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Eric G. Ruehe
Based on the legal principle of res judicata, a prior class action settlement that released a staffing agency and its agents barred a subsequent class action against the staffing agency's client.
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Michael Wahlander
Under California law, obesity can qualify as a disability if it has a physiological cause and limits a major life activity. Proving such a claim has been difficult. The First District Court of Appeal's decision ...
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Jinouth Vasquez Santos
California employers can still enforce their drug-free workplace policies and discharge employees who test positive for marijuana, despite the recreational marijuana laws that go into effect in January 2018.
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Elizabeth Levy
California employees who are denied adequate wage statements ("paystubs") can sue for penalties.
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Geoffrey Westbrook
In OTO, LLC v. Kho, the California Labor Commissioner challenged a car dealership's mandatory arbitration agreement.
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Jinouth Vasquez Santos
Plaintiffs cannot circumvent arbitration agreements by characterizing claims for statutory damages as claims for civil penalties.
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Jennifer Nunez
Alvarez injured himself when he drove a maintenance van into a shipping container. He sued Evergreen for negligently obstructing the driving lane with the shipping container.
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Kristen Peters
In Mendoza v. Nordstrom, Inc., the Supreme Court resolved three unsettled questions concerning how to read California's "day of rest" statutes...
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Colleen Regan
Our mission here at Cal-Pecs is to illuminate how California employment law differs from the law that employers generally experience throughout America.
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Alison Loomis
The California Court of Appeal has held that an employer's refusal to honor an employee's rescission of a voluntary resignation is not an adverse employment action under the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
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Alison Loomis
The California Court of Appeal has held that an employer's refusal to honor an employee's rescission of a voluntary resignation is not an adverse employment action under the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
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Michael Afar
No California contractual provision, including one in an arbitration agreement, can waive the statutory right to seek injunctive relief to protect the general public. McGill v. Citibank, N.A. (April 6, 2017).
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Jennifer Holly
The Court of Appeal held that police officer recruits who were not "qualified individuals" under FEHA for purposes of their discrimination claim could nonetheless prevail on their claim for failure...
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Rocio Herrera
Vasserman, instead of filing a grievance, sued in state court for violation of the California Labor Code, including claims for a failure to pay all regular and overtime wages and a failure....
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Chantelle Egan
A California federal judge has held that an out-of-state employee's limited presence in California is not enough on its own to require the employer to comply with California wage and hour laws.
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