| 12/4/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - December 4, 2006 |
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| The recent settlement of class action overtime lawsuits against IBM and Siebel confirm that the plaintiffs' bar has its sights set on the technology industry, with an aggressive attack on the historical treatment of most engineers and other technology workers as exempt from overtime compensation. more |
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| 11/6/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - November 6, 2006 |
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| On October 10, 2006, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a disabled employee need not prove he was a "qualified" individual to demonstrate disability discrimination. more |
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| 10/17/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - October 17, 2006 |
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| A California appellate court decision, Edwards v. Arthur Andersen, previously reported in the September 1, 2006, Fenwick Employment Alert, has stirred considerable debate within the employment law community about the enforceability of broad general release and covenant-not-to-sue provisions. more |
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| 9/25/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - September 25, 2006 |
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| In Strategix v. Infocrossing West, Inc., the court held that a nonsolicitation covenant prohibiting the seller of a business from soliciting all of the purchaser's employees and customers was overbroad and unenforceable. more |
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| 9/6/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - September 6, 2006 |
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| A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit emphasizes the importance of putting employees on notice that their computer and internet activity may be monitored. more |
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| 9/1/2006 |
Employment Law Alert - September 1, 2006 |
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| A California appellate court expressly rejected a "narrow restraint" exception to California's non-compete statute, an exception relied on by federal courts to enforce non-competes against California employees where the restraint excludes an employee from a narrow portion of his or her profession. more |
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| 8/17/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - August 17, 2006 |
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| The California Supreme Court recently concluded that the "at will" doctrine is alive and well in California. more |
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| 7/26/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - July 26, 2006 |
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| In an unfavorable decision for employers, the U.S. Supreme Court held that adverse actions which do not cause tangible economic harm to employees may nevertheless constitute retaliation in violation of Title VII. more |
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| 6/12/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - June 12, 2006 |
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| In Estee Lauder Co. v. Batra, a federal district court judge in New York granted a preliminary injunction against a former Estee Lauder senior executive who allegedly breached his noncompete agreement by taking a job with a rival cosmetics maker. more |
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| 5/10/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - May 10, 2006 |
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| The California Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision holding that three writers for the sitcom "Friends" did not sexually harass their former assistant, even though the assistant was exposed to coarse sexual humor during brainstorming sessions in which potential... more |
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| 3/29/2006 |
USA PATRIOT Act Impasse: E-mail Interception Rules Need Congressional Attention, Too |
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| When, if ever, can your Internet Service Provider ("ISP") legally intercept and read your e-mail? Nearly anytime, according to almost every federal court that has tackled the issue. more |
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| 3/27/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - March 27, 2006 |
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| In August 2005, we reported on the California Supreme Court's ruling in Reynolds v. Bement, where the court held that corporate officers and directors were not personally liable under state wage/hour laws for overtime obligations. more |
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| 3/9/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - March 9, 2006 |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that a manager's occasional use of the word "boy" to refer to African-American employees may constitute sufficient evidence of race discrimination. more |
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| 2/23/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - February 23, 2006 |
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| On appeal, a Virginia federal judge recently refused to enforce a Labor Department administrative law judge's order reinstating the first plaintiff to bring a successful claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's whistleblower protections. more |
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| 2/8/2006 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - February 8, 2006 |
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| In recent weeks, three separate California courts of appeal have weighed in on the question of whether the one hour of pay to which an employee is entitled when he or she is denied a meal period constitutes a wage payment or a penalty. more |
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| 11/29/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - November 29, 2005 |
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| The California Court of Appeal recently ruled that, although an employer may ordinarily refuse to communicate through an employee's attorney during the interactive process to reasonably accommodate an employee's disability, in some limited circumstances the employer may need to communicate with an employee's attorney. more |
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| 11/22/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - November 22, 2005 |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court held in IBP v. Alvarez that, under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, an employee’s work time at a meat packing plant included time spent walking to an employee’s workstation after changing into protective gear. more |
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| 10/27/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - October 27, 2005 |
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| The decision by a 3-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that FMLA releases must be approved by a court or the federal Department of Labor more |
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| 10/1/2005 |
What Employers Should Know and Do About Blogs |
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| With the proliferation of weblogs or "blogs," companies find themselves faced with a new forum for employee conduct that poses both risks and rewards. more |
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| 9/26/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - September 26, 2005 |
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| The California Supreme Court recently held that an employee’s refusal to follow a supervisor’s order that the employee reasonably believes is discriminatory— even absent a formal complaint—is a protected activity under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) that can serve as the basis for a retaliation claim. more |
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| 9/19/2005 |
Executive Compensation and Benefits Update - Now We Are Making Sense — Revised Grant Date Rulesfor Options |
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| At a meeting earlier this year, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) announced that, pursuant to FAS Statement 123(R), the grant date of an option would not occur until the employee had been notified of the material terms of the option grant. more |
