Newly Enacted California Statutes -
The Word "Alien" Is Stricken From The California Labor Code -
Section 1725 of the California Labor Code defines "alien" as "any person who is not a born or fully naturalized...more
9/8/2015
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Background Checks ,
CAFA ,
Cheerleaders ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Cumis Counsel ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Discrimination ,
En Banc Review ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
First-to-File ,
Grocery Stores ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Labor Code ,
Labor Commissioners ,
Misclassification ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
National Guard ,
New Legislation ,
Pretext ,
Qui Tam ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Removal ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retaliation ,
Title VII ,
Unfair Competition ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
In this putative class/Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) action, Jazmina Gerard (and others) challenged a hospital policy that allowed health care employees who worked shifts longer than 10 hours to voluntarily waive one...more
In this class action lawsuit, plaintiffs alleged that ABM did not provide rest periods to its security guard employees because it failed to relieve them of all duties and required them to remain on call during their breaks....more
For nearly 22 years, IWC Wage Order No. 4 and IWC Wage Order No. 5 have permitted employees in the “health care industry” who work shifts in excess of eight total hours in a workday to “voluntarily waive their right to one of...more
The putative class members in this case moved for class certification on the theory that although Walgreens’s stated policy on meal breaks was proper, its actual practice departed from its stated policy in an illegal and...more
$300,000 In Punitive Damages Upheld In Sexual Harassment Case Despite Nominal Damages Award -
State of Arizona v. ASARCO LLC, 2014 WL 6918577 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc).
Angela Aguilar who worked in a copper mine...more
1/14/2015
/ Bribery ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress ,
Mining ,
Promissory Notes ,
Punitive Damages ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
School Districts ,
Security Checks ,
Severance Pay ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Wrongful Termination
Employee Must Prove That Illegal Retaliation Was The "But For" Cause Of Adverse Job Action Under Title VII -
University of Tex. S.W. Med. Ctr. v. Nassar, 570 U.S. ___, 2013 WL 3155234 (2013) -
The United States...more
7/12/2013
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
But For Causation ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
SEIU ,
Settlement ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
Unions ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Vance v. Ball State University
In This Issue:
- $1.347 Million Award To Former General Counsel For Breach Of Implied Contract Is Upheld - Faigin v. Signature Group Holdings, Inc., 211 Cal. App. 4th 726 (2012)
- $114,000 Pregnancy...more
1/14/2013
/ Breach of Implied Contract ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Disability ,
Discrimination ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
FEHA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Jury Instructions ,
Lucasfilm ,
Negligent Supervision ,
Over-Time ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Termination ,
Workplace Violence