institute in Delano, Calif., in November. She gave four months’ notice.

In late August, her former employer sued her, claiming she owed the company more than $138,000. The Skin and Cancer Institute was trying to make her repay $38,000 in training costs and more than $100,000 for “loss of business” caused by the company’s inability to transfer Ms. Lakey’s responsibilities to someone new.

Ms. Lakey had signed a training repayment agreement, or T.R.A., when she was hired. The contracts require workers to pay back training costs if they leave their jobs before the end of a certain period. The agreements are frequently presented late in the hiring process as a take-it-or-leave-it provision: No T.R.A., no job.

Ms. Lakey’s contract stated she would receive $50,000 worth of on-the-job training, a sum she’d be required to pay back on a prorated basis if she quit before 2025. The company didn’t explain the figure, which is more than the average cost of tuition for a year of physician assistant school. But in a complaint, the Skin and Cancer Institute said Ms. Lakey had agreed to the T.R.A. because it was providing her with a “high value” training.

The numbers didn’t make sense to her, but Ms. Lakey said she hadn’t seen the training repayment provision as a big risk at the time. “I thought there was nothing that could happen that would make me want to leave the contract early,” she said.

At the start of her job, Ms. Lakey, then 26, went through a three-month training period that involved shadowing another physician assistant while earning a reduced salary. Not long after she started, Ms. Lakey realized she wanted to leave but was afraid if she quit that she would be on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars. She quit anyway after deciding the company wasn’t a good fit. The Skin and Cancer Institute did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Nearly 10 percent of workers who participated in a 2020 study by the Survey Research Institute at Cornell University reported being covered by a T.R.A. The arrangements are especially common in the nursing field and the trucking industry; one survey by National Nurses United found that nearly 40 percent of nurses who had joined the profession in the last decade had been subject to the practice.

Ashley Tremain, an employment lawyer in Texas, said she noticed the practice take off about five or six years ago, and she now hears from workers about T.R.A.s a few times a month.

“They’re just becoming ubiquitous,” she said, “as people are trying to find creative ways to move around noncompete restrictions,” which are gaining traction at the state and federal levels.

Ms. Tremain tends to hear from people after they’ve quit their jobs and received a letter from their former employer stating that they owe money for training. The most common dollar value she sees listed is $20,000. Enforcement can seem random at times, and Ms. Tremain said some employers seemed to send a relatively small proportion of cases to court or to debt collectors.

“It’s really an enormous amount of power that the employer holds in that situation,” she said.

Employers see T.R.A.s as a way to improve retention and prevent paying for training employees who then leave soon after.

Dan Pyne, a lawyer with Hopkins & Carley, a law firm in Silicon Valley, who has written T.R.A.s and represented employers enforcing T.R.A. contracts, said companies who came to him tended to fall into two categories: One group is made up of employers looking to shift some of the costs of their operations to employees, which is not legal in California. The other group is employers looking to help employees gain new skills that will serve them later on in their careers. This second type of T.R.A. is more legally enforceable.

“When the training is required by the employer, that is the employer’s cost of doing business, and they can’t force the employee to bear that cost or to reimburse that cost,” Mr. Pyne said. “But when the employee is going through the training voluntarily, primarily for their own benefit, in those situations, as a rule, the repayment obligation would be enforceable, and would be legal.”

The owner of Oh Sweet Skincare in Bellevue, Wash., sued a former employee for $2,244 — a sum that included $1,900 in training reimbursement and expenses related to a work conference. The employer, who asked not to be named for fear of harassment, said that she enforced the T.R.A. because employees who bounced from job to job were detrimental to small businesses like hers, and that she lost money on spending time to train new employees. She does not ask experienced employees to sign the agreements, she said, if they can prove they know the skills required to perform the services.

But regulators have begun to take action on the legality of T.R.A.s. In the last year, the Biden administration has moved to limit the agreements. The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule that would ban most noncompete clauses, including many T.R.A.s. In July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the findings of a yearlong study on employer-driven debt, saying it “poses the risk of suppressing wages and forcing workers to stay in jobs they do not want” and that “trainings may have greatly inflated valuations.”

On Sept. 7, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it had filed a consolidated complaint against Juvly Aesthetics, a chain of med spas, for labor violations in Ohio and Wisconsin. Among other violations, the complaint said, the company tried to illegally recoup $50,000 and $60,000 in training fees from former employees.

Chris Hicks, a senior policy adviser for the Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit, called the move “the clearest example yet of the Biden administration seeking to declare TRAPs unlawful.” (T.R.A.s are frequently referred to by advocates as training repayment agreement provisions or TRAPS — an acronym that has been adopted by regulatory agencies like the F.T.C. and N.L.R.B.)

At the state level, Connecticut has banned most T.R.A.s since 1985, and Colorado recently passed a law that limits the practice. Additional bills have been introduced in California, Pennsylvania and New York.

Lawsuits Pile Up

Training repayment agreements have been around for decades, but the last few years have seen a flurry of lawsuits in which employers raise the stakes by taking former employees to court.

In the aviation industry, Florida-based Southern Airways Express has sued 60 former pilots since May, arguing that they owed up to $20,000 for training in jobs that paid $12 to $21 per hour. Last year, Bloomberg Businessweek identified hundreds of lawsuits filed by staffing agencies against health care workers who quit or threatened to quit.

Critics say companies that impose T.R.A.s don’t necessarily plan on recouping training cost and use them as a way to discourage employees from leaving within the first few years of employment. Trisha D’Allaird, a 43-year-old cosmetologist in New York, said an ex-employer posted a copy of a lawsuit filed against former employees for T.R.A. violations in the employee break room.

