California law prohibits employers from terminating employees due to discrimination. For instance, if you've recently come out as being homosexual and are let go due to your sexuality and preferences, this is wrongful discrimination and termination. Wrongful...
Wrongful Termination
Kluwe and Vikings settle to avoid wrongful termination lawsuit
If you follow the Minnesota Vikings in California or even just support the gay-rights community in California and the United States, you might have heard that the Vikings and former player Chris Kluwe have been able to reach a settlement to prevent a lawsuit heading...
Yahoo executive sued for wrongful termination in Calirfornia
Wrongful termination and sexual harassment claims are at the center of this case against a Yahoo executive in California. A woman who worked under the female executive has reported that her boss had sexually harassed her and accused her boss of wrongful termination....
Disney hit with wrongful termination lawsuit in California
It's not often you think of Disney as a business that would discriminate. Your opinion may change, however, after reading about this lawsuit a 26-year-old veteran of the company has now filed. He claims he was replaced with a younger worker due to his age, and now he...
Netflix and Amazon face wrongful termination lawsuit
If you're a fan of Netflix or Amazon, this news release about the companies being sued by a former executive may interest you. The April 1 report states that while the two companies are rivals, they are both named in a lawsuit that claims a man was wrongfully...
California court: 3-hr commute factor in determining damages
When an employer terminates an employee in retaliation for blowing the whistle on illegal activity or based on the employee’s race, religion, gender or other protected class, it could become the basis of a wrongful termination lawsuit. In court, the plaintiff must...
My boss is a jerk! Can I sue him?
The most common scenario where my office declines a potential employment law case involves what I refer to as "Bad Boss Law." Bosses (i.e. managers, supervisors, owners, human resource professionals, etc.), being people, can sometimes be abusive, hostile, irrational,...