Si es víctima de un ambiente de trabajo hostil en el trabajo, es posible que se pregunte cómo puede probar que está sufriendo un ambiente de trabajo hostil que cumple con el estándar para un reclamo de acoso legalmente procesable. ¿Qué es un ambiente de trabajo hostil? Tanto la ley de California como la federal […]
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By Dan Gildor Workers in California rejoiced this week after the California Supreme Court resolved an issue that threatened to curtail lawsuits by workers to penalize employers for not complying with the California Labor Code. The Court sided with workers’ rights and held that the individual workers who sue their employer pursuant to the California
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By Eileen Torrez Being misclassified as an independent contractor when you should be classified as an employee can have significant implications for workers. It can impact your job security, how much you pay in taxes, and whether you are protected by the law if something goes wrong. Learning more about the laws governing worker classification,
By Dan Gildor and Alex Li In 2021, a high-profile case involving Farmers Group, Inc. and Farmers Insurance Exchange resulted in an award of $155 million in compensatory and punitive damages to Andrew Rudniki, former Senior Vice President of Claims Litigation and 37-year employee of Farmers. While this jury-ordered award, one of the largest of
By Xinying Valerian On May 9, 2023, the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Adolph v. Uber Technologies on the question of “whether an aggrieved employee who has been compelled to arbitrate claims under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) that are ‘premised on Labor Code violations actually sustained by’ the aggrieved employee [citations
By Dan Gildor May 1, 2023 As attorneys who represent employees in California, we often encounter clients who are not aware of their rights as employees. But while knowing one’s rights are important, so is knowing how the rights are enforced. One enforcement mechanism that is important for all employees to know about is the
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Trevor Bryne1 Over the past few decades, it has become increasingly common for American corporations to require workers and consumers to sign arbitration agreements. Through these agreements, workers and consumers waive their right to pursue a lawsuit in court if they are harmed by the corporation’s misconduct. Instead, they must submit to a process called
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By Trevor Byrne1 A class action lawsuit is a case brought by one or more individuals on behalf of a larger group of people who have suffered similar injuries caused by the same unlawful conduct. The resolution of the case—either by trial or by settlement—applies to each member of the class. Class actions can be
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By Alex Li Dan Gildor, Valerian Law’s new Senior Counsel, has lived many professional lives: as an aspiring astrophysicist at MIT, a programmer at start-ups during Silicon Valley’s dot-com boom, an environmental litigator enforcing the Clean Water Act, a lawyer for the Department of Industrial Relations, and a plaintiff’s-side employment lawyer for renowned class-action law
Affirmative Action Up for Debate at the Supreme Court As we wrote about in our previous blog post on affirmative action, two ongoing Supreme Court cases on affirmative action in college admissions are predicted to have wider impacts that go beyond the realm of education, affecting how employers are able to seek out and hire