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Under California law, employees are protected not only from harassment by coworkers or supervisors, but also from harassment by individuals who do not work for the employer, such as customers, clients, patients, students, vendors, or visitors. The California Fair...
On September 8, 2025, the California Court of Appeal (Fifth District) issued its decision in Kruitbosch v. Bakersfield Recovery Services, Inc., 2025 WL 2600238, defining the boundaries of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (the “FEHA”) liability for off-duty...
Lawsuit Alleges that Davis Joint Unified School District Failed to Prevent Harassment by Students September 29, 2025 (Yolo County, California): On September 29, 2025, Plaintiff Dino Clark (“PLAINTIFF”) filed a Complaint for Damages in Yolo County Superior Court...
A recent study demonstrates that sexual harassment is widespread in the restaurant industry, especially for restaurant workers who rely on tips (or “tipped workers”). For instance, according to “The Tipping Point: How the Subminimum Wage Keeps Incomes Low and...
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...
Chipotle "will pay $95,000 and make substantial changes to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)." According to the EEOC, Austin Melton, a San Jose, California Chipotle store manager who was...
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...
A former employee of Juul Labs -- an electronic cigarette company headquartered in San Francisco -- has filed a lawsuit alleging that Juul Labs retaliated against her after she reported sexual harassment. Specifically, the former employee Carrie Chuang alleges that...
In a recently filed lawsuit, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the "EEOC") charged that Sprint-authorized retailer Elite Wireless Group, Inc. "violated federal law when the retailer failed to address a male store manager who sexually assaulted a young...
Originally Published on August 28, 2020; Revised on February 10, 2021 n the California Court of Appeal decision, Galvan v. Dameron Hospital Association (2019) 37 Cal.App.5th 549, the Court of Appeal discusses the types of workplace statements (by a supervisor) that...