Email regarding Lawyer employed at Paul Hastings having a miscarriage 2008-05-12 20:07:12 Link Read more: Email
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Los Angeles Sexual Harassment Attorneys News 2008-05-08 12:11:42 According to a study released by UCLA’s Anderson business school, indicates that the job market is starting to get bleak. This is where employers start to make excuses to terminate older workers or others they have not been able to fully exploit. Read more: Angeles
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Los Angeles Sexual Harassment Case 2008-05-07 20:38:40 Specialty Restaurants Corp. agreed to pay $625,000 in a settlement for allowing sexual harassment and retaliation. The company owns a chain of restaurants, including the Proud Bird near LAX and Shanghai Reds in Marina del Rey Read more: Angeles
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Sexual Harassment Case at Attorney General’s Office in Ohio 2008-05-02 10:00:10 2 Fired In AG Office Sexual
Harassment
Case
Friday, May 2, 2008 7:03 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio
— Two top aides to Ohio Attorney
General
Mark Dann were fired Friday, and a third [...] Read more: Sexual Harassment
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New alleged victim surfaces in Rob Low Sexual Harasment case 2008-05-01 16:02:46 A new alleged victim
who was a former nanny of Rob Lowe’s has come forward alleging that she was a victim of sexual harassment. Read more: Sexual
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Los Angeles Sexual Harassment Expert Okorie Okorocha asked to comment on Gloria Allred in People Magazine 2008-04-24 17:52:06 See Page 61 of the April 28, 2008 Edition. Read more: Angeles
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Employers duties once Sexual Harassment is Reported 2008-03-21 17:07:14 As soon as an employer becomes aware of a potential sexual harassment situation, it should investigate the allegations in order to take prompt and effective remedial action if the allegations are found to be credible (see Cotran v Rollins Hudig Hall Int’l, Inc. (1998) 17 C4th 93, 108, 69 CR2d 900 and Silva v Lucky [...] Read more: Sexual
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Plaintiff’s privacy rights in Sexual Harassment Cases 2008-03-21 16:50:41 Filing a sexual harassment suit does not waive the plaintiff’s right to privacy in sexual matters, even when the plaintiff’s present emotional condition is relevant to claims of emotional distress. Vinson v Superior Court (1987) 43 C3d 833, 239 CR 292. See also Knoettgen v Superior Court (1990) 224 CA3d 11, 273 CR 636 (no [...] Read more: Sexual
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Supervisor Sexual Harassment makes the Employer “Strictly Liable” 2008-03-21 16:45:58 If the employer’s agent or supervisor acts within the scope of his or her employment, the employer is strictly liable for the agent’s acts of both (Govt C §12940(j)(1); 2 Cal Code Regs §7287.6(b)(2); Weeks v Baker & McKenzie (1998) 63 CA4th 1128, 74 CR2d 510; Kelly-Zurian v Wohl Shoe Co. (1994) 22 CA4th 397, [...] Read more: Sexual
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Age Discrimination under FEHA 2008-03-21 16:43:18 Stephens v. Coldwell Banker Commercial Group, Inc.
The Fair Employment and Housing Act provides that the opportunity to hold employment without discrimination because of age is a civil right. (Gov. Code, § 12921.) Because the language and objectives of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act as it relates to age discrimination closely parallel the language [...] Read more: Discrimination
California Jury Issues $992,650 Verdict In Case Where Employee Alleged He Was Verbally Abused 2008-08-23 21:47:17 HEADLINE: California
Jury Issues
$992,650 Verdict
In Case Where Employee
Alleged
He Was Verbally Abused
Case Name: Gurpreet Singh v. Southland Stone U.S.A. Inc., et al.
Case Number: BC350196
Court: Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.
Judge: Mary Thornton
Verdict/Settlement (breakdown): $992,650 plaintiff verdict ($253,750 for the intentional infliction of emotional distress claim, $337,100 for the inte
Sexual Harassment and Employment Law: Gustafson, Inc. v. Roger Bunch 2008-06-07 15:14:21 Gustafson, Inc. v. Roger
Bunch
99-11289
No. 99-11289
_________________________________________
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
_________________________________________
GUSTAFSON, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant,
v.
ROGER BUNCH,
Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.
______________________________________________________
On Appeal from the Read more: Sexual
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Sexual Harassment Employment Case: EEOC v. Boeing Co. 2008-06-07 15:13:48 EEOC v. Boeing
Co. (9th Cir.)
