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Labor/Employment

Dec. 5, 2019

Revisiting ‘kangaroo court’ workplace due process

Until courts and legislators recognize that anything short of a jury trial cannot constitute meaningful due process, incentives will continue to exist for employers to attempt to “whitewash” wrongful conduct through judicially sanctioned “kangaroo court” procedures.

William M. Crosby

Law Office of William M. Crosby

Labor & Employment

13522 Newport Ave Ste 201
Tustin , CA 92780

Phone: (714) 544-2493

Fax: (714) 544-2497

Email: wcrosby@williamcrosbylaw.com

Loyola Law School

Appellate courts in recent years have addressed the concept of adequate due process in employment. In Cotran v. Rollins Hudig Hall Intl., Inc., 17 Cal. 4th 93 (1998), the California Supreme Court held that an adequate investigation, including obtaining the accused's side of the story, constituted sufficient due process to justify a terminatio...

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