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Analysis of new laws and key decisions in California wrongful-termination and employment law.
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Badih v. Myers: Pregnancy Discrimination Is Sex Discrimination Under the California Constitution
Nine days after Fatmeh Badih told her employer — a physician with fewer than five employees — that she was pregnant, her last day…
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Deschene v. Pinole Point Steel — Testimony Retaliation, Disability Pretext, and the Limits of LMRA § 301 Preemption
A steelworker fired months after testifying in a coworker’s asbestos case revived his public-policy and FEHA disability claims: they required no CBA interpretation, his…
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Dore v. Arnold Worldwide — “at will” means at any time: offer letters and the end of the implied-contract workaround
A unanimous Supreme Court holds that a signed offer letter stating employment is “at will” and terminable “at any time” is unambiguous — recruitment…
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California Employment Law: The 2025–2026 Term in Review
Three Supreme Court decisions remade the arbitration and wage-penalty landscape, the EFAA line settled, a rewritten Equal Pay Act took effect, and the biggest…
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Defamation in the Termination: Hearn v. PG&E and the Tort the Supreme Court Will Define
A partially published Court of Appeal decision on defamation and compelled self-publication in the termination context — an issue now pending before the California…
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Vasquez v. Franklin Management: Constructive Discharge Is a Jury Question, and the IIED Limit
A maintenance technician paid $10 an hour and never reimbursed for the heavy work mileage he was ordered to drive in his own truck…
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Mullins v. Rockwell International Corp.: When a Constructive-Discharge Contract Claim Accrues
In Mullins v. Rockwell International Corp. (1997) 15 Cal.4th 731, a long-tenured manager who resigned after a demotion and a steady erosion of his…
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Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co.: The Public-Policy Wrongful-Discharge Tort
Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (1980) 27 Cal.3d 167 created California’s public-policy wrongful-discharge tort: an employee fired for refusing to commit an illegal act…
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Miklosy v. Regents of University of California
Miklosy v. Regents of University of California The Whistleblower Protection Act bars a damages action against the University once it timely decides an internal…
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Rojo v. Kliger
The FEHA does not displace other state-law remedies, including common-law claims, for employment discrimination; an employee need not exhaust FEHA’s administrative process before pursuing…