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| 8/18/2005 |
Executive Compensation and Benefits Update - New Accounting Valuation Rules for Option Grants—Definition of Grant Date |
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| Under FAS Statement 123(R) options granted to employees are valued based on their fair value as of the "grant date" of the option. more |
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| 8/12/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Law Alert - California Supreme Court Rules that Officers and Directors are not Personally Liable in Overtime Cases |
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| In an important victory for California officers, directors and managers, on August 11, 2005, the California Supreme Court held such individuals are not personally liable to employees for unpaid overtime. more |
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| 8/8/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - August 8, 2005 |
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| Relations With Subordinates May Create Hostile Environment / Discrimination in Attempting to "Westernize" Employee's Name / Failure to Stop Customer Harassment / $20 Million Verdict in Age Bias Case / 401(k) Documentation / Mandatory Harassment Training more |
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| 7/25/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - July 25, 2005 |
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| California Court Authorizes Partial-day PTO Deductions for Exempt Workers more |
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| 7/20/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - July 20, 2005 |
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| Vertigo Not a Disability under ADA/ Same-actor Inference Defeats National Origin Discrimination Claim/ Lack of Notice Defeats FMLA Claim/ Independent Contractor May State Unruh Act Discrimination Claim/ Meal or Rest Period Violations Penalty Clarified more |
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| 7/12/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - July 12, 2005 |
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| Labor Commissioner Reconsiders Position on Partial Day Vacation Deductions / Criticisms of Employee's Performance do not Support FEHA Claim / NLRB Strikes Down Handbook Provision Limiting Employee Complaints / Employer's Failure to Post Notice May Excuse Late EEOC Filing / Abercrombie & Fitch Agrees to Settle Class Action more |
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| 6/22/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - June 22, 2005 |
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| Employer's Use of "Personality" Test Violated ADA/ Decision Highlights Risk of Using E-Mail to Distribute Important Personnel Policies/ Ninth Circuit Will Reconsider Casino's Requirement that Women Bartenders Wear Makeup/ Hospital Settles Wage/Hour Class Action for $4.75 Million more |
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| 4/26/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - April 26, 2005 |
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| California Issues Newly Revised Meal Break Rules/ No Strict Liability Under FMLA For Employee Engaged In Disruptive Workplace Behavior/ Employer Liable For Discharging Returning Veteran/ San Jose Jury Awards Over $2 Million In Co-worker Sex Harassment Case
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| 4/14/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - April 14, 2005 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Allows Disparate Impact Theory in Age Discrimination Cases/Employers May Not Require Medical Examination Before Making "Real" Job Offermore |
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| 3/2/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - March 2, 2005 |
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| Employer Lawfully Recovered Unearned Commission Advances/Employer's Stray Remarks about Age Enable Older Worker to Proceed to Trial on Discrimination Claim more |
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| 1/10/2005 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - January 10, 2005 |
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| Ninth Circuit Permits Requirement that Women Bartenders Wear Makeup/Indefinite Leave of Absence Not A Reasonable Accommodation When Employee Unlikely to Return Within Reasonable Time/ more |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - December 15, 2004 |
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| Employees Who Resign from At-Will Employment May Recover Damages for Unfulfilled Promise of Future Employment/Employer Not Liable for "Equal Opportunity" Abuser/ more |
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| 12/6/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - December 6, 2004 |
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| No Personal Liability for Co-Worker Harassment Committed Before 2001 Amendment/Conduct That Ridicules Both Sexes May Still Create a Hostile Work Environment/ more |
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| 11/16/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - November 16, 2004 |
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| Alert: Voters Curtail Plaintiffs' Lawyers' Ability to Launch Class Actions Against Business/Employers Hit with $650,000 and $1.8 Million Verdicts for Wrongful Termination/ more |
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| 10/26/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - October 26, 2004 |
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| Disparate Impact Claim Fails Even Though Reorganization Primarily Displaced Workers in Protected Classes/Insubordination Triggered by Employer's Own Unlawful Conduct Cannot Justify Adverse Employment Action/ more |
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| 10/11/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - October 11, 2004 |
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| Fabrication Plant Workers Entitled to Wages for Donning and Doffing Clean Room Uniforms. more |
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| 9/27/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - September 27, 2004 |
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| Discrimination Claims Not Released by Standard Form Workers' Compensation Release Agreement/Alleged Acts of Harassment Occurring Outside of the Actionable Time Period May Be Knitted Together with More Recent Incidents to Support Hostile Environment Claim/ more |
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| 9/8/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - September 8, 2004 |
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| California Supreme Court Lowers the Bar for Wage and Hour Class Actions/Interference With At-Will Employment Requires Independently Wrongful Actions/ more |
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| 8/30/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - August 30, 2004 |
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| California Court Refuses to Dismiss Retaliation Claim, Even Though Decision-Maker Was Unaware of the Terminated Employee's Protected Activity. more |
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| 8/10/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - August 10, 2004 |
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| Gender Bias Lawsuit Settlements Result in Substantial Monetary and Non-Monetary Obligations for Boeing and Morgan Stanley. more |
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| 7/28/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief Special Update - July 28, 2004 |
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| Special Update Re: Private Attorney General Act Developments. more |
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| 7/19/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - July 19, 2004 |
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| Private Sector Employee Cannot Sue for Wrongful Discharge Based upon Alleged Violation of "Free Speech" Right/Former Employee Allowed to Pursue Claim for Wrongful Discharge for Complaining About Fraudulent Billing Practices/ more |
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| 7/12/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - July 12, 2004 |
