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Report Link PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT LAW.Shaw Valenza LLP - September 24, 2009 California law authorizes punitive damages to punish and discourage “oppression, fraud, or malice.” Courts have explained that punitive damages are “an expression of moral condemnation” for conduct done with “willful and conscious disregard of the rights or safety of others” or “despicable” conduct. Report Link Employee Who Is Unavailable Due To Disability Unrelated To Work Cannot Recover Back Pay For Period Of Wrongful Demotion (scroll down).Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - August 01, 2007 In Davis v. Los Angeles Unified School District Personnel Commission, the California Court of Appeal held that an employee cannot recover back pay during the period when he or she is unable to work due to a non-industrial disability. The court also held that the employee is not entitled to reinstatement until he or she can perform the functions of the job. Report Link California Supreme Court Denies Review of Significant Punitive Damages Decision.Ford & Harrison LLP - June 19, 2006 The California Supreme Court has refused to review the decision of an appellate court, which is the first reported employment law case in California (often known as the land of exorbitant and runaway jury verdicts) to address the proper ratio of punitive to compensatory damages.
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December 1, 2009 Shaw ValenzaMonthly Webinar: Preventing Workplace Harassment (California and National)Webinar
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December 8, 2009 Baker HostetlerPREVENTING HARASSMENT AND OTHER EEO ISSUES AT WORK: IT’S ALL ABOUT RESPECT (AB 1825 COMPLIANCE)Sacramento
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