Brief as appellant
May 2, 2006
No. 05-17386
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Sexual Harassment Employment Law: Vajdl v. Mesabi Academy of Kidspeace, 2008-06-07 15:13:13 Vajdl v. Mesabi Academy
of Kidspeace, 10th Cir.
Amicus Brief
Filed September 11, 2006
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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Sexual Harassment: EEOC v. Robert Reeves III 2008-06-07 15:12:39 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
________________________________________
No. 02-55928 & 02-56179
__________________________________________
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
ROBERT L. REEVES & ASSOCIATES,
A Professional Corporation,
Defendant-Appellee.
_______________________________________________________
On Appeal f Read more: Sexual
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Sexual Harassment: EEOC v. Robert Reeves II 2008-06-07 15:12:03 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
________________________________________
No. 02-55928 & 02-56179
__________________________________________
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
ROBERT L. REEVES & ASSOCIATES,
A Professional Corporation,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Sexual Harassment: Strauss v. Rent-A-Center 2008-06-07 15:11:29 Strauss v. Rent-A-Center
, 11th Cir.
Brief as amicus
Mar. 13, 2006
No. 05-16401
_____________________________________________
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
_____________________________________________
LYNETTE ANDUJAR STRAUSS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
RENT-A-CENTER, INC., d/b/a/ Rent-A-Center,
and
RENT-A-CENTER EAST, INC., f/k/a Rent-A-Center, In Read more: Sexual
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Sexual Harassment: EEOC v. Robert Reeves 2008-06-07 15:10:44 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Francisco Santana v. Sears Roebuck &
Co.
00-1507
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
_________________________________________________
No. 00-1507
__________________________________________________
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Plaintiff/Appellant,
and
FRANCISCO SANTANA
Intervenor,
v.
SEARS RO Read more: Sexual
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Sexual Harassment: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Francisco Santana v. Sears Roebuck & 2008-06-07 15:10:14 Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
and Francisco
Santana
v. Sears Roebuck &
Co.
00-1507
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
_________________________________________________
No. 00-1507
__________________________________________________
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Plaintiff/Appellant,
and
FRANCISCO SANTANA
Intervenor,
v.
SEARS RO Read more: Sexual
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Sexual Harassment: Jean G. Mattern v. Eastmern Kodak Company 2008-06-07 15:09:39 Jean G. Mattern v. Eastmern Kodak
Company
95-40836
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
_____________________
No. 95-40836
_____________________
JEAN G. MATTERN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants.
_____________________________________________________
On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Ea Read more: Sexual
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Employee remedies in Employment, Labor & Pregnancy Discrimination Cases 2008-03-21 16:40:24 Schifando v. City of Los Angeles
FEHA Remedies
The California Fair Employment Practices Act was enacted in 1959 (former Lab. Code, § 1410 et seq., repealed by Stats. 1980, ch. 992, § 11, p. 3166) and recodified in 1980 in conjunction with the Rumford Fair Housing Act (former Health & Saf. Code, § 35700 et [...] Read more: Employee
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Pregnancy and Fringe Benefits 2008-03-21 16:18:44 Fringe Benefits
Pregnancy
-related benefits cannot be limited to married employees. In an all-female workforce or job classification, benefits must be provided for pregnancy-related conditions if benefits are provided for other medical conditions.
If an employer provides any benefits to workers on leave, the employer must provide the same benefits for those on leave for pregnancy-related conditions.
California Law on Employment Retaliation 2008-03-21 16:10:17 Yanowitz v. L’Oreal USA, Inc. (2005) 36 C4th 1028
Section 12940(h) makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer “to discharge, expel, or otherwise discriminate against any person because the person has opposed any practices forbidden under this part or because the person has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding under this [...] Read more: California
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Pregnancy Leave and Health Insurance 2008-03-21 15:59:16 Health InsuranceAny health insurance provided by an employer must cover expenses for pregnancy-related conditions on the same basis as costs for other medical conditions. Health insurance for expenses arising from abortion is not required, except where the life of the mother is endangered.
Pregnancy
-related expenses should be reimbursed exactly as those incurred for other medical conditions, [...] Read more: Leave
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Pregnancy and Maternity Leave 2008-03-21 11:53:32 Pregnancy and Maternity
Leave
An employer may not single out pregnancy-related conditions for special procedures to determine an employee’s ability to work. However, if an employer requires its employees to submit a doctor’s statement concerning their inability to work before granting leave or paying sick benefits, the employer may require employees affected by pregnancy-related conditi Read more: Pregnancy
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