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California Employment Law Update
Discrimination, Retaliation Claims Under Title VII Were Untimely Filed
By Tony Oncidi
Payan v. Aramark Mgmt. Services Ltd. P’ship, 495 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 2007) In response to a charge of discrimination and retaliation that Martha E. Payan filed with the EEOC, the…
California Employment Law Update
Discrimination And Sexual Harassment Suit Properly Dismissed On Summary Judgment
By Tony Oncidi
Jones v. California Dep’t of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 152 Cal. App. 4th 1367 (2007) Kim C. Jones worked as a correctional officer at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility for approximately…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently Published Scholarship
ArticlesAnn C. McGinley (left), Harassing “Girls” at the Hard Rock: Masculinities in Sexualized Environments, 2007 Ill. L. Rev. 1229.Tanya Kateri Hernandez, Latino Inter-Ethnic Employment Discrimination and the “Diversity” Defense, 42…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“A war here at home”: “Growing discrimination against Latinos and a surge of xenophobia unseen since the last big wave of immigration in the early 20th century”
In "Immigration debate gets angrier: Groups loudly press for state, local crackdowns," Dave Montgomery of the McClatchy Washington Bureau, makes some sobering observations about the immigration debate after the demise…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Unusual Recusal Motion in Employment Discrimination Case
I really hope that this is not a trend of things to come in federal employment discrimination cases. At the very least, it shows a lack of respect for the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Hart on The Possibility of Avoiding Discrimination: Considering Compliance and Liability
Melissa Hart (Colorado) has posted on SSRN her piece in the Connecticut Law Review: The Possibility of Avoiding Discrimination: Considering Compliance and Liability.Here's the abstract:The gender discrimination class actionDukes v.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
New York Times magazine reports on family leave and job discrimination
Sunday, July 29th's New York Times magazine section features an article by Eyal Press on "Family Leave Values." The article describes an emerging trend in which courts are recognizing that…
Rush on Business
Employee Evaluations Are Critical to Firing Decisions
By Rush Nigut
Charlie Longbrief had just turned off his computer to end his day when the phone rang. It was John Grains. John owns the local grain elevator in Hometown, Iowa and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
D.C. Cir: NLRB Meet Title VII
From Employment Law360:The National Labor Relations Board suffered a defeat Tuesday when anappellate court ruled that a former employee suing the independentfederal agency for discrimination deserves her day in court.Athree-judge…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Another Court Rejects “Mixed Motive is King” Theory
Thanks to Ross Runkel's Employment Law Memo for bringing to my attention the decision in the Title VII race discrimination case of Fogg v. Gonzales, 05-5439 (DC Cir. June 29,…