Tag: Los Angeles
Discrimination: Huge Verdict for LA Firefighter
A jury in Los Angeles has returned a $6.2 million verdict to Brenda Lee, a former Los Angeles firefighter who claimed she was the victim of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation because she is African American and a lesbian. The award included $3.5 million in back and future wages and benefits, plus $2.5 million for emotional […]
Can an Employer Change Paydays?
From the Experts: Defending Wage and Hour Class Actions, Part 1; What Employers Should Know About the Class Action Process
What Do You Have to Do with an IRS Lock-In Letter?
Employer Cash Incentives For Hybrids Are Taxable Compensation
Employment Contracts: California High Court Says “At-Will” Means What It Says
In a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court has rejected an employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit, ruling that at-will language in the employee’s job offer confirmation letter unambiguously meant he could be fired without cause.
Day Laborer Wage Concerns Highlighted In New Study
Forty-nine percent of day laborers polled for a new study said that an employer denied wages for work they completed in the previous two months. In the study, “On the Corner: Day Labor in the United States,” 48 percent of day laborers said that an employer underpaid them during the same time period; 44 percent […]
Clothier Enters $2 Million Overtime Settlement
EEOC to Pay Big for Frivolous Pregnancy Bias Suit
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay a hefty $1,022,653 in attorney’s fees and expenses to a Pasadena law firm that the EEOC unsuccessfully sued last year for pregnancy bias and sexual harassment. In issuing the order, the judge stated that the EEOC’s lawsuit “was unreasonable, […]