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| Employer's Notice By Email of Mandatory Arbitration Policy Deemed Inadequate/Court Clarifies Scope of Marital Status Discrimination Claims/ more |
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| 6/25/2004 |
Fenwick Employment Brief - June 25, 2004 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes Concept of Constructive Discharge in Title VII Cases/NLRB Reverse Itself: Non-Union Employees Now Not Entitled to Have Coworker Present at Disciplinary Interview/ more |
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| 6/16/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 16, 2004 |
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| A Less Appealing Job Reassignment Does Not Constitute Adverse Action For Title VII Claim/Terminating Employee For Violation Of Harassment Policy Not Pretext For Religious Discrimination/ more |
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| 6/1/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 1, 2004 |
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| Court Sends Case To Jury Determine Whether Employee's Refusal To Work With A Specific Supervisor Constituted A "Constructive Resignation". more |
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| 5/20/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 20, 2004 |
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| U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Rules Regarding White-Collar Overtime Exemptions. more |
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| 4/30/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 30, 2004 |
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| Corporate Restructuring Not A Reasonable Accommodation Under FEHA/Unequal Pay For Employees With Similar Titles Is Permissible Where Duties And Skill Levels Differ/ more |
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| 4/23/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 23, 2004 |
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| Merely Hiring From competitor Not Unlawful Interference with Contract/Employee May Claim Retaliation Even if Underlying Complaint Lacks Merit/ more |
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| 4/14/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 14, 2004 |
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| Employee's Contract Claim Withstands Motion to Dismiss Because of Frail "At Will" Provision/Employer Liability for Non-Employee Sexual Harassment May Be Based on Conduct That Occurred to Enactment of FEHA Amendment/ more |
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| 4/7/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 7, 2004 |
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| Employer Properly Disciplined "Whistleblower" for Poor Performance/After Eight Years Of Paid Disability Leave, Employee Sues For Disability Discrimination (And Wins, In Part)/ more |
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| 3/30/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 30, 2004 |
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| Jury Must Decide Whether Employer Lawfully Refused To Re-Hire Recovering Addict/Saleswoman Facing "Glass Ceiling" Allowed To Pursue Constructive Discharge Claim/ more |
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| 3/23/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 23, 2004 |
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| Plaintiff's Post-Termination Misconduct May Bar Reinstatement And Front Pay Award/Court Articulates Limits On Customer Non-Solicitation Clauses/ more |
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| 3/18/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 18, 2004 |
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| Laid Off Employees Need Not Show Replacement By Younger Worker To Show Age Discrimination/Bad-Faith Harassment Complaints Cannot Support Title VII Retaliation Claims/ more |
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| 3/10/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 10, 2004 |
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| Supervisor's Remarks Support Actionable Age and National Origin Discrimination Claims/When is an Alcoholic Employee "Disabled" Under the ADA? A Federal Court Provides Guidance/ more |
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| 3/3/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 3, 2004 |
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| Favoring The Old Over The Young Not Prohibited By ADEA/New York Court Opens Door For Investor Liability Under WARN Act/Employer's Failure To Document Alleged Performance Problems Results In Section 132a Award For Terminated Employee/ more |
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| 2/23/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 23, 2004 |
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| Employee Who Exposed Himself To Co-Worker And Engaged In Inappropriate Sexual Banter Did Not Engage In Unlawful Sexual Harassment/Court Holds That Wage/Hour Allegations Cannot Support RICO Cause Of Action/ more |
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| 2/11/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 11, 2004 |
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| Subjective Hiring Criteria, Without More, Do Not Prove Age Discrimination/Framework For Determining Joint Employment Status Further Complicated By Federal Court's Recent Ruling/ more |
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| 2/5/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 5, 2004 |
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| Telecommuting Not A Reasonable Accommodation Under ADA Where An Employee's Attendance At Work Is An Essential Job Function/Court Expands Permissible Damages for FLSA Retaliation/Affectionate Behavior From "Effusive" Boss Is Not Sexual Harassment/ more |
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| 1/27/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 27, 2004 |
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| Denial of Lateral Transfer May Be Adverse Action/Federal Court Holds That Learning Disabilities and ADD Do Not Constitute Serious Health Conditions Under FMLA/Employee's Admitted Use of Marijuana Does Not Bar Her Harassment Claim/ more |
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| 1/15/2004 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 15, 2004 |
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| Employee's Termination for Posting Scriptures Condemning Gays did not Constitute Religious Discrimination/OK to Search Employee's E-Mail on Company Server/Newly Enacted Fair And Accurate Credit Transaction Act Simplifies Harassment Investigation Process/ more |
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| 12/16/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - December 16, 2003 |
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| California Court Permits Company to Fire Supervisor for Dating Subordinate/Policy Against Rehiring Violators of Workplace Rules Can Be Legitimate Reason to Refuse to Rehire Former Employee Who Resigned After Positive Drug Test/ more |
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| 12/5/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - December 5, 2003 |
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| Strict Liability Not As Strict: California Supreme Court Acknowledges Affirmative Defense To Damages For Employers In Sexual Harassment Cases/The Sky Is No Longer The Limit: California Appellate Court Applies Federal Due Process Limits To Slice California Punitive Damages Verdict/ more |
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| 11/19/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 19, 2003 |
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| Employee May Not Be Terminated For Protected Political Speech Outside Workplace/"Isolated" Slurs About Latinos Did Not Amount To Hostile Environment/News Alert: Job Growth Sign Of Growing Economy/ more |
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| 11/10/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 10, 2003 |
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| New California Statute Makes Employers Liable for Non-Employee Sexual Harassment of Workers/Compliments About Jewelry, Clothing and Hairstyle Do Not Amount to Sexual Harassment/Court Enforces Last-Chance Agreement with Employee Terminated for Substance Abuse/ more |
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| 10/27/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 27, 2003 |
