California Employment Law Update : Labor and Employment Lawyers & Attorneys : Proskauer Rose Law Firm : Wage & Hour Laws, Disability, Workplace Safety

California employers should take heed of yet another reminder about the need to carefully craft and administer employee leave and benefits programs such as a paid vacation policy.

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The decision establishes that employees have no right to sue under the California Labor Code to recover tips or gratuities allegedly withheld or misappropriated by their employer.

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The California Supreme Court has restricted, if not eliminated the "stray remarks doctrine,"  one of the most common defenses employers rely upon in workplace discrimination cases.  The ruling erects another significant barrier to keeping tenuous discrimination claims from proceeding to trial. 

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