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State Employment Law Articles
Report Link CA Supreme Court Holds Vulgar Language Insufficient To Support Hostile Work Environment (pdf).Ogletree Deakins - April 28, 2006 The California Supreme Court held that sexually coarse and vulgar language used
regularly in the writers' room of a popular television situation comedy did not create a hostile work
environment under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Lyle v. Warner Brothers Television Prods., ___ Cal.4th ___ (April 20, 2006). Report Link "Sexual Favoritism" - A 2005 California Supreme Court Ruling May Wake Up Employers But Doesn't Break New Ground (pdf).Hogan & Hartson LLP - December 01, 2005 This update discusses an employer's potential liability for sexual harassment resulting from a supervisor's preferential workplace treatment of his paramours, and whether the concept of sexual favoritism constitutes a new trend in employment litigation. Report Link Workplace Romance Presents Liability Risk For California Employers (pdf).Ogletree Deakins - August 10, 2005 The California Supreme Court recently
issued an eagerly-anticipated
decision pertaining to sexual harassment
claims brought under California’s
Fair Employment and Housing Act
(FEHA). The justices held that widespread
sexual favoritism in the workplace
may create a hostile worker environment
that demeans other employees. Report Link Workplace Romance May Create Hostile Work Environment for Unaffected Employees.Jackson Lewis LLP - July 26, 2005 California's Supreme Court has unanimously decided that favoritism shown an employee in a romantic relationship with a supervisor may, if sufficiently widespread, create an actionable hostile work environment resulting in unlawful harassment of other employees. The court found the basis for potential sexual harassment liability even when no objectionable conduct is directed at the other employees. Report Link Employers Face Greater Risk from Workplace Romance: California Supreme Court Rules That Office Affairs May Give Rise to Sexual Favoritism Claims.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - July 25, 2005 Employees in California may now sue their employers for sexual harassment if a sexual affair between a supervisor and a subordinate results in “sexual favoritism” creating a hostile work environment for those employees not involved in the affair. A unanimous California Supreme Court in Miller v. Department of Corrections held that consensual sexual affairs may constitute sexual harassment if “sexual favoritism” – giving preference with regard to the terms of employment to a lover to the detriment of other employees – is sufficiently widespread to create an actionable hostile work environment under California’s unlawful harassment law. Report Link New California Law Mandates Anti-Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors.Jackson Lewis LLP - October 04, 2004 On September 30, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted AB 1825, a bill that now requires certain California employers to provide two hours of anti-harassment training every two years. Report Link California Supreme Court Rejects Federal Defense to Harassment Claims.Jackson Lewis LLP - January 07, 2004 In one of the year's most eagerly anticipated employment law decisions, Department of Health Services v. Superior Court of Sacramento County (McGinnis), the California Supreme Court recently refused to adopt the federal Faragher/Ellerth defense to harassment claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Report Link "Worthy Question -- California Supreme Court Should Decide Applicability of Federal Defense" Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - January 24, 2002 California courts have been wrestling with whether to adopt the federal rule on vicarious liability in sex harassment cases.
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2008-12-2 Jackson Lewis LLPCalifornia Workplace Law Update 2008Costa Mesa
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2008-12-2 Jackson Lewis LLPCalifornia Workplace Law Update 2008San Francisco
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2008-12-2 Jackson Lewis LLPThe Generation Wars: Tips for Effectively Managing Generational Differences in the WorkplaceMinneapolis
December 2, 2008 Fredrikson & ByronLegally Required Sexual Harassment Training - California LocationsOntario
December 2, 2008 Fisher & PhillipsThe Generation Wars: Tips for Effectively Managing Generational Differences in the WorkplaceMinneapolis
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