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| Governor Davis Signs Requiring Employers to Purchase Health Insurance for Employees/Court Rules That FMLA Rule Requires Three Consecutive Days of Incapacity/Sixth Circuit Holds Internal Leave Policies May Not Inhibit Requests For Unforeseen FMLA Leave/ more |
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| 10/17/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 17, 2003 |
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| Worker Terminated for Shopping During Sick Day May Take FMLA Interference Claim to Trial/Employer's Threats Support Finding of Willfulness and Additional Year of Overtime Damages/Governor Davis Helps Businesses With Veto of Ban on Employment Arbitration more |
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| 10/8/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 8, 2003 |
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| Terminated Employee Fails to Establish Employer Regarded Him as Disabled/Employer's Interference with Employee's FMLA Leave Likely Doubles Employee's Damages/Court Clarifies when Employer May Conduct Medical Examination to Assess Disabilities/ more |
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| 9/30/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 30, 2003 |
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| FMLA Claim Stands, Despite Employee's Stated Intention Not to Return to Work/Court Ruling Emphasizes Importance of Good Evidence of "Essential Job Functions"/Air France Defeats FMLA Claim; Held Not To Be "Joint Employer" Over Contracted Services Workers/ more |
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| 9/23/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 23, 2003 |
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| Employee overcomes dismissal of disability-based claims when court holds that eating constitutes major life activity/Sleep disorder sufferer who requires flexible schedule able to overcome summary judgment on retaliation and disability discrimination/ more |
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| 9/17/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 17, 2003 |
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| Ninth Circuit Scrutinizes Facts to Revive Poorly Drafted Sexual Harassment Suit/Reorganization After Acquisition May Legitimate, Nondiscriminatory Reason for Termination/Punitive Damages, But Not Attorneys' Fees, Must be Included in Successful Plaintiff's Taxable Income/ more |
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| 9/9/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 9, 2003 |
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| Submitting to Sexual Acts Under Explicit or Reasonably-Perceived Implicit Threat or Discharge in a "Tangible Employment Action" That Makes a Company Strictly Liable for Sexual Harassment Under title VII. more |
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| 8/28/2003 |
Special W.E.B. Alert - August 28, 2003 |
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| Alert: Department of Labor Proposes New COBRA Notice
Requirements/New Model Initial COBRA Notice/ more |
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| 8/21/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 21, 2003 |
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| Individual Assessment Critical to Success of "Direct Threat" Defense/Second Circuit Allows Exonerated Harasser's Retaliation and Race Claims to Proceed/Court Finds Miscommunication, not Discrimination, in Pregnancy Lawsuit/ more |
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| 8/12/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 12, 2003 |
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| Sales Manager Fails to Establish "Disability" Due to Workplace Stress/Labor Department Seeks Back Pay for Undocumented Workers/FMLA Claim Fails Because Company Decided to Replace Employee Before He Requested Leave/ more |
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| 8/4/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 4, 2003 |
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| Ninth Circuit Strikes Another Blow to Employment Arbitration Agreements/UPS Settles Disabilities Class Action Brought by Deaf Employees/ more |
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| 7/25/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 25, 2003 |
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| California Supreme Court rejects employer trespass claim against former employee for repeatedly sending e-mails to other employees/U.S. Supreme Court allows affirmative action to continue/ more |
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| 6/27/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 27, 2003 |
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| Employer Not Liable for Harassment by Customer Sexual Harassment Within a Week of Notice of Harassment/Gay Plaintiffs One Step Closer to Successfully Suing under a "Stereotype" Theory under Title VII/ more |
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| 6/18/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 18, 2003 |
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| Self-Defense To Workplace Brawl Not A Basis for Public Policy Claim/Employer Not Liable for Harassment by Customer/ more |
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| 6/3/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 3, 2003 |
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| Company's Decision to Eliminate "Deadwood" Insufficient to Prove 60-Year Old Executive's Age Discrimination Case/Blondes May Have More Fun, But They Are Not A Protected Group Under Title VII/ more |
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| 5/15/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 15, 2003 |
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| Pregnancy Discrimination Claim Can Go Forward Because Of Dispute Over Validity Of Employer's Termination Rationale/Comments About Employee's Body Odor Do Not Establish Race or National Origin Discrimination/ more |
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| 5/6/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 6, 2003 |
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| Supreme Court Provides Input As to the Meaning of "Employee" Under the ADA/Constructive Discharge Bars Employer's Affirmative Defense to Harassment Claim/ more |
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| 4/28/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 28, 2003 |
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| United States Supreme Court Places Significant Due Process Limitations on Large Punitive Damage Awards/Employee May Not Pursue Claim For Wrongful Discharge In Violation Of Public Policy Without Exhausting Employer's Internal Administrative Remedies/ more |
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| 4/16/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 16, 2003 |
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| California Appeals Court Holds Officers and Directors Are Not Personally Liable for Overtime Claims/No Duty To Accommodate A Non-Disabled Employee Regarded As Disabled/ more |
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| 3/31/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 31, 2003 |
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| Request For Vacation To Visit Ailing Parents Not CFRA Leave Request/Arbitration Agreement Defeated By Employer Reserving Right To Equitable Relief In Court/ more |
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| 3/24/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 24, 2003 |
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| Supervisor Constructively Discharged For Protecting "Ugly" Subordinate/Attention Deficit Diagnosis Did Not Prohibit Termination For Threatening Co-Workers/ more |
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| 3/19/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 19, 2003 |
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| California Appellate Court Upholds Injunction Prohibiting Former Employees From Destroying Stolen Electronic Information/Nine-Month Delay In Reporting Sexual Harassment No Bar To Title VII Suit/ more |
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| 3/4/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 4, 2003 |
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| California Supreme Court: Arbitration Protections Apply to Non-Statutory Claims/Employer Liable for Conduct Reasonably Likely To Deter Protected Speech/ more |
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| 2/27/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 27, 2003 |
