Labor/Employment
May 4, 2016
Closer look at discrimination ruling raises some concerns
At first glance, a recent decision seems to fill a curious gap in California employment discrimination law by clarifying that an employee need not show hostility, malice or "ill will" to prove unlawful disability discrimination. By Steven J. Kaplan
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Steven J. Kaplan is an employment lawyer in Los Angeles
At first glance, the recent decision in Wallace v. County of Stanislaus, 245 Cal. App. 4th 109 (2016), seems to fill a curious gap in California employment discrimination law by clarifying that an employee need not show hostility, malice or "ill will" to prove unlawful disability discrimination. Perusal of the decision, however, reveals some flawed reasoning that could hurt employee plaintiffs as much as help them. For...
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