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- Court rulings on disability discrimination cases, sexual harassment reporting.(BUSINESS LAW)
- Employers are getting a break in disability discrimination cases. The California Supreme Court has ruled that it's up to employees to show they are qualified for the job when they file lawsuits claiming they were fired or demoted because of their disabilities. Companies don't have to...
- Research articles 2007-09-05
- Harassment.(Brief article)
- Harassment. The California Supreme Court has ruled that vulgar language used in the workplace is sometimes acceptable. The court dismissed a case by a former assistant on the Friends television show. The assistant claimed that she was the target of harassment during script sessions and that...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- California Supreme Court broadens sexual harassment
- On July 18, 2005, the California Supreme Court ruled that favoritism in the workplace might constitute unlawful sexual harassment in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, otherwise known as FEHA. Two former employees of the Valley State Prison for Women, Edna Miller and Frances Mackey, filed a...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- California Supreme Court decision opens new avenue for sexual harassment lawsuits.(News)
- Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SAN FRANCISCO-Employers in California face new employment practices liabilities arising from sexual affair-linked favoritism by managers, following a ruling by the state's Supreme Court last week. In a unanimous decision, California's high court ruled that employees can sue...
- Research articles 2005-07-25
- State Supreme Court Limits Sexual Harassment Cases.(Brief Article)
- The California Supreme Court ruled that employees could sue their employers but not their co-workers for sexual harassment. The decision upholds a 4th District Court of Appeals ruling that reversed a legal trend allowing co-workers to sue each other under the California Fair Employment & Housing...
- Research articles 2000-02-01
- California Supreme Court Provides New "Defense" for Sexual Harassment Claims.
- In late November, the California Supreme Court delivered a near unanimous decision written by Justice Kennard with Justice Moreno in concurrence in the case of State Department of Health Services v. Superior Court, 31 Cal. 4th 1026 (2003), confirming st In late November, the California...
- Research articles 2004-01-13
- California Supreme Court Rejects Federal Defense To Harassment Claims
- This article says that an employer may avoid liability for harassment that does not involve an adverse employment action (e.g., termination or demotion) if the employer can demonstrate: (1) it took reasonable steps to prevent and promptly correct sexual harassment in the workplace, and (2) the aggrieved employee unreasonably failed...
- White papers 2004-01-07
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