What's New - Rediger Labor Law

13 Apr Requiring an Employee to Verify His Immigration Status as a Condition to Reinstate His Employment Would Violate California Public Policy

Posted at 13:42h in Employment Law

By Susana P. Solano
In Santillan v. USA Waste, Inc. (“USA Waste”), a 53-year old garbage truck driver sued his employer of 32 years for age discrimination and retaliation. Santillan had an exemplary employment record. He was rarely disciplined during his first 30 years at...

08 Mar California Supreme Court Rules that an Allegation that the Winning Bidder on Public Works Contract Failed to Pay the Appropriate Prevailing Wage is Insufficient to Support the Second Place Bidders’ Cause of Action for Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage

Posted at 08:00h in Employment Law

by Jarred S. Lieber, Esq.
To prove the tort of intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, a plaintiff must establish “the existence of an economic relationship with some third party that contains the probability of future economic benefit to the plaintiff.” In Roy Allan...

07 Mar Will Trump’s Administration Affect California’s Law Protecting Transgender People against Discrimination in Employment?

Posted at 08:00h in Employment Law

by Susana P. Solano, Esq.
During Obama’s presidency, many federal agencies, including the EEOC and OSHA, promulgated rules and guidance affording increased protections for transgender employees. It is yet to be seen whether the EEOC will continue to pursue the expansion of Title VII to...

06 Mar Employee Alleging Retaliation Must Present Evidence of Pretext Once the Employer Establishes a Legitimate Reason for Termination

Posted at 14:16h in Employment Law

by Susana P. Solano, Esq.
In Lemke v. Sutter Roseville Medical Center, the plaintiff nurse was terminated due to her failure to properly document a patient’s medications and condition, monitor the condition, and refusal to assist in reviving the patient. Approximately two months prior to...

02 Mar Employers Will Soon be Required to Provide Notice to Employees of Their Employment Rights in the Event They are Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking

Posted at 11:32h in Employment Law

by Jarred S. Lieber, Esq.
Assembly Bill 2337 will require employers with 25 or more employees to inform employees of their right to take leave if they are the victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and of their right to be reinstated and...

01 Mar Employer’s Attempt to Send Potential Class Action Lawsuit to Arbitration under CBA Rejected, but Court Gives Employers a Glimmer of Hope for the Future

Posted at 15:07h in Labor Law

by Candice K. Rediger, Esq.
May an employer force an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) to arbitrate their wage and hour claims instead of suing in court? Maybe, answered one California Court of Appeal in Vasserman v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Employers...

22 Feb “All Gender” Bathroom Bill to Take Effect March 1, 2017

Posted at 09:42h in Employment Law

by Jarred S. Lieber, Esq.
Beginning on March 1, 2017 all business establishments, places of public accommodation, and government agencies with single-user toilet facilities must identify them as “all-gender” as opposed to the traditional “men” and “women.” The law does not affect multiple-stall restrooms and...

17 Feb Two Bills Expand the Equal Pay Act

Posted at 08:00h in Employment Law

by Jarred S. Lieber, Esq.
Senate Bill 1063 expands the Equal Pay Act by prohibiting an employer from paying any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of another race or ethnicity for substantially similar work when viewed as...

What’s New

13 Apr Requiring an Employee to Verify His Immigration Status as a Condition to Reinstate His Employment Would Violate California Public Policy

08 Mar California Supreme Court Rules that an Allegation that the Winning Bidder on Public Works Contract Failed to Pay the Appropriate Prevailing Wage is Insufficient to Support the Second Place Bidders’ Cause of Action for Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage

07 Mar Will Trump’s Administration Affect California’s Law Protecting Transgender People against Discrimination in Employment?

06 Mar Employee Alleging Retaliation Must Present Evidence of Pretext Once the Employer Establishes a Legitimate Reason for Termination

02 Mar Employers Will Soon be Required to Provide Notice to Employees of Their Employment Rights in the Event They are Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking

01 Mar Employer’s Attempt to Send Potential Class Action Lawsuit to Arbitration under CBA Rejected, but Court Gives Employers a Glimmer of Hope for the Future

22 Feb “All Gender” Bathroom Bill to Take Effect March 1, 2017

17 Feb Two Bills Expand the Equal Pay Act