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Peralta v. Hispanic Business Inc.
Plaintiff has no remedy under ERISA against employer who failed to provide timely notification that benefits were terminated.
Employment Law Nov. 15, 2005
Knight v. Hayward Unified School District
School district employee who was denied health coverage for in vitro fertilization failed to establish disability discrimination claim.
Employment Law Nov. 11, 2005
IBP Inc. v. Alvarez
Time that factory employees spent between donning gear and walking to production area was compensable under Fair Labor Standards Act.
Employment Law Nov. 10, 2005
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals v. Superior Court (Dennis-Johnson)
Employer's failure to begin review hearing within 60 days does not entitle terminated employee to bring immediate tort action.
Employment Law Nov. 9, 2005
Reynolds v. Bement
Individual corporate agents cannot be personally liable for corporate employer's failure to pay employee wages.
Employment Law Nov. 2, 2005
Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA Inc.
Manager who was disciplined after refusing to fire employee deemed unattractive may sue for retaliation.
Employment Law Nov. 2, 2005
Conley v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Employer may deduct vacation time for exempt employee's partial-day absence.
Employment Law Oct. 25, 2005
Huntington Memorial Hospital v. Superior Court (Mutuc)
Nurses may sue hospital for paying 'short-shift differential' in effort to evade overtime laws.
Employment Law Oct. 17, 2005
Miller v. Dept. of Corrections
Widespread sexual favoritism may create actionable sexual harassment under hostile work environment theory.
Employment Law Oct. 12, 2005
Botello v. Gammick
Prosecutors who allegedly retaliated against investigator for whistleblowing are not entitled to absolute immunity.
Employment Law Oct. 5, 2005
Pinero v. Specialty Restaurants Corp.
Employee who was 'nitpicked' by supervisor after filing discrimination suit failed to establish retaliation.
Employment Law Oct. 5, 2005
Head v. Glacier Northwest Inc.
Employee alleging discrimination and retaliation need only show that disability was motivating factor for employer.
Employment Law Oct. 5, 2005
Coghlan v. American Seafoods Co.
Employee has heightened burden of proving discrimination when person who demoted him is same person who hired and promoted him.
Employment Law Oct. 5, 2005
Tellis v. Alaska Airlines Inc.
Plaintiff's trip to retrieve family car cannot be considered 'caring for' his pregnant wife under Family and Medical Leave Act.
Employment Law Oct. 5, 2005
Galdamez v. Potter
District court erred by denying request for instruction on Postal Service's potential liability for racial harassment by customers.
Employment Law Oct. 5, 2005
El-Hakem v. BJY Inc.
Employer's persistent reference to plaintiff by racially-motivated nickname supports jury's finding of discrimination.
Employment Law Oct. 5, 2005
Cramer v. Superior Court of Los Angeles
Sums for transcript preparation may not be considered in calculating retirement benefits for county court reporters.
Employment Law Sep. 27, 2005
Trop v. Sony Picture Entertainment Inc.
Assistant director who was fired while pregnant failed to establish discrimination claim.
Employment Law Sep. 26, 2005
Cramer v. Superior Court of Los Angeles
Sums for transcript preparation may not be considered in calculating retirement benefits for county court reporters.
Employment Law Sep. 26, 2005
Cleghorn v. Blue Shield of California
Employee's state law claims against health care provider who denied benefits are preempted by federal law.
Employment Law Aug. 24, 2005
Steinhebel v. Los Angeles Times Communications
Newspaper's chargeback policy for telesales employees was lawful.
Employment Law Aug. 23, 2005
Ford v. MCI Communications
ERISA claims may not be brought against insurer who merely controls administration of disability plan.
Employment Law Aug. 23, 2005
Ingle v. Circuit City
Renewed petition by employer to compel arbitration is wholly without merit where court already decided that arbitration agreement was unconscionable.
Employment Law Aug. 23, 2005
Boyd v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozell NFL Players Retirement Plan
Former NFL player was not entitled to degenerative disability benefits.
Employment Law Aug. 23, 2005
Viola v. Department of Managed Health Care
Health plans offered to employees that are conditioned on acceptance of binding arbitration are not invalid.
Employment Law Aug. 12, 2005
Cummings v. Nissan
Second-level review of arbitration proceeding was not unconscionable.
Employment Law Aug. 9, 2005
Mileikowsky v. Tenet Healthsystem
Hearing officer may terminate peer review hearing regarding suspension of staff privileges of doctor who was disruptive at hearing.
Employment Law Aug. 9, 2005
Hinrichs v. County of Orange
Sheriff's deputy disciplined for using alcohol was entitled to discovery of non-confidential investigation documents.
Employment Law Aug. 8, 2005
Regents of the University of California v. Benford
Antialienation provision of retirement plans bars decedent from exercising her rights of testamentary disposition over those funds.
Employment Law Aug. 3, 2005
Alliance Title Company Inc. v. Boucher
Arbitration clause requires employee to arbitrate with company that took over operations of employer.
Employment Law Aug. 2, 2005