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| Employer Liable For Retaliation Based On Employee's Protected Activity Prior To Employment/Employee May Sue For Retaliation Under The ADA Even If She Is Not Disabled/ more |
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| 2/24/2003 |
Independent Contractors/Temporary Workers |
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| Workers may be classified in one of two basic legal categories: employees or independent contractors. more |
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| 2/17/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 17, 2003 |
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| Supervisor's Single Racial Slur Sufficient To Require Jury Trial of Race Harassment Case/Employee Terminated For Slapping A Groping Client Wins Retaliation Suit/ more |
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| 2/12/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 12, 2003 |
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| Supreme Court to Review Whether Policy Against Rehiring Recovered Addicts Violates ADA/Second Circuit Revives Wrongful Termination Claim of Blind Employee Not Recalled After Reduction-in-Force/ more |
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| 2/10/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 10, 2003 |
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| Court Says "Promoting Your Paramours" Not Gender Discrimination/Age Based Comments Provide Grounds For Discrimination Claim Even When Made By Another In The Same Age Group/ more |
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| 2/3/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 3, 2003 |
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| Influential Subordinate Can Be "Decisionmaker" in Discrimination Case/Plan Exclusion of Surgical Infertility Procedures Held Gender-Neutral/ more |
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| 1/17/2003 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 17, 2003 |
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| CFRA "Leave" Does Not Include Exemption From Weekend And Overtime Work/Employee's Late Filings Not Excused Where Employer Provided Notice Of Deadlines/ more |
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| 12/9/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - December 9, 2002 |
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| California Employers No Longer Must Reduce Labor Commissioner Awards to Zero To Avoid Paying Employees' Attorney's Fees On Appeal/Sudden End Of Relationship With Major Client Constitutes Unforeseeable Business Circumstances Under WARN Act/ more |
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| 12/3/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - December 3, 2002 |
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| Employer Held Responsible For Unclear Offer Letter/ Bankruptcy Anti-Discrimination Law Does Not Protect Persons Prior To Filing/University of California Must Pay $2 Million For Retaliation/ more |
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| 11/25/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 25, 2002 |
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| Labor Commissioner Allows Salary Deduction For Full-Week Shutdown, but Limits Forced Use of Vacation/FMLA Suit Results in $11.65 Million Verdict, Including $900,000 Against Supervisors/ more |
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| 11/18/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 18, 2002 |
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| FAQs Regarding Military Leaves of Absence. more |
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| 11/5/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 5, 2002 |
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| Employer Not Liable For Client's Sexual Harassment/ Inappropriate Jokes Do Not Constitute Protected Speech/Employees Must Meet Performance Standards to Claim Discrimination/ more |
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| 10/28/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 28, 2002 |
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| Florida Court Holds Cyberspace Not Covered By ADA/Third Circuit Upholds Exclusion of EEOC Determination Letter/Waitress' Sexual Harassment Complaint Can Proceed Against Both the Mustard and the Fog/ more |
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| 10/22/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 22, 2002 |
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| Ongoing Sexual Banter Not Sexual Harassment Under Title VII/"At-Will" Employment "Sufficiently Contractual" to Support Federal Discrimination Suit/DLSE Warns: Less Work Can't Mean Less Pay For Exempt Employees/ more |
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| 10/14/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 14, 2002 |
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| Employer Improperly Reduced "Stay Bonus" Based on FMLA Leave/Extra Work and Heightened Scrutiny for Employee Who Complained of Discrimination May Constitute Retaliation/Jury Awards $8.5 Million Against Employer Who Lied to Other Employees About Reason for Employee's Termination/ more |
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| 10/7/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 7, 2003 |
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| New Laws Make Employment Background Checks Easier/Ninth circuit Rules that "Adverse Employment Action" Requires An Objective Showing/Governor Vetoes Retaliation Law and Bill Restricting Use of Mandatory Arbitration/ more |
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| 9/30/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 30, 2002 |
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| Title VII Allows Claims of Sexual Harassment Motivated by Sexual Orientation/Court Upholds Jury Verdict that Company Discriminated Against Disabled Employee during a Reorganization/Are Employees "Regarded as Disabled" Entitled to an Accommodation?/ more |
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| 9/24/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 24, 2002 |
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| CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS SOON TO BE SUBJECT TO NEW LAYOFF AND FAMILY LEAVE OBLIGATIONS!/California's New "WARN" Act/New Employer Obligations To Provide Paid Family Leave Time/ more |
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| 9/16/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 16, 2002 |
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| URGENT UPDATE: California Court of Appeal Rejects Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine. more |
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| 9/12/2002 |
Trade Secrets Group Client Alert: Inevitable Disclosure is not the Law in California |
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| Ending years of uncertainty about California trade secrets law, the California Court of Appeal, on September 12, 2002, issued a decision that clearly rejects the doctrine of inevitable disclosure as "contrary to California law and public policy," and strongly suggests that California employers protect their trade secrets with "enforceable" noncompetition agreements. more |
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| 9/9/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 9, 2002 |
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| EMPLOYEE ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS - Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Held Enforceable/However, Compelled Arbitration Agreements May Soon Be Unlawful In California/Court Upholds Employer's Reduction Of Employee's Stock Options Based On Poor Performance/ more |
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| 9/3/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 3, 2002 |
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| Employee's Request for "Family" Leave Insufficient to Trigger FMLA Protections/Inappropriate Sexual Comments and Gestures Are Not Hostile Work Environment/NASA Settles Failure To Promote Discrimination Class Action For $3.7 Million/ more |
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| 8/26/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 26, 2002 |
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| Supervisor's Actions "At Best Inappropriate, At Worst Cruel," But Not Sexual Harassment/$21 Million Verdict Upheld in Sexual Harassment Case/Pregnancy Discrimination: Key Factors is When Decision is Made, not When Termination is Carried Out/ more |
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| 8/19/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 19, 2002 |
