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California employment case index
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Statute
- 42 U.S.C. § 1981
- ADA
- ADEA
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 16608
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200
- Bus. & Prof. Code § 7451
- CAFA (28 U.S.C. § 1332(d))
- CFRA
- Cal. Const. art. I, § 1 (Privacy)
- Cal. Const., art. I, § 8
- Civ. Code § 1642
- Civ. Code § 1670.5
- Civ. Code § 1714
- Civ. Code § 1786 (ICRAA)
- Civ. Code § 1946.2 (Tenant Protection Act)
- Civ. Code § 3291
- Civ. Code § 47
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1001
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1094.5
- Code Civ. Proc. § 128.7
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1281
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.97
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.98
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.99
- Code Civ. Proc. § 1294
- Code Civ. Proc. § 437c
- Code Civ. Proc. § 527.8
- Common law (Tameny)
- Compassionate Use Act
- EFAA (9 U.S.C. § 401 et seq.)
- Ed. Code § 87160 et seq.
- FAA
- FCRA (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.)
- FEHA
- FEHA — Gov. Code § 12926
- FEHA — Gov. Code § 12940
- FEHA — Gov. Code § 12941
- FLSA (29 U.S.C. § 216(b))
- False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3730)
- Gov. Code § 12653 (CFCA)
- Gov. Code § 12923
- Gov. Code § 12926.1
- Gov. Code § 12930
- Gov. Code § 12945
- Gov. Code § 12945.8
- Gov. Code § 12954
- Gov. Code § 12960
- Gov. Code § 12963.1
- Gov. Code § 12963.5
- Gov. Code § 12964.5
- Gov. Code § 12965
- Gov. Code § 12981
- Gov. Code § 8547.10
- Gov. Code § 855.4
- Health & Saf. Code § 1278.5
- IWC Wage Order No. 16
- IWC Wage Order No. 4-2001
- IWC Wage Order No. 7
- Lab. Code § 1050
- Lab. Code § 1054
- Lab. Code § 1102.5
- Lab. Code § 1102.6
- Lab. Code § 1106
- Lab. Code § 1171.5
- Lab. Code § 1194
- Lab. Code § 132a
- Lab. Code § 203
- Lab. Code § 204
- Lab. Code § 219
- Lab. Code § 226
- Lab. Code § 226.2
- Lab. Code § 226.7
- Lab. Code § 227.3
- Lab. Code § 229
- Lab. Code § 230
- Lab. Code § 230.1
- Lab. Code § 2699 (PAGA)
- Lab. Code § 2775
- Lab. Code § 2802
- Lab. Code § 2804
- Lab. Code § 2922
- Lab. Code § 432.6 (AB 51)
- Lab. Code § 510
- Lab. Code § 512
- Lab. Code § 558
- Lab. Code § 558.1
- Lab. Code § 6401.7
- Lab. Code § 6401.9
- Lab. Code § 926
- Lab. Code § 98.2
- Lab. Code §§ 1400–1408
- Lab. Code §§ 201–203
- Lab. Code §§ 551–552
- NLRA
- PAGA
- TVPRA (18 U.S.C. § 1595)
- Title VII
- USERRA (38 U.S.C. § 4311)
3 cases
De Paolo v. Rosales
A resident manager whose apartment came with the job refused to leave after she was terminated. The Appellate Division affirms an unlawful detainer judgment: housing provided as part of employment compensation is not a protected tenancy, the former manager became a tenant at sufferance or licensee outside the Tenant Protection Act, and her retaliatory-eviction defense failed for lack of evidence.
Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Tipped employees won preliminary certification of a nationwide FLSA collective in Arizona, and the district court authorised notice to out-of-state servers because one Arizona plaintiff had sued. The Ninth Circuit held that theory wrong, joining four circuits against the First to hold that Bristol-Myers Squibb applies in FLSA collective actions: where jurisdiction is specific, each opt-in plaintiff's claim must bear its own connection to the forum. The panel simultaneously preserved the Campbell two-step and refused to require pre-notice rulings on absent employees' arbitration agreements — a split decision whose wins and losses both reshape forum strategy in hybrid wage cases.
Ross v. RagingWire Telecommunications, Inc.
The FEHA does not require an employer to accommodate an employee’s use of medical marijuana. The Compassionate Use Act did not address the rights and duties of employers and employees, and under California law an employer may require pre-employment drug testing and may take illegal drug use into account in employment…
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Practice guides
Each guide gathers and summarizes the controlling cases and authorities on a single question — a research starting point you can cite from.
Practice guideRetaliation under Lab. Code § 1102.5A practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideFEHA discrimination & the McDonnell Douglas testA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideTermination in violation of public policyA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideCompelling arbitration of FEHA claimsA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideDisability discrimination & reasonable accommodationA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideSexual harassment under FEHAA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideOff-the-clock work & compensable hours workedA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideMeal & rest breaks & premium payA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideWage & hour class actions & PAGAA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.Practice guideIndependent-contractor misclassification & the ABC testA practitioner’s synthesis of the controlling cases and authorities.