EMPLOYMENT, WAGE AND HOUR
Representative Cases
- Settled emotionally-charged employment harassment/retaliation claims involving sexual misconduct by two of claimant's supervisors on tech-industry sales team and alleged company retaliation based on withheld employment growth opportunities.
- Settled a pre-litigation employment/contract dispute between two medical professionals involving an alleged breach of a promissory note on purchase of a practice and alleged breaches of an employment agreement, with related disability discrimination and multiple FEHA claims, including wage and hour violations.
- Employee suit involving claims for workplace sex discrimination, misrepresentation, breach of contract and retaliation that implicated complex legal theories including Cat’s Paw, Vicarious Liability and Joint Venture.
- Title Company’s claims against former employees for breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of duty of loyalty, Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Benefit, and Unfair Competition.
- Claims of wrongful termination based on age discrimination and whistleblower retaliation against large public entity, involving complicated causation and Cat’s Paw issues.
- Claims for violation of Labor Code section 6310, 970, 1002.5, as well as wrongful constructive discharge and wage and hour violations requiring nuanced look at causation, burden of proof and burden shifting, as well as what constitutes protected activities.
- Analyzed wage and hour claims to significant detail, including whether adequate meal and rest periods are provided and reported and what constitutes proper time card rounding.
- Employment action against a large winery involving claims of wrongful demotion, whistleblower retaliation, sexual harassment, and code violations.