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| Ninth Circuit Reverses Leading California Wage/Hour Case/Court Considers Employees of Foreign Affiliate to Determine if U.S. Company Meets Title VII Size Threshold/ more |
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| 8/12/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 12, 2002 |
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| Sales Manager Fails to Establish "Disability" Due to Workplace Stress/Labor Department Seeks Back Pay for Undocumented Workers/FMLA Claim Fails Because Company Decided to Replace Employee Before He Requested Leave/ more |
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| 8/5/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 5, 2002 |
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| En Banc Ninth Circuit Expands Availability of "Mixed-Motive" Test/Requiring Employee to Drive 100 Miles to Work Not an Adverse Action/Harasser's Continued Presence in the Workplace Can Be a Continuing Violation/ more |
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| 7/29/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 29, 2002 |
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| No Religious Discrimination Unless Decision-Maker Knows Applicant's Religion/Unlawful to Deny Accommodation Request for Fear of Potential Violation of Seniority System/Arbitration Agreement That Applies to Likely Employee Claims Held Unenforceable/ more |
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| 7/22/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 22, 2002 |
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| Theft Of Trade Secrets May Trigger Automatic Jail Time/Employee Terminated For Discussing Bonus With Coworkers States A Claim For Wrongful Termination In Violation of Public Policy/ more |
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| 7/15/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 15, 2002 |
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| Individual Supervisor May Be Liable For Retaliation/Former Employee Prohibited From Contacting Coworkers Because Of Threats/Employer May Be Liable For Insurance Company's Failure To Provide COBRA Notice/ more |
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| 7/8/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 8, 2002 |
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| This Special Edition of the Fenwick & West LLP W.E.B. Update is designed to help employers comply with both anti-terrorism export control and national-origin discrimination laws. more |
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| 7/1/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 1, 2002 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Does Not Disturb Ruling that Gives Nonunion Employees the Right to Have Coworker Present at Investigatory Interviews/ California Supreme Court Holds that FEHA Does Not Prevent Age Bias in Provision of Benefits/ more |
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| 6/24/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 24, 2002 |
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| Policy Against Rehiring Employees May Be Unlawful Under ADA When Applied to Recovered Addicts/Failure to Interview Older Employee May Raise Specter of Discrimination/ more |
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| 6/17/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 17, 2002 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Holds That ADA Does Not Entitle Disabled Individuals To Jobs That Endanger Their Own Health/U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Continuing Violation Doctrine For Discrimination And Retaliation But Not For Hostile Work Environment Claims/ more |
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| 6/10/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 10, 2002 |
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| News Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Allows Employers to Consider Job Danger to Applicant's Health in Refusing to Hire a Disabled Individual/HIV-Infected Dental Hygienist Ruled to be a "Direct Health Threat" to Patients: No ADA Protection/ more |
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| 6/3/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 3, 2002 |
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| Supreme Court Lets Stand Rejection of Employer's Defense In Co-Worker Harassment Case/Class Certification Denied, But Individual Plaintiffs May Proceed On Implied Contract Claims/Employer Fails to Establish Administrative Exemption/ more |
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| 5/29/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 29, 2002 |
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| Workers' Vacation Time May Count Toward FMLA Eligibility/California Supreme Court Allows Catholic Health Clinic to Prohibit An Employee's Religious Proselytizing/Tyson Indicted For Conspiracy to Hire Illegal Aliens/ more |
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| 5/20/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 20, 2002 |
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| California Supreme Court To Decide Whether Protection Against Age Discrimination Includes Worker Benefits/Hearing-Impaired Driver May Pursue ADA Suit for Failure to Accommodate/Federal Court Strictly Enforces FMLA Eligibility Requirements/ more |
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| 5/13/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 13, 2002 |
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| Company's Failure to Take Reasonable Steps to Protect Trade Secrets Defeats Claim of Misappropriation by Former Employees/Fifty-Year Old Laid-Off Employee Will Proceed to Jury Trial on Age Discrimination Claim Based on Recruiter's Comments and Replacement by Younger Person/ more |
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| 5/6/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 6, 2002 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Established Seniority Rules Ordinarily Trump the ADA/Federal Court Narrows Privilege Exception to Freedom of Information Act/ more |
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| 4/29/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 29, 2002 |
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| Court Rejects Class Action by Store Assistant Managers Bringing Overtime Claim/Layoff of Employee on Family Leave Allowed/No Public Policy Violation where Hospital Fired Nurse for Refusal to Drop Lawsuit Against Patient/ more |
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| 4/22/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 22, 2002 |
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| Release Of WARN Claims Must Allow A Reasonable Time to Consider Whether to Sign — Or It May Be Involuntary/California Jury Awards $30 Million in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Grocery Chain for Failure to Investigate/ more |
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| 4/15/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 15, 2002 |
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| Injured Employee May Sue Employer for Failure to Accommodate/Third Circuit Expands ADA to Cover Retaliation Claims by Third Parties/Employer's Failure to Object to Employee's Unilateral Modification of Offer Letter May Constitute Acceptance of the Change/ more |
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| 4/8/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 8, 2002 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Denies Back Pay to Illegal Alien Terminated for Union Activities/California Supreme Court Will Review Intel E-mail Trespass Injunction Against Former Employee/ more |
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| 3/25/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 25, 2002 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates FMLA Regulation That Penalized Employers For Failing To Give Notice/Employer Cannot Require Doctor's Certification after Every Sick Leave/ more |
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| 3/15/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 15, 2002 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Considers ADA Defense Based On Direct Threat To Self/"Computer Use" Policy Key To Defense Of Wrongful Discharge Lawsuit/Louisiana State Court Awards 18 Years Of Front-Pay for FMLA Violation/ more |
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| 3/8/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 8, 2002 |
