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What California Employees Should Know about Workplace Accommodation in 2018: Leaves of Absence, Transfers, Telecommuting and Mental Health Issues By: Steve Danz, Esq. What is the status of workplace accommodationRead MoreCalifornia Employees Leaves of Absence, Transfers, Telecommuting and Mental Health Issues

What California Employees Should Know about Workplace Accommodation in 2018: Reasonable Accommodation vs. Undue Hardship By: Steve Danz, Esq. How do the courts interpret “undue hardship” to employers in exemptionRead MoreWhat California Employees Should Know about Workplace Accommodation in 2018

UCLA Oncologist Wins $13 Million Sex Discrimination case A Los Angeles Superior Court jury found that a female cancer researcher, Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown, was treated unequally by her male colleagues.Read MoreUCLA Oncologist Wins $13 Million Sex Discrimination case

Whistleblowers Help the Government Collect $3.7 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in 2017 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they were able to collect $3.7 billion inRead MoreWhistleblowers Help the Government Collect $3.7 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in 2017

Age Discrimination–New Ways to Dishonor our senior job applicants?   You’ve probably filled out “drop down” job applications on line. Those are the ones that require you to complete ALL requiredRead MoreAge Discrimination-New Ways to Dishonor

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: The Problem with Reporting it to HR As all of us at Stephen Danz & Associates look forward to 2018, with new employment laws, rules and priorities.Read MoreSexual Harassment in the Workplace

Article for Immediate Release- Stephen Danz & Associates | FCA Settlement Issues for Relators Settlement of a Federal False Claims Act case (“FCA”) presents a number of interesting issues whenRead MoreFCA Settlement Issues for Relators

Stephen Danz & Associates Blog Topic: California Employment Trials Trending Downward Salvador Long (not his real name) was expecting a jury trial right here in Los Angeles County when heRead MoreEmployment Trials Trending Downward

Solar City Resolves False Claims Violations for Nearly $30 Million The United States Department of Justice(DOJ) reported in September that SolarCity Corporation agreed to pay $29.5 million dollars to settleRead MoreSolar City False Claims Violation

Las year Minakshi Jafa-Bodden obtained a near $7 million verdict against Bikram Choudhury. Ms. Jafa-Boden was in the in-house counsel for the yoga guru. Ms. Jafa-Bodden brought the lawsuit inRead MoreAppeal of a Seven Million Dollar Sexual Harassment and Wrongful Termination Verdict against Yoga Master Bikram Choudhury Dismissed