What happens when an employee (in this case, not California-based) complains about violations of the False Claims Act in aerospace contracts and is then placed on leave for a year, on return given minimal responsibilities, harassed, denied transfer, and then reassigned to a less advantageous job on return? Anot...

Discrimination - a Treasured Tradition? The Discrimination Against Gays Has a Long and Storied Past in the United States Government. As recently reported in the New York Times, recent documents have been uncovered outlining the United States Government's position in the 1960's on discrimination against homosexu...

At least that's what seems to be possible under a new scheme of prosecution begun by the United States Department of Labor, operating under the Fair Labor Standards Act recently while going after the owners of the Wilshire West Car Washes in Los Angeles. The US DOL went after the owners of the car washes (there are ...

The general rule in California is that an employee is "on his/her own" when commuting to and from home to office, and is not allowed to get workman's compensation coverage.In the recent case of Shannon Lantz vs. Worker's Compensation Appeals Board, (5th Dist 5/19/14), the court ruled that workman's compensation...

There is very little California-specific authority on the subject. However, California courts routinely look to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines in deciding this issue. The guidance we do have in California comes from Government Code 12951, which requires a showing of "business necessity" to j...

Absolutely! Many California employment attorneys do not bother to include defamation (or the spoken version, slander) in their lawsuits for wrongful termination, discrimination and/or retaliation under the California Government Code since slander and defamation do not allow for attorney fees to the winning part...

It Doesn't Pay to be Pregnant at Pier 1. Literally. An employee has filed suit in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara County against the home decorations store for violations of pregnancy leave laws related to her experiences there this year. Kimberly Erin Caselman had worked for the company for ...

Age Discrimination Cases Will Make You Sick…and are difficult to prove. Age discrimination can be hazardous to your health, a new study by researchers at Florida State University's College of Medicine has found. The study followed participants over a course of 4 years, measuring changes in health of employe...

Department of Fair Employment and HousingStrippers and Nurses Unite!! Well, not really. In a coincidental happenstance that is probably the subject of many men's fantasies, strippers and nurses groups have filed similar employment law claims in California recently.  Though the two groups have nothing to do wit...