Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 292 this week, amending the Fair Employment and Housing Act to allow an employee claiming sexual harassment to prevail without having to show that the allegedly harassing conduct was...more
Employee Must Prove That Illegal Retaliation Was The "But For" Cause Of Adverse Job Action Under Title VII -
University of Tex. S.W. Med. Ctr. v. Nassar, 570 U.S. ___, 2013 WL 3155234 (2013) -
The United States...more
7/12/2013
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But For Causation ,
CAFA ,
Class Action ,
Discrimination ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
SEIU ,
Settlement ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Supervisors ,
Title VII ,
Unions ,
UT Southwestern Medical v Nassar ,
Vance v. Ball State University
Kenneth Hatai sued his employer (CalTrans) and his supervisor (Sameer Haddadeen), alleging discrimination based on his Japanese ancestry and the fact that he was not of Arab ancestry like Haddadeen. The case was tried to a...more
5/10/2013
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Coerced Patronage ,
Collective Actions ,
Discrimination ,
Enforcement ,
Forum ,
Genesis HealthCare ,
Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk ,
Mental Illness ,
Mootness ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Suicide ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Unpaid Wages
Lisa Aber sued her employer and two co-employees (Michael Comstock, Aber’s supervisor, and James Cioppa) for sexual harassment and sexual battery, among other things. Comstock filed a cross-complaint against Aber in which he...more