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California Fair Employment and Housing Act

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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

California Jury Awards Employees $7.6 Million in Latest Gargantuan Wrongful Termination Verdict

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/9/2021

A Los Angeles jury has ordered an apartment building owner and property management company to pay $7.6 million to two former live-in apartment managers who claimed to have been wrongfully terminated and discriminated against...more

California Employment Law Notes - March 2021

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/19/2021

Trial Court Properly Dismissed Employee’s CFRA And Disability Discrimination Claims - Choochagi v. Barracuda Networks, Inc., 60 Cal. App. 5th 444 (2021) - George Choochagi worked as a technical support manager for...more

Pinterest’s Former Chief Operating Officer Levies Claims Of Gender Bias Against Company

Fisher Phillips on 8/19/2020

Former Pinterest Chief Operating Officer and top ranking female executive Françoise Brougher just filed a 17-page complaint in San Francisco Superior Court against Pinterest alleging a toxic work environment that allowed...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: November 2019

Payne & Fears on 12/21/2019

Carroll v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 41 Cal. App. 5th 805, 254 Cal. Rptr. 3d 519 (2019) - Summary: Each alleged reduction of monthly disability retirement benefit payments for discriminatory reasons was continuing violation...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: October 2019

Payne & Fears on 11/20/2019

Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, 40 Cal. App. 5th 1239, 253 Cal. Rptr. 3d 798 (2019) - Summary: Term “regular rate of compensation” for calculating meal or rest break premium payments is not synonymous with term...more

Plaintiff Strikes Out in Tort Suit Against River Cats Baseball

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a refreshing display of judicial restraint, the California Court of Appeal has declined to extend California’s “wrongful termination” law to a failure to hire, because in the absence of a preexisting...more

Tameny Claim Strikes Out Against Employer

Lewitt Hackman on 9/26/2019

Employee lawsuits for wrongful termination often allege claims for violating the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and public policy. The public policy claim, often referred to as a “Tameny” claim, is based on a...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: June 2019

Payne & Fears on 8/29/2019

This month's key California employment law cases involve EEOC charges, disability discrimination, and meal breaks....more

California Employment Law Notes - January 2018

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 1/17/2018

Trial Court Erroneously Granted Bill Cosby's Anti-SLAPP Motion - Dickinson v. Cosby, 17 Cal. App. 5th 655 (2017) - After Janice Dickinson went public with her accusations of rape against Bill Cosby, Cosby's attorney...more

Employment Law - August 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/29/2016

Arbitrator or Judge? California Supreme Court Weighs in - Why it matters - Yet again, the California Supreme Court considered arbitration in the context of an employment agreement, this time reflecting on whether a...more

California Federal Court Reminds Employers That They Must Carefully Navigate Disability Accommodation Process

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 7/20/2016

The obligation to accommodate a disabled employee is an ongoing one; a doctor’s note may not be a prerequisite to engage in the interactive process – those are two important lessons that employers should take away from a...more

Employer Policy Failure Precludes Summary Judgment on Discrimination Claim

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/29/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: California Court of Appeal reverses a summary judgment for an employer that failed to follow its own policy regarding layoffs. Moore v. Regents of the University of California serves as a reminder to...more

California Court Imposes Duty to Accommodate Non-Disabled Employees Associated With Disabled Persons

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 4/18/2016

On April 4, 2016, a California Court of Appeal set new precedent in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, opining that the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) may require employers to reasonably...more

Reasonable Accommodation Protections Expanded to Non-Disabled Employees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/14/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: California court creates new duty to accommodate employees who, although not themselves disabled, are associated with a disabled person. The Court of Appeal decision in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable...more

California Court of Appeal Finds that Employers are Required to Reasonably Accommodate Even Non-disabled Employees

Snell & Wilmer on 4/8/2016

On April 4, 2016, the California Court of Appeal issued an unprecedented ruling in Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express that the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) requires employers to reasonably...more

Wrongful Termination & Disability Discrimination: Sarkisian Goes Head to Head With USC

Lewitt Hackman on 12/11/2015

After a much publicized struggle with alcoholism and public firing by the University of Southern California, former head coach for the football team, Steve Sarkisian, has filed a lawsuit against the university. ...more

Can Kim Davis Be Fired? What CA Employers Should Know About Religious Accommodations

Lewitt Hackman on 9/16/2015

Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that same-sex marriages are a fundamental liberty protected by the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – and that states must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples....more

Wacky Employee Claims: What Employers Can Learn From Outlandish Situations

Lewitt Hackman on 7/22/2015

Think you've heard every cautionary workplace tale? Believe it or not, you probably haven't – the real question is, how prepared are you to handle wildly unusual complaints, extreme accommodation requests, and highly awkward...more

Trend to Limit ADA and FEHA Definitions of Disability Attributed to Behavioral Disorders Affecting Work Relations?

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 7/14/2015

Could there be a trend starting among the courts to put restraints on the reach of the disability discrimination laws when it comes to mental impairments affecting an employee’s ability to get along with others in the...more

California School Teacher’s Claim That She Was Fired Due to a Computer Error

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/2/2015

Rommel v. Los Angeles Unified School District, No. B253405 (December 5, 2014): In a recent unpublished ruling, the California Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s judgment in favor of a school district and against a...more

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