Summary of Program

Exposure to retaliation claims in the workplace today is like exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace in the 1960s – It’s everywhere but few people understand the danger. The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this very important training session that will help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers understand the ins-and-outs of retaliation, whistleblowing, and wrongful termination claims.

Date:         November 14, 2013

Time:        9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Location:  Weintraub Tobin, 400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento, CA

For more information and to register for this seminar, please click here.

 

By:  James L. Brannen

Currently, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) protects the right of persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination on account of various classes including, “race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, or sexual orientation.”

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Summary of Program

Exposure to retaliation claims in the workplace today is like exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace in the 1960s – It’s everywhere but few people understand the danger.  The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this very important training session that will help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers understand the ins-and-outs of retaliation, whistleblowing, and wrongful termination claims.

Date:         November 14, 2013

Time:        9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Location:  Weintraub Tobin, 400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento, CA

For more information and to register for this seminar, please click here.

This year, lawmakers and their plaintiff’s bar buddies asked Governor Jerry Brown to recast awards in so-called mixed-motive discrimination cases. Brown vetoed Senate Bill 655, leaving in place the State’s high court ruling in Harris v. City of Santa Monica in February 2013. In that 6-0 decision, Brown’s appointee Liu said a workplace firing based both on discrimination and legitimate reasons can trigger attorney fees and declaratory or injunctive relief for a plaintiff but not damages, back pay or reinstatement.

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