In 2020, Madison Birch got a job offer in Augusta, Ga., in intraoperative neuromonitoring, a career that involves monitoring patients’ nervous systems in real time during surgery. The offer was exciting: She had been applying to work at SpecialtyCare, a contractor that works with hospitals to provide operating room support personnel, for over two years. The company sent her to a two-week training session and promised to offer supervision and mentoring in the field as she worked toward passing a board certification exam. Her salary started at $35,000 and would increase substantially when she passed the exam.

The job wasn’t what she expected — the surgeries were long, and she couldn’t step away, even for bathroom breaks and personal emergencies.

Ms. Birch, 26, quit her job in November without passing her board certification exams. She had been afraid to leave, having heard horror stories of former co-workers hounded by debt collectors or sued by SpecialtyCare. But she had reached her breaking point.

“I told myself mentally that I could never work for anybody that made me hate what I did,” she said.

In February, SpecialtyCare sued Ms. Birch for $30,000 to recoup training costs. According to a complaint filed against SpecialtyCare by former employees, the company’s T.R.A. included a stipulation saying the amount of money owed increased after the training was complete, up to a certain point. If Ms. Birch had left SpecialtyCare after six months, she would have owed $15,000. If she had left after a year, when she finished her training, she’d owe $20,000. The number kept growing — to $25,000, then $30,000 — as she stayed at the company longer. Ms. Birch’s T.R.A. ended after three years, and she quit between the two- and three-year mark.

The lawsuit is ongoing. SpecialtyCare did not respond to requests for comment.

In some cases, on-the-job training covered by a training repayment agreement does result in a certification or provide employees with skills that are transferable to another job. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers can’t require employees to bear expenses that are primarily for the benefit of the employers. It is legal, for example, for a management consulting firm to pay for an employee to complete an M.B.A. degree and require the worker to return to the company upon graduation: The employee can take the degree along when leaving, and it can help find more work.

Rachel Dempsey, a lawyer for Towards Justice, a nonprofit law firm, said that was different from a practice at PetSmart, which she said had tried to recoup training costs from employees at its in-house grooming academy. No state requires pet spa technicians to obtain licenses. Ms. Dempsey’s firm sued PetSmart last year.

“I feel like we have caught the problem, and we’re in a moment where we can fix it, and I hope we can take those next steps,” Mr. Hicks, the policy adviser, said. “But it will take multiple arms of the federal government and state governments cracking down on these problems, and it’s going to take coordination between all of the above.”

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Issei women—first-generation Japanese immigrants—are typically remembered and celebrated in popular narratives for their domestic roles in supporting the household. Indeed, Japanese leaders put pressure on women “to conform to the idealized image of Issei women as ‘good wives and wise mothers,’” scholar Kazuhiro Oharazeki reports.

But these immigrants’ status as wives may have obscured a parallel history of the sex industry in the American West—especially as Oharazeki notes that prostitutes comprised “a significant part of the Japanese population in the early stage of migration” to Hawaiʻi and North America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

“Their stories challenge the conventional images of prostitutes as victims and Issei women as mothers,” he writes, “illuminating varied forms of gender relations and the disruptive nature of sexuality in the social formation of the Japanese immigrant community in the North American West.”

By the late 1890s, Japanese consulates had more than 300 emigrant sex workers on their books in the western United States, nearly half of whom were registered in California. The sex industry was “stratified by race and ethnicity,” according to Oharazeki, who recounts that “Japanese women were divided into ‘White,’ ‘Japanese,’ and ‘Chinese birds,’ according to the types of customers they served,” reflecting the prejudices of each group of clients. Sex workers’ rates also varied by race. In late nineteenth-century San Francisco, Chinese, Japanese, and Black women charged $0.50 for sexual services—lower than the $1.00 charged by “native-born girls” but twice that of the $0.25 that Mexican women could expect.

For Japanese women, involvement in the sex trade often had a close link to their marital status. Oharazeki writes that some “arrived at the US ports of Seattle and San Francisco as ‘wives’ of procurers to evade the suspicion of immigration officials,” while others came as “picture brides” whose marriages with men residing in the US were arranged on the basis of their photographs. Some unfortunate picture brides soon discovered that their husbands were not who they had expected. Oharazeki notes that “procurers created several versions of ‘American stories’ to lure young women to believe that better opportunities beckoned across the Pacific.”

“She migrated as a married woman (rather than a barmaid) to insure her safe entry into the country, and once reaching Seattle, negotiated divorce with her husband,” promising to pay him $700, Oharazeki writes. Consequently, she arranged to work as a barmaid to earn the “consolation money” she owed Mineichi.

“The consolation payment was a kind of compromise between prostitutes and their employers or husbands,” explains Oharazeki, who connects this practice with a historical Japanese custom of private divorce—“by mutual consent”—that continued into the mid-twentieth century.

Divorce was also an option for married women who had been forced into prostitution by their spouses. Hiring lawyers and interpreters, “more assertive women used the American judicial system to end their relation with pimp-husbands,” Oharazeki writes. But he cautions that these women’s experiences were shaped by “the nature of the American economy that historically had exploited Asians as disposable labor, race-based immigration policy… and the continuing influence of the patriarchal family system.”

Still, he adds, “[W]hat is striking in the analysis of their stories is the women’s clear understanding of their life circumstances, their pragmatic attempts to improve their lives by using available resources, and the absence of any particular class, racial, or feminist rhetoric.”