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| New California Law Restricts Use Of Social Security Numbers/Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Makes It Easier For Plaintiffs To Maintain Complaints Of Discrimination/Employer Not Liable For Death Of Independent Contractor's Employee/ more |
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| 2/18/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 18, 2002 |
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| ALERT: New California Law Adds More Disclosure Requirements to Background Checks on Employees and Job Applicants. more |
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| 2/11/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 11, 2002 |
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| Alert: New California Law Affects In-House Investigative Consumer Reports/Court Finds Circuit City's Arbitration Agreement Too Lopsided To Enforce/Federal Court Raises The Bar For Pregnancy Discrimination Claims/ more |
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| 2/4/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 4, 2002 |
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| Be Express About At-Will Employment - Otherwise You Might Get Stuck With More Than You Can Handle/Watch What You Listen To - Court Limits Recording Of Business And Personal Calls/Employer Must Pay Employees For Time Spent Getting Dressed/ more |
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| 1/29/2002 |
U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Limit ADA's Scope |
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| After losing a string of disability rights cases in the U.S. Supreme Court in the past three years, disability activists are wondering whether it's time to turn to Congress for help. more |
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| 1/28/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 28, 2002 |
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| Unnecessary Military Joy Ride Still Protected Activity Under Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act/Employer Saved By Workers' Compensation: California Court Holds Workers' Compensation To Off-Duty Employee/Watch Your Minor Employees Or The State Will/ more |
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| 1/21/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 21, 2002 |
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| Arbitration Agreements Can't Stop The EEOC/Get Out Your Wallets to Pay Increased Minimum Wage/Long Workweeks Can Be An Essential Function Of An Engineer's Job So As Not to Require Reduced Hours As An Accommodation/ more |
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| 1/14/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 14, 2002 |
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| Most Carpal Tunnel Syndrome May Get Crossed Off the List of ADA Disabilities/Nobody Has to Die First/Punishing Employers for Failing to Give FMLA Notice Comes Under U.S. Supreme Court Review/ more |
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| 1/7/2002 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 7, 2002 |
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| I'd Like A New Boss, Please: Employees Not Entitled To New Supervisor as Reasonable Accommodation/Back On The Hook: Court Overturns Summary Judgment Against Time Warner For African American Employees Fired During Workplace Reduction/ more |
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| 12/17/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - December 17, 2001 |
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| Backlash Discrimination After September 11 - World War II Revisited?/Hiring Illegal Alien Janitors - Behavior Worthy of John Gotti/ more |
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| 12/10/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - December 10, 2001 |
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| Cat Got Your . . . Dog?!?/"Walking Timebomb:" A Rare Direct Threat Disability Case/ more |
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| 12/3/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - December 3, 2001 |
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| Anthrax: OSHA's Risk Reduction Matrix/Non-Compete Agreements: Another One Bites the Dust/ more |
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| 11/19/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 19, 2001 |
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| Paying for Chat Room Volunteers/Taxes, Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace/ more |
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| 11/12/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 12, 2001 |
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| Reversal of Fortune/Employer Allowed to Search Computer Without Employee's Knowledge/ more |
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| 11/5/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - November 5, 2001 |
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| Employers Need To Update "Old" Arbitration Agreements/Californians Challenge AOL's Use Unpaid Volunteers And Claim Employee Status/ more |
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| 10/29/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 29, 2001 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court to Review The Scope of the ADA's "Direct Threat" Defense. more |
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| 10/22/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 22, 2001 |
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| New California Law Requires Employers To Reasonably Accommodate Breastfeeding. more |
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| 10/15/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 15, 2001 |
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| Suspensions without Pay Rendered Employees Non-exempt and Entitled to Overtime Pay. more |
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| 10/08/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 8, 2001 |
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| EEOC Chair Urges Workplace Tolerance In Face Of Terrorist Attacks/Employee Nurse Better Off As A Patient/ more |
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| 10/01/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - October 1, 2001 |
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| Plaintiff's Prior Work As A Call Girl Held Inadmissible Evidence/Journalist's Limitations in Typing and Writing are not Limiting Under ADA, but May Be Under FEHA/ more |
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| 9/24/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 24, 2001 |
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| Court Enforces San Francisco Ordinance Requiring Airlines To Provide Equal Benefits To Domestic Partners. more |
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| 9/17/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 17, 2001 |
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| Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Military Leave Policies for Employees. more |
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| 9/10/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - September 10, 2001 |
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| Employers Cannot Transfer A Whistleblower To Prevent Conflicts With Other Workers. more |
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| 8/27/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 27, 2001 |
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| Continuing Violations Extend Limits Of California Discrimination Law/College Athletic Trainer's Lawsuit May be a Slam Dunk/ more |
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| 8/20/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 20, 2001 |
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| Court Does Not Find Hostile Work Environment at New York Metropolitan Opera. more |
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| 8/13/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 13, 2001 |
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| An Employer Must Specify The Manner In Which It Calculates Family Leave/Employers Can Limit Time Employees Have To Bring Suits After Leaving Company/ more |
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| 8/6/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - August 6, 2001 |
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| Supervisor Held Individually Liable for Negative Evaluation/Silicon Valley Clean Rooms Not Safe Rooms/ more |
