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California Employment Law Update
LAPD Officer’s $2.1 Million Jury Award For Retaliation Is Reversed
By Tony Oncidi
Joaquin v. City of Los Angeles, 202 Cal. App. 4th 1207 (2012) Richard Joaquin alleged his employment as an LAPD officer was terminated in retaliation for his having filed a…
California Employment Law Update
Community College Employee Is Entitled To New Trial On Whistleblower Claims
By Tony Oncidi
Mize-Kurzman v. Marin Cmty. Coll. Dist., 202 Cal. App. 4th 832 (2012) Pamela Mize-Kurzman, who had been promoted to Dean of Enrollment Services as part of a settlement of a…
Wage & Hour Law Update
Federal Judge Enjoins Alleged Retaliatory Group Termination of Warehouse Workers
This space has discussed the circumstances under which a company can be, or can be alleged to be, the “joint employer” of workers under the FLSA. Often, these allegations arise where…
Wage & Hour Insights
4th Circuit: FLSA Prohibits Retaliation For Internal Complaints
By Bill Pokorny
According to the facts described in her complaint, Kathy Minor was hired by Bostwick Laboratiries, Inc. as a medical technologist on December 24, 2007. Just a few months later, on…
California Employment Law Update
California Court of Appeal holds that employer may lawfully terminate employee for filing an allegedly false sexual harassment complaint against his supervisor
Joaquin v. City of Los Angeles (California Ct. App. 01/23/2012) A Los Angeles Police Department officer filed a sexual harassment claim with the department against his supervisor, and after investigating…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
6th Circuit Reverses District Court for Mismanaging Discovery in Discrimination Case
In Bobo v. United Parcel Service, Inc., the Sixth Circuit ruled that the district court erred in its management of discovery related to Walleon Bobo's discrimination and retaliation claims brought…
Employment & Labor
EBG Obtains Defense Verdict in Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation Jury Trial in San Francisco
By Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
The plaintiff, a former employee of On Lok, inc., a non-profit organization which serves the Bay Area elderly population, filed a lawsuit after her employment was terminated when she was…
Alabama Employment Law Report
EEOC Announces Private Sector Bias Charges Hit All-Time High
Earlier this week, the EEOC issued a press release emphasizing that: 1. Private sector bias charges hit an all-time high in FY 2011. A total of 99,947 charges of employment…
Wage & Hour Law Update
New USDOL Fact Sheet Discusses FLSA Retaliation
Reflecting the Supreme Court’s 2011 decision regarding the scope of protected activity under the FLSA, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued Fact Sheet 77A, summarizing the Department’s view of…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Terminated Employee Who Made Pre-Eligibility Request for Post-Eligibility Leave May Pursue FMLA Interference and Retaliation Claims; Court Rejects FMLA Loophole
A terminated employee who had made a “pre-eligibility request” for a ”post-eligibility leave” can pursue FMLA interference and retaliation claims, according to the United States Court of Appeals for the…