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Rope v. Auto-Chlor System of Washington Inc.
Employer cannot duck former manager’s disability discrimination lawsuit when it fired him to avoid giving him paid leave to donate kidney to his sister. 		Employment Law Oct. 17, 2013
Benton v. Telecom Network Specialists Inc.
Telecommunications company must face class action filed by its technicians based on alleged failure to adopt policy regarding meal and rest breaks. 		Employment Law Oct. 17, 2013
Mendez v. Mid-Wilshire Health Care Center
Health care center may not force its former nurse’s assistant to arbitrate her discrimination claims against it by invoking union’s collective bargaining agreement. 		Employment Law Oct. 16, 2013
Davis v. Kiewit Pacific Co.
Female employee may continue to demand additional damages from her employer based on inadequate portable toilets for women at her job site. 		Employment Law Oct. 9, 2013
Peng v. First Republic Bank
Former assistant manager must arbitrate her discrimination case against bank based on agreement that was not oppressive, surprising or one-sided. 		Employment Law Oct. 3, 2013
Abdullah v. U.S. Security Associates Inc.
Security guard company must continue to confront class allegations that its policy of requiring guards to work through lunch violated California labor law. 		Employment Law Sep. 30, 2013
American Corporate Security Inc. v. Su
Employer may not fight California Labor Commissioner’s order against it by filing suit, when she already sought to enforce her order. 		Employment Law Sep. 30, 2013
Peng v. First Republic Bank
Former assistant manager must arbitrate her discrimination case against bank based on agreement that was not oppressive, surprising or one-sided. 		Employment Law Sep. 27, 2013
Independent Training and Apprenticeship Program v. California Dept. of Industrial Relations
Contractors may not employ apprentices to work on public works projects in California because those projects were not for federal purposes. 		Employment Law Sep. 19, 2013
Natkin v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
Contract attorney may not deduct expenses in setting up his own business from amount he earned within a week when asking for unemployment benefits. 		Employment Law Sep. 19, 2013
Cho v. Chang
Former employee, who claimed she was sexually harassed, may not be sued by coworker for harming his reputation through sexual harassment allegations. 		Employment Law Sep. 9, 2013
Alamo v. Practice Management Information Corp.
Female employee, who alleged she was fired because she took maternity leave, must retry case against former employer because jury was given incorrect instructions. 		Employment Law Sep. 6, 2013
Wang v. Chinese Daily News Inc.
District court must reconsider class certification in wage-and-hour action against newspaper in light of U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘Wal-Mart’ decision. 		Employment Law Sep. 4, 2013
Carter v. Entercom Sacramento LLC
Radio station is not required to pay fees and costs incurred by employee in defending against lawsuits related to station's deadly water-drinking contest. 		Employment Law Sep. 4, 2013
Bain v. Tax Reducers Inc.
Accountant who resigned from employment after new employer tried to reclassify him as independent contractor is not entitled to liquidated damages. 		Employment Law Aug. 29, 2013
MacDonald v. State of California
State employee, who was fired after reporting supervisor's illegal smoking in government office, must exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit. 		Employment Law Aug. 28, 2013
Richards v. Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young may arbitrate former employee’s state wage and hour claims despite its initial delay in moving to compel arbitration. 		Employment Law Aug. 22, 2013
California Science Center v. State Personnel Board (Arellanes)
Employee loses his job because he lied about the true nature of his firing from Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. in employment application. 		Employment Law Aug. 18, 2013
Urbino v. Orkin Services of California Inc.
Federal court may not decide action under Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 because employers combined penalties to invoke federal jurisdiction. 		Employment Law Aug. 14, 2013
Wade v. Ports America Management Corp.
Employee may not sue for wrongful termination under FEHA because prior labor arbitration pursuant to collective bargaining agreement encompassed his claim. 		Employment Law Aug. 5, 2013
Tibble v. Edison International
Employees’ lawsuit asserting pension plan was managed imprudently fails because they did not sue within six years of decision to include new investments in plan. 		Employment Law Aug. 2, 2013
Reilly v. Inquest Technology Inc.
Technology company that hired sales representative to solicit business for it must provide written contract to representative regarding commissions and payment. 		Employment Law Aug. 2, 2013
Chisom v. Board of Retirement of County of Fresno Employees’ Retirement Association
County is not bound to enhanced benefit calculation for disability retirement beneficiaries because settlement agreement did not provide for enhanced formula. 		Employment Law Aug. 1, 2013
Estrada v. City of Los Angeles
Former LAPD volunteer police reserve officer may not sue City of Los Angeles for disability discrimination under Fair Employment and Housing Act. 		Employment Law Jul. 25, 2013
Williams v. Chino Valley Independent Fire District
In employment discrimination case, prevailing defendant may recover ordinary litigation costs even if plaintiff’s lawsuit was not frivolous, groundless, or unreasonable. 		Employment Law Jul. 24, 2013
Avery v. Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc.
Employees may arbitrate class claims against employer where employer revised policy to waive such claims after action had already been filed. 		Employment Law Jul. 24, 2013
Acuna v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Employee may pursue wrongful termination claim against former employer because it was filed within one year of administrative agency’s right-to-sue notice. 		Employment Law Jul. 19, 2013
Beaumont-Jacques v. Farmers Group Inc.
Plaintiff who worked for insurance groups as district manager, recruiting and recommending new agents, was independent contractor, not employee. 		Employment Law Jul. 12, 2013
Leos v. Darden Restaurants Inc.
Although former employees were forced to sign arbitration agreements, arbitration provision is still enforceable because it is not overly harsh or one-sided. 		Employment Law Jun. 24, 2013
Do v. Regents of the University of California
University of California may terminate employee for threatening violence after he explained during disciplinary meeting that he almost hit his supervisor. 		Employment Law Jun. 11, 2013
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