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Discrimination
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California Employment Law Update
Employer Was Liable For Discriminating Against Employee Who Filed Workers’ Compensation Claim
By Tony Oncidi
Crown Appliance v. WCAB, 115 Cal. App. 4th 620 (2004) Crown Appliance petitioned the Court of Appeal for a writ of review, following a determination by the Workers' Compensation Appeals…
California Employment Law Update
Union Members’ Communications With Union Were Not Privileged
By Tony Oncidi
American Airlines, Inc. v. Superior Court, 114 Cal. App. 4th 881 (2003) During the course of his discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against American Airlines, Jawad Alamad, a former aircraft…
California Employment Law Update
Union Employee’s Discrimination, Public Policy Claims Were Not Preempted By Federal Labor Law
By Tony Oncidi
Smith v. IBEW, Local 11, 109 Cal. App. 4th 1637 (2003) Donald Smith was terminated from his job as a union organizer for Local 11 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical…
California Employment Law Update
Employer Did Not Discriminate By Requiring Injured Employee To Use Vacation and Sick Leave Benefits
By Tony Oncidi
State of Cal. Dep’t of Rehabilitation v. WCAB, 30 Cal. 4th 1281 (2003) Ronald Lauher worked as a rehabilitation counselor for the California Department of Rehabilitation for 25 years before…
California Employment Law Update
Attorney Was Improperly Barred From Representing Employee
By Tony Oncidi
Neal v. Health Net, Inc., 100 Cal. App. 4th 831 (2002) Khybrette Neal (a former human resources manager for Health Net, Inc.) sued the company and her former supervisor for…
California Employment Law Update
Employer Improperly Removed Discrimination Action To Federal Court
By Tony Oncidi
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Indus. v. U.S. West Communications, Inc., 288 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 2002) Darryl Richardson filed a discrimination complaint against his employer with the Oregon Bureau…