Statute
Section 1981
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California Employment Law Update
Wrongful Termination And Retaliation Claims Can Proceed Against Screen Actors Guild
By Tony Oncidi
Metoyer v. Screen Actors Guild, 504 F.3d 919 (9th Cir. 2007) SAG terminated the employment of Dr. Patricia Heisser Metoyer (SAG’s national executive director of affirmative action) after PricewaterhouseCoopers concluded she…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court to Tackle Retaliation Claims Under Section 1981
The second certiorari in an employment discrimination case granted by the Court today involves the question of whether a retaliation claims exists under the race discrimination provisions under Section 1981. …
Labor Law Prof Blog
Agreement to Arbitrate “All Disputes” Doesn’t Necessarily Include Statutory Claims
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New Jersey has just released an opinion refusing to enforce an employment arbitration agreement. In the agreement, the employee agreed to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Niketown, Race Discrimination, and Surveilling Minority Customers
Update: Although public accommodation laws are mentioned below as one legal route for aggrieved minority customers, one commentator aptly points out that Section 1981 may also be used by such…
California Employment Law Update
$30 Million Punitive Damages Award In Sexual Harassment Case Was Properly Reversed
By Tony Oncidi
Gober v. Ralphs Grocery Co., 128 Cal. App. 4th 648 (2005) The jury awarded Dianne Gober and five other employees of Ralphs a total of $550,000 in compensatory damages and…