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| 7/30/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 30, 2001 |
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| Accommodating of Disabled Does Not Require Displacing Other Workers/Teasing Employee for Effeminacy May Constitute Sex Harassment/ more |
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| 7/23/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 23, 2001 |
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| Employers Must Be Creative When Accommodating Disabled Employees/Misclassifying Employees Under Wage and Hour Laws Proves Costly/ more |
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| 7/16/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 16, 2001 |
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| Male-On-Male Sexual Harassment Claims On The Rise/California State Legislature Hears "Drag Queen Bill"/ more |
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| 7/2/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - July 2, 2001 |
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| Miles Locker Apparently Demoted/Even If Thou Shalt Attend, Thou Needn't Listen/ more |
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| 6/25/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 25, 2001 |
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| California Labor Commissioner Withdraws DLSE Opinion Letter On Work Furloughs. more |
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| 6/18/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 18, 2001 |
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| Miles Locker, Chief Legal Counsel for the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement delivered a speech on June 13 in San Francisco. more |
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| 6/11/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 11, 2001 |
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| Furlough Exempt Employees at Your Peril/Seventh Circuit Holds Companies Not Required To Keep Every Single Piece Of Scrap Paper Used In Planning A RIF/ more |
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| 6/4/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - June 4, 2001 |
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| Free Speech Trumps Union's Right of Privacy/Firing Employee Who Reported Employer to the INS is a Wrongful Discharge/ more |
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| 5/28/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 28, 2001 |
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| New Employees Not Entitled to FMLA Leave by Virtue of Employer Inaction/The Flu may be Covered by the FMLA/ more |
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| 5/21/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 21, 2001 |
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| Not So Fast: California Supreme Court To Review Cases/Failure to Document Harassment Policy Leads to Trial on Effectiveness of Policy/ more |
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| 5/14/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 14, 2001 |
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| Make My Day - Clint Eastwood Wins What May Be Final Round in ADA Case/Bankruptcies Complicate Employee Claims/ more |
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| 5/7/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - May 7, 2001 |
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| EEOC Says No to Genetic Testing/Fired For Refusal to Sign, Not Because of Discrimination/ more |
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| 4/30/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 30, 2001 |
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| Isolated Sexual Remark Not Necessarily Harassment/Wal-Mart Managers Can Go Braless/ more |
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| 4/23/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 23, 2001 |
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| Detailed Documentation Is Critical In Workforce Reductions. more |
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| 4/16/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 16, 2001 |
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| Are Companies Still Strictly Liable For Supervisor Harassment?/Written At-Will Overrides Verbal Promises. more |
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| 4/9/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 9, 2001 |
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| Chef Gets Her Day in Court Over Remark that Cooking is "A Man's Job"/Court Ruling is A Victory for Contract Worker/ more |
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| 4/2/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - April 2, 2001 |
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| Valid Non-Competition Agreements From Other States Are Not Enforceable In California. more |
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| 3/26/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 26, 2001 |
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| Supreme Court Applies Federal Arbitration Act To Employment Agreements/Spanish-Speaking Workers Not Bound By English Arbitration Accord/ more |
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| 3/19/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 19, 2001 |
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| Courts Less Likely To Halt Picketing Activities Under New Law/Whether Effeminate Or Masculine, The Law Provides Protection/ more |
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| 3/12/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 12, 2001 |
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| Out With The Old, And In With "Garbage" At The EEOC?/Congress Repeals Clinton Labor Regulations/ more |
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| 3/5/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - March 5, 2001 |
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| California Law Allows Consideration Of Age In Determination Of Benefits/Courts To Employee: Complain Before Filing Court Complaint/ more |
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| 2/26/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 26, 2001 |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Blocks ADA Claims By State Employees/Titles Without Substance May Subject Employers To Overtime Law Penalties/ more |
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| 2/19/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 19, 2001 |
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| Failures In Sexual Harassment Reporting Process Render Employee Liable/Out-Of-State Employers Should Be Wary Of Insisting On Non-Competes/ more |
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| 2/12/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 12, 2001 |
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| Determining Employee Pay During Rolling Blackouts/Labor Department Sues Contractor For Failure To Respond To EO Survey/ more |
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| 2/5/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - February 5, 2001 |
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| California Court Strikes Down Shareholder Non-Compete Clause Where Good Will Was Not Clear Component of Stock Sale Price. more |
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| 1/29/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 29, 2001 |
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| Rainbow Coalition sends Minority Employment Survey to Silicon Valley Employers/Employer's Unauthorized Access of Employee's Private Website was Invasion of Privacy/ more |
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| 1/22/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 22, 2001 |
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| Labor Survey Reports on Impact of FMLA/Number of Mass Layoffs Surge During Final Month of 2000/ more |
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| 1/16/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 16, 2001 |
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| EEOC Issues New Internal ADA Guidelines Regarding Temporary Help Agencies and Their Clients. more |
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| 1/8/2001 |
Weekly Employment Brief - January 8, 2001 |
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| Microsoft Settles Temp Class Action Suits/Continued Increase In Suits Over Stock Options/ more |
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