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Don’t forget about jurisdiction!

By Matthew C. Slentz on November 6, 2020
Posted in Labor and Employment

Civil service commissions handle employee discharge appeals in most California counties and many cities. A recent case from the Second Appellate District, Deiro v.  Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission, clarified the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission when an employee is both discharged and takes disability retirement.

The plaintiff in…

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Pension Win for Jerry Brown!

By Michael G. Colantuono on July 30, 2020
Posted in Labor and Employment

The California Supreme Court handed a major victory to former Governor Jerry Brown and California’s governments in a pension reform case today. [Disclosure: I wrote an amicus curiae brief for the League of California Cities in the case.]

This case challenged the 2013 pension reforms, the “California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of…

“Because of sex” — LGBTQ discrimination is sex discrimination

By Matthew T. Summers & Ryan A. Reed on June 15, 2020
Posted in Labor and Employment

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided three cases brought by employees terminated for being gay or transgender. (Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia.) These cases were brought as sex discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court held that: “An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual…

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