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Originally Published on August 20, 2020; Revised on August 7, 2021 In Swanson v. Morongo Unified School District, 232 Cal.App.4th 954 (2014), Lauralyn Swanson (“Swanson”), a teacher, sued the Morongo Unified School District (the “District”) alleging that the District:...
Fidelity Home Energy, Inc. -- which is a San Leandro-based solar and home energy company -- and its successor NorCal Home Systems, Inc. will pay $350,000 to a former employee to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the the U.S. Equal Employment...
Plaintiff Lester Young ("Young") filed a religious discrimination complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (the "Department") against his former employer Gemini Aluminum Corporation ("Gemini"). Among other things, the Fair Employment and Housing...
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, "[a] recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that mistreatment — categorized as discrimination, verbal or physical abuse and sexual harassment — may contribute to burnout and suicidal thoughts in surgical...
Tulare County-based Tucoemas Federal Credit Union ("Tucoemas") has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit. The EEOC alleges that Tucoemas "failed to hire three qualified internal female applicants over the age of 50 and...
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (the “FEHA”) makes certain employment practices unlawful, including discrimination and harassment of employees by employers. Currently, under California law, if an employee wants to file a lawsuit against his current or...
According to Bloomberg Law, "[t]he Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleges that Oracle owes women, Asian, and black employees $400 million after paying them less than their male, white counterparts, and placing them in lower-paying...
According to The Business Journals, a 79 year-old former flight attendant has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against Delta Airlines ("Delta"), alleging age discrimination. Ida Gomez Llanos began working as a flight attendant for Delta in 1962 and was terminated in...
In Glynn v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 42 Cal.App.5th 47 (2019), the California Court of Appeal held that even an employer's good faith mistakes may constitute evidence of disability discrimination under California law. A summary of the salient facts of...
Andrea Ivan, a former administrative assistant with the law firm DLA Piper LLP (“DLA Piper”), has filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ivan, who is 65 years old, worked at the Palo Alto office of DLA Piper. Among other things, Ivan alleges...