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July 2020 California Employment Law Notes

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in California Labor Code, Discrimination, Employer Liability for Worker's Actions, Employment Law Notes, Independent Contractors, Leaves of Absence, Liability for Employee's Actions Outside the Workplace, Meal Periods and Rest Breaks, Off-the-clock Issues, PAGA, Religion, Sexual orientation discrimination, Uncategorized, Wage and Hour, Wage Statements
We invite you to review our newly-posted July 2020 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: Supreme Court Recognizes Discrimination Protection For Gay/Transgender Employees Under Title VII Dark Day For Hollywood – Law Prohibiting Online Publication Of Actors’ Ages Is Struck Down … Continue Reading

March 2020 California Employment Law Notes

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in California Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Constructive Discharge, Employer Liability for Worker's Actions, Equal Pay Act, FEHA, FLSA, Gender discrimination, Meal Periods and Rest Breaks, Overtime, Payroll, Settlement, Sexual Harassment, Sexual orientation discrimination, Unfair Competition, Wage and Hour, Workplace Safety
We invite you to review our newly-posted March 2020 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: Time Spent By Employees In Exit Searches Is Compensable Prior Pay Is Not A Defense To An Equal Pay Act Claim Constructive Termination And Joint … Continue Reading

Gay CHP Officer May Have Been Constructively Terminated

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in FEHA, Sexual orientation discrimination
Brome v. California Highway Patrol, 44 Cal. App. 5th 786 (2020) Jay Brome sued the California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) after resigning as a law enforcement officer, claiming he had been subjected to harassment and discrimination because of his sexual orientation in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Brome provided evidence that his … Continue Reading

$48,000 Judgment Affirmed In Favor Of Former Parks & Recreation Employee

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in California Labor & Employment Law, FEHA, Sexual Harassment, Sexual orientation discrimination, Uncategorized
Hurley v. California Dep’t of Parks & Recreation, 2018 WL 989506 (Cal. Ct. App. 2018) Delane Hurley worked as a staff services analyst who sued her employer, the Department of Parks & Recreation (“DPR”), and her former supervisor Leda Seals for harassment based on sex and sexual orientation in violation of the Fair Employment and … Continue Reading

Los Angeles Jury Awards $17.4 Million to Sanitation Bureau Employee

By Tony Oncidi on Posted in Arbitration Agreements, Constructive Discharge, Discrimination, Harassment, Jury verdicts, Sexual orientation discrimination
Continuing an alarming recent pattern of multi-million dollar jury awards (see our earlier post), a Los Angeles jury panel recently awarded $17.4 million to a former employee of the Bureau of Sanitation.  The employee claimed he had been retaliated against because he had taken part in “protected activities” and because he had filed a complaint … Continue Reading
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