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Employers may not refuse to rehire former employees based on past drug or alcohol addiction, according to a June 2002 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Hernandez v. Hughes Missile Systems Co., 292 F.3d 1038...

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Act”), which was signed by President Bush on July 30, 2002, is intended to rein in corporate and accounting misdeeds by closely regulating corporate governance and reporting...

In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) limited the obligations of a successor employer to the union which represented its predecessor’s employees. MV Transportation, 337 NLRB...

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) (Gov’t Code § 12900 et seq.) protect individuals from discrimination in the workplace. Specifically, the Act protects those age forty or older by...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York recently reversed a $150,000 jury award in a sexual harassment case, finding that the complained of conduct did not rise to the level of an actionable hostile...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled that an employee who submits to her supervisor’s unwelcome sexual advances suffers a “tangible employment action,” with the result that the...

On June 24, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) applied an invalid standard in finding that an employer committed an unfair labor practice by bringing an...

The California Legislature is considering several bills that would drastically change the manner in which employment disputes are resolved in the state. The Assembly Judiciary Committee recently proposed a six-bill package...

On June 10, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed a decision of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and ruled that employers may assert a “direct threat to self” defense to claims under the...

Westchester County, located north of New York City and the site of the headquarters of many major companies, has adopted a Human Rights Law, expanding the legal protections afforded to employees and applicants for employment...