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Perspective

Apr. 1, 2010

High Courts Clarify State Employment Laws

Frances Rogers of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore provides guidance on the role of "mixed-motives" in discrimination cases and California's "kin care" leave law.

By Frances Rogers

Two California employment laws obtained some needed guidance from the state's high courts last month. On Feb. 4, 2010, a California Court of Appeal addressed the role of "mixed-motives" in a pregnancy discrimination case arising under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act. On Feb. 18, 2010, the California Supreme Court weighed in on California's "kin care" leave law.

In the first employment case, California's 2nd District Court of Appeal ...

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