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age discrimination

Did Termination of Financial Administrator Violate the FEHA?

By Michael Futterman, Partner, Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP Mar 20, 2018 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 20, 2018

A semiconductor company hired a 33-year-old accounting manager not long before it terminated its 59-year-old financial administrator as part of a reduction in force (RIF). The administrator sued, claiming unlawful age discrimination. The trial court granted the company’s motion for summary judgment (dismissal without a trial). In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeal affirmed.

Discipline for off-duty cocaine use justified in safety-sensitive workplace

By Rosalind Cooper Jun 25, 2017 Northern Exposure

Updated: Jun 25, 2017

by Rosalind H. Cooper A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corp., 2017 SCC 30, has confirmed that employers have the ability to take disciplinary action against employees for drug and alcohol use in safety-sensitive workplaces. The worker in this case was employed in a mine where […]