by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 15, 2005
An institution in Pasadena California, the Huntington Memorial Hospital, founded in 1892, recently discovered that it had to bring its overtime practices into the 21st Century. The Case: Huntington Memorial Hosptial v. Irene Mutuc (Aug. 2, 2005).The Facts: The...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 14, 2005
Things are shaking at the CA Supreme Court in 2005 concerning workplace rights. Miller v. Dept. of Corrections concerned a Warden who handed out favors to those of his staff who slept with him, but ignored or deprived those who did not when it came time for promotion...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Aug 13, 2005
Are you Hot? Well, maybe not “Hot” enough! The California Supreme Court doesn’t have the hots for the babes. In fact, the Court was decidedly cool to an employer whose supervisor directed a subordinate to fire an older female worker who wasn’t the supervisor’s...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | Jun 29, 2005
DAMAGES V. LIABILITYUnder California law, the FEHA (Fair Employment and Housing Act) makes an employer strictly liable for compensable harm caused by hostile environment harassment of an employee by his/her supervisor. While the employer may face strict liability,...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | May 18, 2005
WHAT IS THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT? On July 29, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) following political outrage at recent corporate accounting scandals (Enron, Worldcom) that caused billions of dollars of loss to its shareholders. SOX...
by EMPLOYEE RIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY | May 17, 2005
What kind of religious rights do employees of private employers have in the workplace? Private employers must accommodate reasonable religious expression in the workplace, but they must also protect against discrimination or harassment.Some individuals, including...
