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California Employer Waives Arbitration by Paying Fees Late Google Hit With Gender Discrimination Verdict Recent Jury Verdict Highlights Importance of Standing Up to Workplace Discrimination and Harassment California Sexual Harassment Suit Denied Due to Personal Relationship Outside Work California Court Finds Employment Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable United Airlines Age Discrimination Verdict Upheld California Labor Code Prohibits Inducing Workers to Relocate to CA With Misrepresentations No More Forced Arbitration in Sexual Harassment Claims Multimillion Dollar Employment Discrimination Verdict Against Tesla Activision Sued for Hostile Work Environment California May Crack Down on Harsh Working Conditions in Amazon Warehouses California Supreme Court Rules on Failure to Promote Employee Statute of Limitations California Supreme Court Rules on Calculation of Pay for Non-Compliant Meal Breaks and Rest Breaks in Bartender's Wage Claim Amazon.com Hit With Multiple Lawsuits for Workplace Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation California Rules on Exhaustion of Remedies Requirement to File Wrongful Termination of Employment Claim Discrimination in Employment and Punitive Damages Award Upheld by California Court Reasonable Accommodation Employment Disability Claim Limited by California Court Are You Entitled to an Award of Attorney's Fees in a California Wage Claim? California Employers not Allowed to Retaliate or Discrminate Based Upon Criminal Conviction of Employee Claim by Employee Fired After Sexual Harassment Allowed to Proceed California Employment Jury Verdict Upheld but Punitive Damages Reduced CA Court Allows Claim to Proceed Under Private Attorney General's Act (PAGA) CA Court Rules Participation in a Work Program Doesn't Make You an Employee Under the FEHA Court Rules on Applicability of California Wage Laws to Flight Attendants What Rights Do You Have if You Get Let Go From Your Job After 50 Years Old? California Expands Paid Medical Leave for Employees California Wrongful Termination Verdict Related to Medical Leave Los Angeles Employee Disability Discrimination Verdict Los Angeles Jury Awards Employee $1.6 Million for Racial and Sexual Harassment Los Angeles Jury Finds Mental Disability Discrimination by Employer Sex Scandal Leads to Wrongful Termination Verdict in Los Angeles U.S. Supreme Court Decision Supports Worker Rights California Law on Maternity Leave May Be Expanding CA Appeals Court Refuses to Compel Arbitration in Employment Wage Claim CA Court of Appeals Rules on Wrongful Termination and Defamation Verdict Judgment Court Rules on Wage and Hour Claim by CA Farm Laborers California Age Discrimination Lawsuit Ruling Dismissed for Lack of Factual Support Non-Exempt Employee Entitled to Overtime, Penalties and Attorney's Fees According to CA Court California Employee Fails to Show Enough Evidence He Was Fired for Taking Medical Leave CA Supreme Court Rules on Meal and Rest Breaks for Employees California Wrongful Termination Verdict Against Rite Aid Goes Through Appeals and Retrials and is Ultimately Upheld Verdict for California Employee Who Complained About Unpaid Overtime and Got Fired Upheld CA Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate Case Reinstated Summary Judgment Granted in CA Employment Discrimination Case Alaska Airlines Didn't Provide Accurate Wage Statements to Employees California Employees Not Required to Litigate Out-of-State Employer Denied Discovery of Employee's Immigration Status in Wrongful Termination Claim Attorney Fees Award Upheld to California Server Not Provided Rest Breaks Workers Comp Board Decision Not Res Judicata on California Employment Claim Illegal to Fire Employee for Marijuana Use Outside Workplace in California California Whistleblower Gets Significant Punitive Damages Award Action for Unpaid Wages Entitled to Attorney's Fees
