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State Employment Law Articles
Report Link How Does California’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision Impact Employers?Ford & Harrison LLP - July 07, 2008 As most affected employers are aware, California recently became the second state (after Massachusetts) to recognize same-sex marriages. In In re Marriage Cases, the California Supreme Court held that denying same-sex couples the right to marry violates the California Constitution’s equal protection clause and is a form of unconstitutional discrimination based on sexual orientation. The law also invalidated California’s Proposition 22, which provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California. Report Link Challenges in Implementing California Court's Decision Granting Same-Sex Couples Right to Marry.Jackson Lewis LLP - May 22, 2008 One aspect of the recent landmark California Supreme Court decision granting same-sex couples the right to marry that has received little attention from legal experts thus far has been its impact upon employers and their employment policies. In re Marriage Cases, No. S147999 (Cal. May 5, 2008). Absent a stay of the decision pending a possible ballot initiative to amend the state Constitution in November 2008, employers probably can expect newly married same-sex couples to seek treatment equal to that accorded their heterosexual co-workers, including spousal benefits, when the decision takes effect. It does so on June 14, 2008, thirty days after it was issued. Unless a stay is issued, employers should not await the outcome of a possible ballot initiative before complying with the decision’s requirements, since doing so would risk sexual orientation discrimination claims. We address below some of the more common inquiries employers should expect once same-sex couples marry. Report Link California Supreme Court Opens the Door on Same-Sex Marriage.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - May 22, 2008 In a landmark decision, the California Supreme Court held that the state's Constitution guarantees the right to marry to same-sex couples as well as to couples of the opposite sex. As domestic partners already enjoy broad rights under a patchwork of recently enacted state domestic partner laws, the primary consequence of the California Supreme Court's decision for employers is to bring same-sex couples within the sweep of pre-existing policies providing benefits to married couples. The following is an update for employers on the current status of the law. Report Link California Expands List of Prohibited Workplace Conduct.Jackson Lewis LLP - September 12, 2003 A recent amendment to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act has expanded the definition of "sex" to include the term "gender" in the prohibitions against workplace discrimination and harassment.
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