California Labor & Employment Law Blog
Discussion of employment law, legal issues and case decisions of interest to practitioners.
Author: Carlton, DiSante & Freudenberger is a Los Angeles law firm.
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Recent Posts from California Labor & Employment Law Blog
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California Supreme Court Clarifies Procedures for Representative Actions Under UCL and PAGA
By Robin E. Weideman In two companion cases decided today, the California Supreme Court provided clarification on whether cases brought as “representative” actions under California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)…
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CDF Announces Upcoming HR Roundtable Topics for 2009
The following are the planned topics for the remainder of 2009 for our complimentary Human Resources Roundtable discussions hosted on the third Tuesday of each month in each of our five California offices: July 21 Limiting…
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Supreme Court Clarifies Burden Of Proof In Age Discrimination Cases
By Cindy Caplan and Jing Li On June 18, 2009, in a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff bringing an age discrimination case under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967…
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CDF LLP Welcomes Clerks from Minority and Diversity Fellowship Programs
Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger LLP is very pleased to welcome their 2009 Diversity Fellowship summer clerks. In Northern California, Charles H. Wonpu has joined the firm's Sacramento office through the Sacramento County Bar Association's Minority…
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Settlement Bars Appeal of Order Denying Certification of FLSA Collective Action
By Cindy Caplan and Jing Li In Smith v. T-Mobile USA, the Ninth Circuit held that an appeal of a district court’s denial of conditional certification of an FLSA collective action is moot where the…
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Proof of Intentional Disability Discrimination Unnecessary Under Unruh Act
By Candice Boyd In Munson v. Del Taco, Inc., the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a plaintiff who seeks damages under California Civil Code Section 52 (Civ. Code sec. 52), claiming the denial of…
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FLSA Opt-in Actions Not to Be Confused With Opt-out Class Actions
By Cindy Caplan and Jing Li On June 9, 2009 the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District clarified the differences between a FLSA opt-in action and an opt-out class action, holding that actions…
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What is the Latest With the EFCA?
By Mark S. Spring With a variety of Democrats publically coming out over the last two months and stating that they will not support the current version of the Employee Free Choice Act (which includes…
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Mandatory Use of E-Verify For Federal Contractors Delayed
By Cindy Caplan The implementation of regulations requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to use E-Verify has been delayed again until September 8, 2009 so that the Obama administration can review the proposed rules. E-Verify is a free, internet-based…
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Public Agencies Exempt From Most California Labor Code Provisions
By Alison Tsao The Fifth Appellate District recently confirmed that unless a statute specifically provides otherwise, public agencies are exempt from wage and hour provisions of California’s Labor Code. In Johnson v. Arvin-Edison Water Storage…